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Friday, August 30, 2013

A day in the life of a dance studio owner

Too funny!




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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Evelyn Hart & Rex Harrington: Kylian's Nuages

Kylian, Hart, and Harrington: a powerhouse combo for some exceptional beauty.



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Svetlana Lunkina has high praise for Canada

Ismene Brown's blog provides a translation of a long interview in Isvestia with ex-Bolshoi Ballerina Svetlana Lunkina, who has just become a Guest Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada. What does "Guest Principal Dancer" mean in practical terms?
Here are some highlights.
1) Lunkina says she cannot now go back to the Bolshoi because her family (she has two children) cannot leave Canada
2) She is currently learning James Kudelka's new work for the NBOC's "Innovation" program of three world premieres in November. She says she will be dancing with the NBOC throughout the year but cannot provide details.
3) Wayne McGregor is also currently creating a new work on the NBOC, but more information is not forthcoming. [There is no McGregor work listed in the rep for 2013-14, so presumably this is for the 2014-15 season.]
4) She finds that Karen Kain and the NBOC have a very "human attitude" that is currently lacking in the Bolshoi.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Master Ballet Calendar Europe and North America 2013-14

I have posted my master calendar of ballet performances by all major companies (and some others) on the "What's on in ballet" page. Please click here.

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Millepied wants dancers of colour for Paris Opera Ballet

About time too!
In a recent interview, the incoming director of the Paris Opera Ballet, Benjamin Millepied, had this to say:

"I want to bring in some diversity. In a city as cosmopolitan [as Paris], I don't understand that there is not a single dancer of colour in this large company [the Paris Opera Ballet has about 150 dancers]. How can the audience possibly recognize itself?'


The former New York City Ballet dancer promises an "era of openness and change", with "ballets with contemporary stories and social themes", works "with a modern feel" from Alexeï Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon and  Justin Peck, among others.

http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/millepied-setonne-de-labsence-de-danseurs-de-couleur-a-lopera-de-paris-141111

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Video profile of Sonia Rodriguez

The National Ballet of Canada's Sonia Rodriguez talks about ballet.
Clips from:
James Kudelka's Cinderella
John Cranko: Onegin
John Neumeier: The Seagull and Nijinsky
Wayne McGregor: Chroma
Rudolf Nureyev/Petipa: The Sleeping Beauty
George Balanchine: Apollo
William Forsythe: the second detail
Jorma Elo: Pur ti miro
Aszure Barton: Watch Her

Sonia dances with: Aleksandar Antonijevic, Zdenek Konvalina, Guillaume Coté, Keiichi Hirano, Nehemiah Kish, Chelsy Meiss, Elena Lobsanova, and Patrick Lavoie.






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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The role of the ballet conductor

Canadian Geneviève Leclair is assistant conductor of the Boston Ballet Orchestra. There's a fascinating interview with her about conducting for ballet here:

http://66.147.244.238/~criticm1/2013/08/26/on-entering-the-world-of-ballet-conducting-an-interview-with-genevieve-leclair/

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Monday, August 26, 2013

How to do pirouettes

This is just too cute!



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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Updated Toronto area ballet listings

What all is on in ballet (live and cinema) in the greater Toronto area in 2013-14? Listed all in one handy place: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/p/toronto-ballet-dance-outings.html


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Jerome Robbins NY Export: Opus Jazz Toronto screening

  		• Fans of West Side Story, gorgeous young dancers, New York City and great cinematography and choreography are invited! That's all of you, right?

     Introduction by Rex Harrington, Artist-in-Residence, National Ballet of Canada
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario
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I have seen this ballet both live and in the filmed version, and really enjoyed it. It's kind of like a combo of Robbins' West Side Story and Glass Pieces, both great ballets. 

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Daniel Ulbricht Piazzolla Tango

Those of us who went on the Tours en  l'air trip to New York in May 2013 were wowed by New York City Ballet's Daniel Ulbricht in one of his showpieces, Balanchine's Tarantella. Here he is strutting his stuff in a solo created specially for him:



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Updated Cineplex ballet broadcasts Canada 2013-14

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Who is Matthew Golding?



When you think of the cities that would be most likely to produce a superb male ballet star in the elegant princely "danseur noble" style, the first one that comes to mind is of course....

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Or maybe not. But Matthew Golding, born in Regina and raised in a suburb of Saskatoon, and now taking the ballet world by storm, is living proof that wheat, potash, and Brent Butt are not the only great Saskatchewanian exports.

"Export" is, unfortunately for Canadians, the operative word, as we have until now had to travel to Europe to see him dance. Having had my eye on Golding for the last four years, I am thrilled that this will soon change, as he appears in several of the cinema broadcasts of the Royal Ballet. Canadian ballet lovers in particular, who have probably never heard of him thanks to the almost total indifference of the Canadian media to the many Canadian male ballet stars overseas, will be wanting to know more about him and, more importantly, why they should drop everything to go and see him perform.

Like most Canadian boys, Golding wanted to be a hockey player. But he had a kidney removed at the age of 8 and was required to avoid contact sports. His mother thought of dancing as an outlet for his athleticism (still very much in evidence when he dances). 

“I was kind of interested in the idea of moving to music. But not ballet. I started tap and jazz at 8 and wanted to do musicals, Broadway shows, those kinds of things.”

Singing, however, turned out to be a stumbling block, so at the age of 14, Matthew set out for the the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, where in his first year he snagged the role of Drosselmeier's grand-nephew in the RWB's production. That year he also won a scholarship to attend School of American Ballet's summer school in New York, and then moved to Washington DC to attend the prestigious Kirov academy. In 2002, at age 16, he placed second at the Prix de Lausanne, and, three months later, won the Youth America Grand Prix. The former gave him a year at the Royal Ballet School, the effects of which I would say are still visible in his elegant line and unaffected style. A friend of mine says, "He reminds me of the young Anthony Dowell."

The YAGP win gave him a contract with American Ballet Theatre's studio company, from which he went on to the ABT main company and then to Angel Corella's company in Spain.

In a classic understatement which seems to be part of Golding's soft-spoken style, he said of winning the two major ballet prizes for his age group in the space of a few months:

“Yeah, 2002 was a big year. Until then, I thought I was going to specialize more on hip-hop or jazz dance. But after the competitions, I realized, or actually, my mom kind of realized that ballet was something that could work out for me”.

We are all very grateful to his mother for this realization!

I have been fortunate enough to see Golding perform live three times: in Hans van Manen's Grosse Fuge, in La Bayadere with the Royal Ballet and Swan Lake with the National Ballet of Canada, as well as on DVD in Don Quixote and Nutcracker (both available through amazon). Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella has just been released in Europe, and is available through amazon.co.uk, but not yet from amazon in North America (it is a "region 2" DVD (ie Europe) but it is NTSC compatible so likely will show up sometime soon on amazon.com). He also appears on the Youth America Grand Prix "Ballet's Greatest Hits" video, (in Giselle pas de deux with Greta Hodgkinson and Bayadere pas de deux with Isabella Boylston), which we can only hope will be screened in Canada soon.

In addition to the elegance I already mentioned, he is an adept and strong partner, has beautiful airy jumps and is an incredible natural turner.


Golding, now barely 30, has experienced a deservedly meteoric career. He joined Dutch National Ballet as a second soloist in 2009 at the age of 24, and was rapidly promoted to Principal Dancer a year later after his resounding success as Basilio in Alexei Ratmansky's  Don Quixote. (You can expand all videos to full screen by clicking in the lower right hand corner of each video). In February 2014 he joined the Royal Ballet as a principal, and has since then often partnered international superstar Natalia Osipova. You can see him in the RB's Nutcracker in cinemas on December 20, 2015.



In the last couple of years he has been much in demand as a guest artist, most recently with the Royal Ballet in La Bayadere and English National Ballet in Swan Lake, performing alongside ENB's Artistic Director Tamara Rojo.



We are sure Rojo appreciates his fine partnering skills and beautiful dancing, but she is clearly not blind to his other attributes:
Tamara Rojo caused much chatter with the lingering kiss that she performed with...Matthew Golding....
“I was criticised because my kiss in Swan Lake was too passionate,” says the 39-year-old principal dancer of the English National Ballet. “Well, I thought, after three hours on stage, I deserved it. Look at him. Who wouldn’t?”
Golding has lots of fans in Japan, where he stepped in to replace another dancer in La Bayadere who had cancelled shortly after the tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Here he is dancing with Tokyo Ballet's Mizuka Ueno in Roland Petit's lovely Thais pas de deux, in which you can see his strong partnering:



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Here are all of Dutch National Ballet's excellent videos featuring Golding, often with his off-stage partner Anna Tsygankova:

Don Quixote (Ratmansky)


La Bayadere



Short Time Together (Lightfoot Leon), for which Golding received the Zwaan prize for best male performance in 2012:



Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella



Rudi van Dantzig's Romeo and Juliet



Nutcracker grand pas de deux (prince's variation starts at 7:00)



Dance Open Ballet Festival, St Petersburg



There is a nice photo gallery on his website:
http://www.matthewgolding.com/photos
and also on Dance Europe's website:
http://www.danceeurope.net/gallery/cinderella-dutch-national-ballet/

For a recent Dutch National Ballet gala, go to this post. 






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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Video:Sergei Polunin

Sergei Polunin: The Fragile Balance on Nowness.com
 

still seems very confused....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Matthew Golding, Evan McKie and Svetlana Lunkina to guest with National Ballet of Canada

I am very excited that Matthew Golding will be guesting with the National Ballet of Canada this year! Click here for a video portrait of this exciting Canadian dancer who has been burning up the stages with his home company, Dutch National Ballet, and as a guest with the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. My advice for anyone in the Toronto area: GO SEE HIM!!!
Check out his amazing jump and turns in the Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux starting at 7:00 in this video:



2013/14 Season Roster:
Svetlana Lunkina and Evan McKie
Principal Guest Artists
August 21, 2013… Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced Svetlana Lunkina and Evan McKie will join the company in the 2013/14 season as Principal Guest Artists.
Svetlana Lunkina, former Bolshoi Ballet Principal Dancer, was born in Moscow and trained at the Moscow Choreographic Academy before joining the Bolshoi Ballet. Internationally celebrated for her performances of such roles as Giselle, Kitri in Don Quixote and Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, National Ballet audiences were introduced to Ms. Lunkina when she guested with the company on June 12 at MAD HOT HOT BALLET: Dangerous Love.
Evan McKie, Principal Dancer with Stuttgart Ballet, was born in Toronto and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School as well as at the Kirov Academy of Ballet and John Cranko School. Mr. McKie has received critical acclaim for many roles including Hamlet, Onegin, Siegfried in Swan Lake and Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty, among others. He appeared as a guest artist last year with the National Ballet in Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty.
Appearing as Guest Artists in the 2013/14 season are Matthew Golding and Jirí Jelinek. Canadian born Mr. Golding is currently a Principal Dancer with the Dutch National Ballet. He trained at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Universal Ballet Academy in Washington D.C. and at The Royal Ballet School. Mr. Jelinek was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet from 2010 to 2013 and is currently a Leading Artist with West Australian Ballet in Perth, Australia.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Cute photo of Ivan Vasiliev in Flames of Paris



Ivan Vasiliev just posted this very cute photo from his recent performance of Flames of Paris with the Bolshoi in London on his facebook page:

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Funny video: Ballet prince on the streets

In this very funny short video, American Ballet Theatre's Daniil Simkin takes his ballet prince persona to the streets of New York City:



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Video: Profile of School of American Ballet

A feature about the feeder school of New York City Ballet (goes from 2:00 - 13:00); includes an interview with Sara Mearns.



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2013-14 Ballet Performances Master Calendar

I have updated my "What's on in Ballet?" page with the master calendar for most major European ballet companies' performances in 2013-14. The North American calendar will be updated shortly. Please click here (it will take a couple of seconds to load).

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

The professional clappers at the Bolshoi

Ever wondered why those bravos go on forever at Russian ballet performances? An interesting article about the claque at the Bolshoi:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/arts/dance/designated-cheering-spectators-thrive-at-the-bolshoi-theater.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Fall for Dance program, NY 25 Sept. - 5 Oct.

All performances at City Center Theater, New York.
9/25 Wed 8:00pm

Program 1

Show Info
Richard Alston Dance Company – The Devil in the Detail – Richard Alston
Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión – TBD
Sara Mearns and Casey Herd – Untitled New Work – Justin Peck *FFD Commission
DanceBrazil – Fé do Sertão – Jelon Vieira
9/26 Thu 8:00pm

Program 1

Show Info
Richard Alston Dance Company – The Devil in the Detail – Richard Alston
Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión – TBD
Sara Mearns and Casey Herd – Untitled New Work – Justin Peck *FFD Commission
DanceBrazil – Fé do Sertão – Jelon Vieira
9/27 Fri 8:00pm

Program 2

Show Info
Nrityagram – Vibhakta – Surupa Sen
605 Collective – Selected Play – 605 Collective
HeadSpaceDance – Light Beings – Mats Ek
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Gloria – Robert Garland
9/28 Sat 8:00pm

Program 2

Show Info
Nrityagram – Vibhakta – Surupa Sen
605 Collective – Selected Play – 605 Collective
HeadSpaceDance – Light Beings – Mats Ek
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Gloria – Robert Garland
9/30 Mon 8:00pm

Program 3

Show Info
American Ballet Theatre – The Moor’s Pavane – José Limón
Colin Dunne – The Turn – Colin Dunne
Ballet Hispanico – Sombrerísimo – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa *FFD Commission
INTRODANS – Sinfonía India – Nacho Duato
10/1 Tue 8:00pm

Program 3

Show Info
American Ballet Theatre – The Moor’s Pavane – José Limón
Colin Dunne – The Turn – Colin Dunne
Ballet Hispanico – Sombrerísimo – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa *FFD Commission
INTRODANS – Sinfonía India – Nacho Duato
10/2 Wed 8:00pm

Program 4

Show Info
Dorrance Dance – SOUNDspace – Michelle Dorrance
doug elkins choreography, etc. – Mo(or)town/Redux – Doug Elkins
The Royal Ballet – Untitled New Work – Liam Scarlett *FFD Commission
Martha Graham Dance Company – The Rite of Spring – Martha Graham
10/3 Thu 8:00pm

Program 4

Show Info
Dorrance Dance – SOUNDspace – Michelle Dorrance
doug elkins choreography, etc. – Mo(or)town/Redux – Doug Elkins
The Royal Ballet – Untitled New Work – Liam Scarlett *FFD Commission
Martha Graham Dance Company – The Rite of Spring – Martha Graham
10/4 Fri 8:00pm

Program 5

Show Info
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Sadler’s Wells London – Faun – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
BODYTRAFFIC – o2JOY – Richard Siegal
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Black Swan Pas de Deux – after Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Home – Rennie Harris
10/5 Sat 8:00pm

Program 5

Show Info
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Sadler’s Wells London – Faun – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
BODYTRAFFIC – o2JOY – Richard Siegal
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Black Swan Pas de Deux – after Marius Petipa
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Home – Rennie Harris

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Canada Culture Days Ballet events

There are various free lectures, open classes, and demonstrations for this year's Culture Days, September 27-29.

For events in Ontario (Belleville, Stratford, Toronto, Vaughan, and Windsor), click here.

For events in British Columbia (Vancouver and Victoria), click here.

For studio tours of  Atlantic Ballet Theatre in Moncton, click here.

For events at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet on September 29, click here: 
Also, on September 28, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is teaming up with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Manitoba Opera to create an interactive experience at the Centennial Concert Hall on September 28. Costumes, backstage tours, performances, and more! 11-2 pm

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Lecture: History of Ballet Dance 25 Campbell Street, Belleville, Ontario - See more at: http://culturedays.ca/en/2013-activities/search/list/page:1/sort:city_en/direction:asc?location=province&postal_search=m4c1a7&postal_radius=25&province=ON&city_radius=25&day%5B0%5D=2013-09-27&day%5B1%5D=2013-09-28&day%5B2%5D=2013-09-29&name=ballet&category%5B0%5D=4bb366a9-dc10-4e1d-a622-19a6621d0fee&category%5B1%5D=4bbcdce6-e61c-492f-8007-09e3621d0fee&category%5B2%5D=4d7ea316-56d8-4b63-82b0-50130a650106&category%5B3%5D=4bb3661d-b878-4a24-829a-1a40621d0fee&category%5B4%5D=4bb366b8-97c4-42e9-829b-19a6621d0fee&category%5B5%5D=4bb3663f-47e4-495d-aec6-1974621d0fee&category%5B6%5D=514b0de5-8e04-4d08-bc5a-0b054c4a89be&category%5B7%5D=4bb36693-1d40-4f95-aa41-19a6621d0fee&category%5B8%5D=4bb366ca-e84c-4284-a47b-19a6621d0fee&category%5B9%5D=4bb366e4-fe40-4d1b-8b7b-1975621d0fee&category%5B10%5D=4bd84df5-ba30-4266-a219-3ef54c4a89be&category%5B11%5D=4bb36675-8024-4e9e-8e1e-1a41621d0fee&category%5B12%5D=4bd84e0d-dc08-4d32-875e-3ef24c4a89be&category%5B13%5D=4bb3662b-0258-4733-866d-1a40621d0fee&type%5B0%5D=4bb36702-4f80-4f29-87c9-1975621d0fee&type%5B1%5D=4d6d583b-8214-4ba2-b82e-3f880a650106&type%5B2%5D=4bb36720-05d0-467d-bb56-1975621d0fee&type%5B3%5D=4bb3670d-cb7c-4bac-990a-1975621d0fee&type%5B4%5D=4bb366f5-9f64-4095-b200-1975621d0fee#results-top
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Ashton symposium - London, September 2013

THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION


FREDERICK ASHTON: 21st-CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHER?

A one-day Symposium celebrating the continuing power and ambition of Ashton’s work, focusing on the role of Ashton today and into the future, the preservation of his work, and issues arising from the changing training and perceptions of today’s dancers.

Sunday 22 September 2013 at The Royal Ballet School, 46 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2

The Symposium will commence promptly at 9.30am and finish at 7.00pm.

0845 - 0930
Arrival and registration
Tea/coffee available
0930 – 0935
Welcome and Introduction

0935 - 10000
Session 1: The continuing power and ambition of Ashton’s work

1000 - 1130
Session 2: What makes an Ashton work an Ashton work with Q&A

1130 - 1200

Tea/coffee break
1200 - 1300
Session 3: The changing training and perceptions of dancers with Q&A

1300 - 1415

Lunch break
1415 - 1515
Session 4: Masterclass: The Dream

1515 - 1630
Session 5: Staging an Ashton ballet with Q&A

1630 - 1700

Tea/coffee break
1700 - 1755
Session 6: Conclusion: securing Ashton’s legacy for the future. Panel discussion with Q&A

1755 - 1800
Close

1800 - 1900
Drinks reception and departure


Participants include Richard Alston, Margaret Barbieri, Ricardo Cervera, Lesley Collier, Christopher Cook, Liz Cunliffe, Anthony Dowell, Wendy Ellis-Somes, Francesca Hayward, Stephanie Jordan, Desmond Kelly, Jeanetta Laurence, Alastair Macaulay, Laura Morera, Geraldine Morris, Kevin O’Hare, Jane Pritchard, Anthony Russell-Roberts, Antoinette Sibley, Akane Takada,Dawid Trzensimiech, Iain Webb

Subject to alteration. Information correct at 9.8.13

The cost of the day is £60 and can be booked through ashtonfoundation@roh.org.uk

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Live streaming of Bolshoi daily class Tuesday August 13

London's Daily Telegraph will be live-streaming Bolshoi class from the Royal Opera House on Tuesday August 13 starting at about 11 am British Time (6 am Eastern Standard Time in North America).
Follow this link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/10233696/Exclusive-Lifting-the-curtain-on-the-Bolshoi-Ballet.html
You will also find other video features and articles about the Bolshoi's London season.

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Video portrait of Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova


The Prodigy from Michael Sugrue on Vimeo.


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Friday, August 9, 2013

English National Ballet Le Corsaire casting

Milton Keynes Theatre


 Medora Conrad
Thurs. 17 October 2013 @ 2 pm                                                    Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta
Thurs. 17 October 2013 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Fri. 18 October 2013 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Fernando Bufala
Sat. 19 October 2013 @ 230 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta
Sat. 19 October 2013 @ 730 pm Daria Klimentová Vadim Muntagirov



The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
                                                     

Medora Conrad
Tues. 22 October 2013 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Wed. 23 October 2013 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Thurs. 24 October 2013 @ 2 pm Fernanda Oliveira Zdenek Konvalina
Thurs. 24 October 2013 @ 730 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta
Fri. 25 October 2013 @ 730 pm Daria Klimentová Vadim Muntagirov
Sat. 26 October 2013 @ 230 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Sat. 26 October 2013 @ 730 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta



New Theatre Oxford
                                                     

Medora Conrad
Wed. 30 October 2013 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Thurs 31 October 2013 @ 2 pm T BA TBA
Thurs. 31 October 2013 @ 730 pm Daria Klimentová Vadim Muntagirov
Fri. 1 November 2013 @ 730 pm Fernanda Oliveira Zdenek Konvalina
Sat. 2 November 2013 @ 230 pm TBA TBA
Sat. 2 November 2013 @ 730 pm Daria Klimentová Vadim Muntagirov



Bristol Hippodrome
                                                        

Medora Conrad
Tues. 26 November 2013 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Wed. 27 November 2013 @ 730 pm Fernanda Oliveira Zdenek Konvalina
Thurs. 28 November 2013 @ 2 pm T BA TBA
Thurs. 28 November 2013 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Fri. 29 November 2013 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Sat. 30 November 2013 @ 230 pm T BA TBA
Sat. 30 November 2013 @ 730 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta



London Coliseum

                                                    

Medora Conrad
Thurs. 9 January 2014 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Fri. 10 January 2014 @ 730 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta
Sat. 11 January 2014 @ 230 pm Fernanda Oliveira Zdenek Konvalina
Sat. 11 January 2014 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Sun. 12 January 2014 @ 230 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Tues.14 January 2014 @ 730 pm Fernanda Oliveira Zdenek Konvalina
Wed. 15 January 2014 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Thurs. 16 January 2014 @ 230 pm TBA TBA
Thurs. 16 January 2014 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Fri. 17 January 2014 @ 730 pm Alina Cojocaru Vadim Muntagirov
Sat. 18 January 2014 @ 230 pm Erina Takahashi Yonah Acosta
Sat. 18 January 2014 @ 730 pm Tamara Rojo Matthew Golding*
Sun. 19 January 2014 @ 230 pm Daria Klimentová Vadim Muntagirov


* Matthew Golding is guesting from Dutch National Ballet.

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