London ballet trip February 2015

I have added a new ballet trip to the 2014-15 schedule, draft itinerary below. Please get in touch if you might be interested.

Wednesday 18 February – Saturday 28 February

 

Wed. 18 February: LONDON

Arrive London; check in to the Strand Palace Hotel, 5 minutes walk from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Thurs. 19 February: LONDON

Morning at leisure. Classic English afternoon tea for lunch, followed by afternoon performance of Royal Ballet, Swan Lake. Evening at leisure.

Fri. 20 February: LONDON

Day at leisure. Evening: optional trip by train to Milton Keynes for Matthew Bourne's New Adventures: Edward Scissorhands

Sat. 21 February: LONDON

(day trip to BIRMINGHAM)

Transfer by train to Birmingham (1 ½ hours). 3-course lunch. Matinee performance of Birmingham Royal Ballet Serenade (Balanchine), Lyric Pieces (Lang), In the Upper Room (Tharp). Return by train to London.

Sun. 22 February: LONDON

Day at leisure. Optional day trip to Oxford with morning walking tour of the colleges.

Mon. 23 February: LONDON

Day at leisure. Suggested activity: visit the special Rubens and His Legacy: Van Dyck to Cézanne exhibition at the Royal Academy or the exhibition of dresses worn by Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, and Diana, Princess of Wales from the 50s to the 80s at Kensington Palace.

Tues. 24 February: LONDON

Morning at leisure. Afternoon: Backstage tour of the Royal Opera House and visit to the Royal Ballet School (to be confirmed). Evening at leisure

Wed. 25 February: LONDON

Private guided tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum dance collection, then visit the special exhibition “The Wedding Dress 1775-2014”. Evening: Meeting of the Ballet Association (guest speaker tba)

Thurs. 26 February LONDON

(day trip to BIRMINGHAM)

Transfer by train to Birmingham (1 ½ hours). Visit to Elmhurst School for Dance (to be confirmed). Matinee performance of Birmingham Royal Ballet: Coppelia. Return by train to London.

Fri. 27 February: LONDON

Day at leisure. Evening: farewell 3-course dinner followed by Royal Ballet, Onegin.

Sat. 28 February: LONDON

Check out of hotel and depart London. (You may extend your stay if you wish).

BALLET BUCKET LIST*:

♥ Birmingham Royal Ballet's eye-candy production of Coppélia
♥ The Royal Ballet performing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
♥ Onegin

♥ Serenade

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Royal Ballet livestream 6 September 2014

Dance performances from Deloitte Ignite to be live-streamed on 6 September 2014

 

Programme includes extracts of The Firebird, The Dying Swan, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, and a special commission from Turner Prize-winner Chris Ofili.

Sampling the Myth, a programme of mixed works to be staged at Deloitte Ignite 2014, will be live-streamed via The Royal Opera House YouTube Channel at 6.50pm BST (1:50 pm Eastern Time) on Saturday 6 September 2014. The event will be available to watch online anywhere in the world (with a small number of exceptions).

The programme combines dance and visual art in a modern exploration of ancient myths through performance and film and will feature:

a special commission from Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili and choreographer Aakash Odedra based on the myth of Prometheus.

Extracts from:

Mikhail Fokine’s The Firebird and The Dying Swan; 

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake; 

George Balanchine’s Apollo;

Wayne McGregor’s Raven Girl. 

World premiere of a new piece by Rambert’s Miguel Altunaga.

Three short dance films created by:

 the National Ballet of Canada’s Robert Binet, Also directed by NBoC's Dylan Tedaldi and featuring Emma Hawes, Svetlana Lunkina, Jack Bertinshaw and Félix Paquet

 rising choreographic talent Charlotte Edmonds,

 internationally renowned choreographer Kim Brandstrup.

Casting has been confirmed for the live stream:
Roberta Marquez and Bennet Gartside will perform a pas de deux from Mikhail Fokine's The Firebird 
Edward Watson and Liam Mower will perform a pas de deux from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake.
Rambert dancers Miguel Altunaga, Estela Merlos and Hannah Rudd will perform Dark Eye, a short work based on the idea of 'The Fates'.
Yuhui Choe and Valeri Hristov will perform the Act III pas de deux from Frederick Ashton's Ondine 
Marianela Nuñez will perform a solo from Mikhail Fokine's The Dying Swan
Sarah Lamb and Eric Underwood will perform an extract from Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl.
Federico Bonelli will perform a solo from George Balanchine's Apollo

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Paris Opera Ballet livestream 4 October

The POB October 4 performance of Harald Lander's masterpiece Etudes, along with pieces performed by the POB school, will be livestreamed on www.culturebox.fr. Also included will be the company and school's annual défilé.
Livestream starts at 7:30 pm European time (1:30 pm Eastern Time); it will be available online for some time afterwards.

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How to buy a ticket online for a Cineplex ballet broadcast

Cineplex makes it almost impossible to negotiate the navigation required to buy a ticket for their ballet broadcasts on their website, but you can in fact do it. Herewith the Tours en l'air guide to Cineplex ticketing.

1) Go to this page:
http://cineplex.com/Events/DanceSeries

Scroll down a bit and all of the performances are listed.

2) Click on the date you want to attend under "Showtimes" for the ballet you want to see.

3) The next page may remember what city you are in from a previous visit, but if not, click on the city that does appear and type the name of your city in its place; hit enter.

4) Once you have the right city, scroll down to find the cinema where you want to attend, and click on "Show movies and showtimes"

5) If you want to take advantage of the discount for a 3-show package, click on "series ticketing".

5a) Log in, sign up, or proceed without logging in

5b) Select the dates and times you want for your package and then "proceed". From there it's pretty straightforward.

6) If you want to buy a ticket to just one show, click on the showtime (e.g. 7:00 in the little box)

 6a)  Log in, sign up, or proceed without logging in

6b) Select the date and time you want, and then "proceed". From there it's pretty straightforward.

Canadian ballet fans! please complain to Cineplex Front Row Centre Events about the cancellation of Royal Ballet broadcasts. Otherwise they'll think we don't care. http://www.cineplex.com/Global/FeedbackZone/Feedback

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New version of La Fille mal Gardée in Australia

West Australian Ballet  (located in Perth) and Queensland Ballet (located in Brisbane) are co-producing a new version of La Fille mal Gardée, set in the 1950s and with choreography by French choreographer Marc Ribaud, former artistic director of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Nice and the Royal Swedish Ballet.
More details in this article, which mistakenly states that this is the most frequently staged version, when of course that honour goes to Frederick Ashton's.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/arts/a/24764156/50s-flavour-in-wayward-ballet/
The score is the same as that put together by John Lanchbery from Ferdinand Herold's early 19th-century version, and the synopsis seems to be identical.

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GTA Dance 2014-15

** For help with buying a ticket online for a Cineplex ballet broadcast, see this post: 
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2014/08/how-to-buy-ticket-online-for-cineplex.html

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
 Wednesday September 24, 7pm,
Sunday September 28, 1255 pm 
Cineplex Theatres


The Velveteen Rabbit 
Ballet Jorgen Canada
Oct 4 & 5
Betty Oliphant Theatre

Ballet in the Studio
October 14 @ 12 noon, 15 @ 1830
Canada's Ballet Jörgen Studios, 160 Kendal Ave., Bldg C, Rm. 126, Toronto, ON M5R 1M3



Manon
 CANCELLED
Thursday, October 16, 7pm
The Royal Ballet Live
Manon: Marianela Nunez
Des Grieux: Federico Bonelli
 Cineplex Theatres

another distributor has picked up the Royal Ballet broadcasts. Dates for screenings will differ. For information, see this post: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2014/09/landmark-cinemas-and-possibly-others.html

Ailey II  
Mixed Program, includes Revelations
Friday, October 24, 8pm
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Regular Price: $45
Series Price: $40
Youth Price: $25 (30 and Under)
Plus additional taxes and fees.


The Legend of Love
 Sunday, October 26, 1255 pm
The Bolshoi Ballet Live
 Cineplex Theatres

Manon
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday 8 - Sunday 16 November

The Pharaoh’s Daughter
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7 pm

The Bolshoi Ballet Encore
Svetlana Zakharova, Nina Kaptsova, Ruslan Skvortsov.
 Cineplex Theatres


Nijinsky  
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday 22 - Sunday 30 November

 

Ballet 360: An Hour of Contemporary Dance Free performance by Ballet Jorgen

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Friday 2 December, noon

La Bayadère
Sunday, December 7, 1255 pm
The Bolshoi Ballet Encore
Nikiya: Svetlana Zakharova
Gamzatti: Maria Alexandrova
Solor: Vladislav Lantratov
Cineplex Theatres

The Nutcracker
THEATRE: Hammerson Hall, Mississauga Living Arts Centre
DATE: Sunday, December 7, 2014 @ 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia

The Nutcracker

National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday 13 December - Saturday 3 January

The Nutcracker 
Ballet Jorgen Canada

Betty Oliphant Theatre
Dec 17 & 18

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
 CANCELLED
Wednesday, December 17, 7pm
Saturday, December 20, 1255 pm
The Royal Ballet Live

Alice: Lauren Cuthbertson
Jack/Knave of Hearts: Federico Bonelli 
Cineplex Theatres


another distributor has picked up the Royal Ballet broadcasts. Dates for screenings will differ. For information, see this post: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2014/09/landmark-cinemas-and-possibly-others.html

The Nutcracker  

National Ballet of Cuba 

Burlington Performing Arts Centre

Thurs. Dec 18 7:30 PM

Fri. Dec 19 7:30 PM

Sat. Dec 20 2:00 PM

Sat. Dec 20 7:30 PM

The Nutcracker - 
Toronto International Ballet Theatre
Dec 20, 2014, 7pm
Sony Centre


The Nutcracker
 Sunday, December 21, 1255 pm
The Bolshoi Ballet Live
Cineplex Theatres

The Nutcracker   

Ballet Jorgen Canada 

Flato Theatre Markham

December 30, 2 and 7 pm 

Ballet 360 - 
Ballet Jorgen Canada
January 23 & 24
Betty Oliphant Theatre
Robert Desrosiers tour de force Bouffonia, which premiered to great acclaim last season, will return along with Allen Kaeja’s Yet and Malgorzata Nowacka’s Séance  

Swan Lake 
Sunday, January 25, 1255 pm
The Bolshoi Ballet Live
Cineplex Theatres
 

Swan Lake 
THEATRE: Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
DATE: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 @ 7:30 PM
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia 

Swan Lake 
THEATRE: Hammerson Hall,Mississauga Living Arts Centre
DATE: Thursday, February 5, 2015 @ 7:30 PM
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia 


Moulin Rouge^® The Ballet
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sunday, February 22, 1255 pm
Wednesday February 25, 7pm 
Cineplex Theatres


Chroma, ...black night's bright day...
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Wednesday 4 - Sunday 8 March

Romeo and Juliet
Sunday, March 8, 1255 pm

The Bolshoi Ballet Encore
Romeo: Alexander Volchkov 
Juliet: Anna Nikulina 
Cineplex Theatres


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday 14 - Sunday 29 March

Swan Lake  CANCELLED
Wednesday 18 March, 7 pm
The Royal Ballet Live
Odette/Odile: Natalia Osipova
Prince Siegfried: Matthew Golding 
Cineplex Theatres

another distributor has picked up the Royal Ballet broadcasts. Dates for screenings will differ. For information, see this post: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2014/09/landmark-cinemas-and-possibly-others.html

Cinderella
Ballet Jorgen Canada
Mar 21 & 22
Betty Oliphant Theatre

Ballet in the Studio
March 24 @ 12 noon, 25 @ 1830
Canada's Ballet Jörgen Studios, 160 Kendal Ave., Bldg C, Rm. 126, Toronto, ON M5R 1M3

Erik Bruhn Competition
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Tuesday 24 March
 

Russian National Ballet Theatre "Cinderella" - 8 PM
Mar 31, 2015 

Flato Theatre Markham

171 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 8G5  

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Russian National Ballet Theatre "Cinderella" - 1 PM
Apr 01, 2015

Flato Theatre Markham

171 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 8G5  

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Russian National Ballet Theatre "Sleeping Beauty" - 2 PM
Apr 01, 2015

Flato Theatre Markham

171 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 8G5  

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Russian National Ballet Theatre "Sleeping Beauty" - 8 PM
Apr 02, 2015

Flato Theatre Markham

171 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 8G5  

Ivan The Terrible
Sunday April 19, 1255 pm
The Bolshoi Ballet Live
Cineplex Theatres 

Anna Karenina
Eifman St. Petersburg Ballet
Apr 23-25, 2015
Sony Centre

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

Rose Theatre Main Stage,

Rose Theatre Brampton

April 28, 2015, 8:00 PM 

Seating Plan

works by Benjamin Millepied (director of the Opéra de Paris), Adonis Foniadakis and Barak Marshall. The pieces combine classical and contemporary dance,

La Fille mal gardée  CANCELLED

Wednesday May 6, 7 pm
The Royal Ballet Live
Cineplex Theatres 
another distributor has picked up the Royal Ballet broadcasts. Dates for screenings will differ. For information, see this post: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2014/09/landmark-cinemas-and-possibly-others.html



Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

Mixed Program

Burlington Performing Arts Centre

Wed. May 20 8:00 PM 

Benjamin Millepied (Closer), Andonis Foniadakis (Kosmos) and Barak Marshall (Harry).
BJM – Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal
Sony Centre
May 23, 2015 


Shostakovich Trilogy Parts 1 & 3, Being & Nothingness
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday 30 May - Sunday 7 June

The Sleeping Beauty
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 14 June

Gala
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Wednesday 17 June

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Free drop-in ballet classes at the Sony Centre

UPCOMING FALL 2014 DANCE PROGRAM
This fall the Sony Centre introduces free drop-in classes for everyone in our community. FREE drop-in classes for Fall 2014 Dance Series include the following:
SEPTEMBER – ADULT BEGINNER BALLET
Dates: Thursdays September 4, 11, 18, 25 & Tuesdays September 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
OCTOBER - BARRE FITNESS
Dates: Tuesdays October 7, 14, 21, 28
Time: 5:10 pm – 6:00 pm
NOVEMBER - MOMMY/DADDY & ME DANCE
Dates: Tuesdays November 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East (at Front & Yonge)
Enter: Through stage door off Scott Street (east side of building)
No registration required. No previous dance experience required.
Please wear comfortable clothing. Washrooms available for changing.

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