Video: Dylan Tedaldi

National Ballet of Canada corps de ballet dancer Dylan Tedaldi dances his way through the urban landscape:

Dylan is definitely one to watch!

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Video: Kenneth MacMillan's Chanson pas de deux

Yet another exquisite, rarely seen pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan, the master of the genre, featuring David Wall and Alessandra Ferri. David Wall, former principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, died yesterday at age 67. He created the role of Prince Rudolf in MacMillan's Mayerling and Lescaut in Manon.
This pas de deux is set to the Shepherd's Song from Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne: http://youtu.be/43z3aQspFtc

For another beautiful MacMillan pas de deux, see this post.

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Hamburg Ballet: new Nijinsky trailer

For those of you who would like to be reminded what a fab ballet Neumeier's Nijinsky is, a new trailer from Hamburg Ballet, featuring Alexandre Riabko

Tours en l'air is organizing a ballet trip to Hamburg and Copenhagen in March 2014. For more information, click here. If you are interested in going on this trip (even potentially), please email me to have your name put on the priority signup list to be notified when booking opens. I already have over twenty people on the priority list and I can only take 19!

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Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays 2013-14 Season

All Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays are presented by CWT Victor Travel.
Please email me if any of the following trips potentially interest you; this way you will be kept updated on those particular trips and will be sure not to miss the chance to sign up.

Customers rave about Tours en l'air: 
"My most sincere thank you to you Katherine for a superb trip filled with 
 outstanding ballet, wonderful side adventures, surprises, friendship and good cheer -- 
all due to your excellent planning."
Ann H.(Munich and Stuttgart, April 2012)

Wednesday 4 Dec. – Friday 13 Dec. 2013

Munich and Prague 4 performances

Bavarian State Ballet:

La Bayadere

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Neumeier)

Czech National Ballet:

Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol (Vamos)

Fancy Free (Robbins), Theme and Variations (Balanchine),  

In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe)

Visit the famous German Christmas markets!

BOOKING AUGUST 2013

Tuesday 11 March – Thursday 20 March 2014

Copenhagen and Hamburg 6 performances

Royal Danish Ballet:

Manon (MacMillan)

Napoli (Bournonville) - 2 performances

Royal Danish Ballet Junior Company:

Excerpts from Bournonville repertoire and new choreography

Hamburg Ballet:

Vaslav, Ruckert Lieder, Chopin Dialogue, Kinderszenen (all Neumeier)

Onegin (Cranko)

BOOKING OPENS SEPTEMBER 2013

Monday 14 April – Thursday 24 April 2014

Berlin and Dresden 5 performances

Berlin State Ballet:

The Open Square (Galili)

Namouna (Ratmansky), Clear (Welch)

Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

Arcangelo (Duato), New Goecke, Herman Schmerman (Forsythe)

Dresden Semperoper Ballet:

Giselle (Dawson)

BOOKING OCTOBER 2013

Thursday 8 May – Sunday 11 May 2014

San Francisco 4 performances

San Francisco Ballet:

The Fifth Season (Tomasson), new Scarlett, Suite en blanc (Lifar)

Agon, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (both Balanchine), Glass Pieces (Robbins)

Smuin Ballet:

New Seiwert, New Grand Moultrie, Dancin' with Gershwin (Smuin)

Ballet San Jose:

Carmen (Petit), In the Upper Room (Tharp)

BOOKING DECEMBER 2013

Tuesday 13 May - Thursday 22 May 2014

 

Paris and Amsterdam 4 performances

Paris Opera Ballet:

Symphony in C (Balanchine), Daphnis and Chloe (Millepied)

Orpheus and Eurydice (Bausch)

Dutch National Ballet:

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine), Paquita, Duet (Wheeldon),  
Trois Gnossiennes, Without Words (both van Manen)

The Dream (Ashton), Paquita

See the magnificent tulips at Keukenhof

BOOKING OCTOBER 2013

Thursday 29 May – Tuesday 3 June 2014

New York 5 performances

New York City Ballet:

Concerto Barocco, Who Cares? (both Balanchine), Other Dances (Robbins), new Martins

Walpurgisnacht Ballet, The Four Temperaments (both Balanchine), new Peck

American  Ballet Theatre:

 La Bayadère

 

Manon (MacMillan)

Coppélia

BOOKING JANUARY 2014

Friday 6 June – Saturday 14 June 2014

London and Birmingham 4 performances

(Day trips to Oxford, the Cotswolds, and Blenheim Palace)

Birmingham Royal Ballet:

Dante Sonata, Les Rendezvous, Facade (all Ashton)

La Fille mal Gardée (Ashton)

Royal Ballet:

The Dream (Ashton), The Concert (Robbins), new Marriott

English National Ballet:

Romeo and Juliet (Deane)

BOOKING MARCH 2014

Saturday 12 July – Sunday 20 July 2014

Stuttgart 4 performances

Stuttgart Ballet: 

Giselle

Young Choreographers

Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

John Cranko School: Year-end performance

 

BOOKING MARCH 2014

Other trips may be added as ballet companies announce their seasons. To be the first to know when a trip is announced, sign up for our mailing list.

To get an idea of what a typical Tours en l'air trip is like, you can see the brochures for some of our past trips by clicking on the following links:


http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/01/stuttgart-munich-ballet-trip-now.html
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2011/09/birmingham-february-2012-trip.html
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2011/10/kings-of-dance-and-nycb-weekend.html
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2011/09/paris-in-chicago-book-now.html
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2011/06/london-october-trip.html
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2010/12/paris-ballet-and-chocolate.html 
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2011/03/nycb-in-saratoga.html 

and an account of our San Francisco 2013 trip here. 

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Stuttgart Ballet Trip July 2014

Saturday 12 July – Sunday 20 July 2014

Stuttgart 4 performances

Stuttgart Ballet: 

Giselle

Young Choreographers

Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

John Cranko School: Year-end performance

 

BOOKING MARCH 2014

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here.

London - Birmingham Ballet Trip June 2014

Friday 6 June – Saturday 14 June 2014

London and Birmingham 4 performances

(Day trips to Oxford, the Cotswolds, and Blenheim Palace)

Birmingham Royal Ballet:

Dante Sonata, Les Rendezvous, Facade (all Ashton)

La Fille mal Gardée (Ashton)

Royal Ballet:

The Dream (Ashton), The Concert (Robbins), new Marriott

English National Ballet:

Romeo and Juliet (Deane)

BOOKING MARCH 2014

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here.

New York Ballet Trip May 2014

Thursday 29 May – Tuesday 3 June 2014

New York 5 performances

New York City Ballet:

Concerto Barocco, Who Cares? (both Balanchine), Other Dances (Robbins), new Martins

Walpurgisnacht Ballet, The Four Temperaments (both Balanchine), new Peck

American  Ballet Theatre:

 La Bayadère

 

Manon (MacMillan)

Coppélia

BOOKING JANUARY 2014

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here. 

Paris and Amsterdam Ballet Trip May 2014

Tuesday 13 May - Thursday 22 May 2014

 

Paris and Amsterdam 4 performances

Paris Opera Ballet:

Symphony in C (Balanchine), Daphnis and Chloe (Millepied)

Orpheus and Eurydice (Bausch)

Dutch National Ballet:

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine), Paquita, Duet (Wheeldon),

 Trois Gnossiennes, Without Words (both van Manen)

The Dream (Ashton), Paquita

See the magnificent tulips at Keukenhof

BOOKING OCTOBER 2013

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here.

San Francisco Ballet Trip May 2014

Thursday 8 May – Sunday 11 May 2014

San Francisco 4 performances

San Francisco Ballet:

The Fifth Season (Tomasson), new Scarlett, Suite en blanc (Lifar)

Agon, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (both Balanchine), Glass Pieces (Robbins)

 

Smuin Ballet:

New Seiwert, New Caniparolli, Dancin' with Gershwin (Smuin)

Ballet San Jose:

Carmen (Petit), In the Upper Room (Tharp)

BOOKING DECEMBER 2013 

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here. 

Berlin-Dresden Ballet Trip April 2014

Monday 14 April – Thursday 24 April 2014

Berlin and Dresden 5 performances

Berlin State Ballet:

The Open Square (Galili)

Namouna (Ratmansky), Clear (Welch)

Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

Arcangelo (Duato), New Goecke, Herman Schmerman (Forsythe)

Dresden Semperoper Ballet:

Giselle (Dawson)

BOOKING OCTOBER 2013

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here.

Copenhagen Hamburg Ballet Trip March 2014

Tuesday 11 March – Thursday 20 March 2014

Copenhagen and Hamburg 6 performances

Royal Danish Ballet:

Manon (MacMillan)

Napoli (Bournonville) - 2 performances

Royal Danish Ballet Junior Company:

Excerpts from Bournonville repertoire and new choreography

Hamburg Ballet:

Vaslav, Ruckert Lieder, Chopin Dialogue, Kinderszenen (all Neumeier)

Onegin (Cranko)

BOOKING OPENS SEPTEMBER 2013

Please email me if you want to be kept updated on this trip. 
Already over 20 people have expressed an interest, 
so you need to be on the prority signup list when booking opens.

DRAFT ITINERARY

Tuesday 11 March

Arrive Copenhagen. Check in to 4-star Copenhagen Admiral Hotel 7 minutes walk, 3 minutes by taxi from the Royal Theatre.

Wednesday 12 March

930: The Royal Danish Ballet's Junior Company presents excerpts from Bournonville's ballets, e.g. Napoli, A Folk Tale, The Kermesse in Bruges, as well as their own choreographies.

Afternoon: Private guided coach tour of Copenhagen (3 hours, including opportunities to get off the coach at major sights)

6 pm: Welcome dinner

8 pm: Royal Danish Ballet performance of Manon (MacMillan)

Thursday 13 March

Watch Royal Danish Ballet company class

Rest of day at leisure.

Friday 14 March

Morning: Visit Royal Danish Ballet School (TBC)

Afternoon at leisure

8 pm: Royal Danish Ballet performance of Napoli

Saturday 15 March

1 pm Guided tour of the Slotsholmen island including the Danish Parliament and the Hofteater, where Bournonville's La Sylphide was first performed.

8 pm: Royal Danish Ballet performance of Napoli

Sunday 16 March

Depart Copenhagen by air for Hamburg (1-hr flight)

Arrive Hamburg. Check in to 5-star SIDE hotel (20 minutes from airport, approx. 90 seconds walk from opera house)

Monday 17 March

Morning: 2-hour private guided coach tour of Hamburg

1930: Hamburg Ballet performance of all-Neumeier program: Vaslav, At Midnight, Chopin Dialogue, Kinderszenen

Tuesday 18 March

Morning: Visit to Hamburg Ballettzentrum (to be confirmed)

130 pm: guided tour of Hamburg State Opera

730 pm: Hamburg Ballet performance of Onegin (Cranko)

Wednesday 19 March

(Optional, weather permitting) Day trip by train to Unesco World Heritage medieval town of Lubeck (one hour from Hamburg)

Farewell dinner

Thursday 20 March

Check out of hotel and depart Hamburg

GROUP SIZE LIMITED TO 20

BOOKING OPENS SEPTEMBER 2013

LAND-ONLY PACKAGE allows you the flexibility of arranging travel from your most convenient departure point, on the dates and times you prefer, and to extend your stay if you wish.

Package (cost to be determined) includes:

9 nights double-share accommodation

Daily breakfast

Premium orchestra seats for 6 ballets

Royal Danish Ballet company class

Private guided bus tour of Copenhagen

Private guided bus tour of Hamburg

Private guided tour of Hamburg opera house

Two 3-course dinners

Ballet enrichment program: ballet notes and informal pre-performance talks and post- performance reviews with tour leader

Please note that this program must be sold as a package. Extra hotel nights can be added on (subject to availability), but we cannot offer individual components separately or break the package into shorter installments.

For the full 2013-14 Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays season,click here.