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

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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.