Tours en l'air: Royal Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet screenings in Canada 2015-16

Cineplex theatres and some Landmark and independent cinemas will once more be showing the Royal Ballet broadcasts in Canada.
Cineplex will also be showing the Bolshoi Ballet. The 2015-16 Cineplex season is as follows:

The Royal Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Kenneth MacMillan’s famous version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score returns to open the 2015/16 Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season. This Romeo and Juliet is rich in the swaggering colour of Verona street life and in sword fights and celebrations, but MacMillan’s focus is always on the complex emotions of the young lovers – especially on Juliet as she journeys through the delirious happiness of first love to a shocked, adult perception of her fate. Juliet is one of the most coveted of all ballerina roles, and as MacMillan’s ballet enters its 50th year it resonates as deeply with audiences today as when it was first seen half a century ago.

Showtimes
Sunday, September 27, 2015 Captured live

The Bolshoi Ballet

Giselle

The young peasant girl Giselle dies when she learns that the man she loves, Albrecht, has betrayed her. Against her own will, she joins the wilis, vengeful spirits who now turn against Albrecht and condemn him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. This treasure of Romantic ballet is one of the oldest and greatest in classical repertoire, touching upon the great romantic themes: a doomed love affair ending in tragedy, a dive into fantasy and ultimate redemption through the power of love. The Bolshoi is renowned for its intimate and emotionally intense interpretation of this beloved drama.

Showtimes
Sunday, October 11, 2015 Live

The Royal Ballet

Viscera / Afternoon of a Faun / Tchaikovsky pas de deux / Carmen

Enjoy four short ballets in one evening with this quadruple programme from The Royal Ballet. Carlos Acosta focuses on the dramatic essentials of love, jealousy and revenge in his new production of Carmen. As well as choreographing the production, Acosta will dance the lead role. Liam Scarlett has used Lowell Liebermann’s thrilling Piano Concerto No.1 as the inspiration for his similarly audacious choreography in Viscera. Debussy’s evocative score is the inspiration for Jerome Robbins’s Afternoon of a Faun, which depicts two ballet dancers as absorbed by their own reflections as they are attracted to each other. George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky pas de deux uses a fragment of music composed for the 1877 production of Swan Lake for an eight-minute display of ballet bravura and technique.

Showtimes
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Captured live

The Bolshoi Ballet

Jewels

This opulent triptych was inspired by Balanchine’s visit to the famous jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels on New York’s Fifth Avenue, celebrating the cities and dance schools of Paris, New York and St. Petersburg, each bound to its own precious stone. Balanchine built a homage of captivating beauty to the dance schools that had forged his style: Paris, New York, and St Petersburg, each represented by a contrasting jewel: emerald, ruby, and diamond. Starring Olga Smirnova, Semyon Chudin, Vladislav Lantratov, Anna Tikhomirova, Ekaterina Krysanova, and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet. (JEWELS was recorded live on January 19, 2014)

Showtimes
Sunday, November 29, 2015 Encore

The Bolshoi Ballet

The Lady of the Camellias

A young bourgeois, Armand Duval, falls madly in love with Marguerite Gautier, a gorgeous courtesan celebrated by the Parisian high society. Despite her infidelity, Armand will do all he can to win the beautiful woman’s heart and convince her to leave her indulgent life. John Neumeier's tragic masterpiece is inspired by Alexandre Dumas' novel and accompanied by a devastating all-Chopin.

Showtimes
Sunday, December 6, 2015 Live

The Royal Ballet

The Nutcracker

Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without The Royal Ballet’s classic production of The Nutcracker. Peter Wright’s enchanting production with its wondrously growing Christmas tree and a rousing battle between the villainous Mouse King and an army of toy soldiers, mines the colour of Tchaikovsky’s score, retaining exquisite surviving fragments of the original Ivanov choreography, including the beautiful pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

Showtimes
Sunday, December 20, 2015 Live

The Bolshoi Ballet

The Taming Of The Shrew

Many suitors dream of marrying the lovely and docile Bianca, including Luciento. However her father will not let anyone marry her before her elder sister, the ill-tempered shrew Katharina, is herself married. French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot lands a coup with his adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy tailored specifically to the Bolshoi dancers, and achieves a magnetic two hours of breathtaking, nonstop dance unlike any other, portraying the Bolshoi’s audacity and energy in a completely new way. This new production was staged exclusively for the Bolshoi and cannot be seen anywhere else!

Showtimes
Sunday, January 24, 2016 Live

The Royal Ballet

Rhapsody / Two Pigeons

This delightful Frederick Ashton double bill opens with his setting of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, using the music’s dark turbulence and brilliance to inspire some of his most thrilling choreography, originally created to showcase the virtuosity of Mikhail Baryshnikov. Two Pigeons is Ashton at his most romantic and features one of the most sublime pas de deux in the repertoire.

Showtimes
Sunday, January 31, 2016 Captured live

The Bolshoi Ballet

Spartacus

In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented upheaval. Grigorovich's Spartacus was created at the Bolshoi in 1968 and has since remained the Russian company’s signature ballet. This most spectacular production is an epic tour de force, giving full expression to the virility and strengh for which the Bolshoi’s male dancers are renowned. Principal dancer Mikhail Lobukhin is stunning in the role of the legendary gladiator, along with Svetlana Zakharova as Aegina and Vladislav Lantratov as Crassus.
(SPARTACUS was recorded live on October 20, 2013)

Showtimes
Sunday, March 6, 2016 Encore

The Bolshoi Ballet

Don Quixote

Cervantes’ eccentric hero Don Quixote leaves on journey full of adventures with his loyal squire Sancho Panza in search of his perfect woman. On the way he meets Kitri, the dazzling daughter of an innkeeper who he thinks might be his ideal love. The Bolshoi's panache and excellence are combined in Fadeyechev’s critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance with Leon Minkus’ famous score. Featuring brand new sets and costumes to accompany this colorful and technically challenging production, DON QUIXOTE is quintessential Bolshoi, abounding with life and not to be missed!

Showtimes
Sunday, April 10, 2016 Live

The Royal Ballet

Giselle

Giselle is the quintessential Romantic classic, a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyond the grave. The ballet’s title role also offers one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, as Giselle transforms from an innocent peasant girl, duped into love, to a forgiving spirit who saves her lover from death. For the ballerina this is a role of two contrasting halves: in Act I she must appear naïve and artless, her dancing alive with an earthy enthusiasm; in Act II she transforms into light and air, her dancing so ethereal as to seem weightless. In Peter Wright’s production, the dual aspect of the ballet is perfectly achieved: the first act dramatized in rich, naturalistic detail and the second with a spectral, moonlit beauty.

Showtimes
Sunday, April 17, 2016 Captured live

The Royal Ballet

Frankenstein

Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett has chosen Mary Shelley’s gothic classic Frankenstein as the basis for his first full-length narrative ballet for the Covent Garden Main Stage. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, it inspires Scarlett to explore the very depths of human nature and our need to find acceptance and a place in the world. For this exciting new ballet Scarlett returns to the music of Lowell Liebermann, from whom he has commissioned a brand new score.

Showtimes
Sunday, May 22, 2016 Captured live

All show times are at 1255 pm.

The following Landmark Cinemas are showing the Royal Ballet broadcasts in Canada. Repertoire, screening dates and times vary, so please check your nearest Landmark website for more information.

Landmark Cinemas Canada - Royal Ballet

Landmark 16 Country Hills	300-388 Country Hills Blvd NE	Calgary	AB
Landmark 10 Shawnessy	100-16061 MacLeod Trail SE	Calgary	AB
Landmark 8 City Centre	10200 102 Ave NW	Edmonton	AB
Caprice 5	Unit 100 489 S. Dogwood St	Campbell River	BC
Rialto 4	2655 Cliffe Ave	Courtenay	BC
Paramount Theatre	503 Victoria St	Kamloops	BC
Paramount	261 Bernard Ave	Kelowna	BC
Avalon 8	6631 Island Hwy N	Nanaimo	BC
Landmark Cinemas 10	390 800 Carnarvon Street	New Westminster	BC
Landmark 6 Esplanade	200 W Esplanade	North Vancouver	BC
Landmark Cinemas 7	250 Winnipeg St	Pentiction	BC
Landmark 8 Grant Park	1120 Grant Ave Unit 127	Winnipeg	MB
Landmark 24 Kanata	801 Kanata Avenue	Kanata	ON
Landmark 10 Orleans	3752 Innes Road	Orleans	ON
Landmark 10 Pen Centre	221 Glendale Ave	Saint Catharines	ON
Landmark 10 Waterloo	415 The Boardwalk	Waterloo	ON
Landmark 24 Whitby	75 Consumers Dr	Whitby	ON

In addition, some independent theatres will be picking up the Royal Ballet broadcasts.

Film.ca Cinemas, Oakville, ON	Winter's Tale	11/22/2015	11/25/2015
Film.ca Cinemas, Oakville, ON	Romeo & Juliet	12/6/2015	12/9/2015
Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC	Viscera/Afternoon of a Faun/Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux/Carmen	12/16/2015
Bloor Hot Docs, Toronto, ON	Viscera/Afternoon of a Faun/Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux/Carmen	12/20/2015
Film.ca Cinemas, Oakville, ON	ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND	12/20/2015	12/23/2015
The Loft at Harden and Huyse Cafe, Cobourg, ON	ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND	12/21/2015
The Loft at Harden and Huyse Cafe, Cobourg, ON	Carmen/Viscera/Afternoon of a Faun/Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux (Royal Ballet)	12/27/2015	12/29/2015
Bloor Hot Docs, Toronto, ON	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	12/28/2015
Film.ca Cinemas, Oakville, ON	Carmen/Viscera/Afternoon of a Faun/Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux (Royal Ballet)	1/17/2016	1/20/2016
The Loft at Harden and Huyse Cafe, Cobourg, ON	The Two Pigeons/Rhapsody (Royal Ballet)	3/5/2016
Arden Theatre, St. Albert, AB	ROMEO AND JULIET	3/20/2016
Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC	ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND	4/3/2016
Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, Sudbury, ON	Giselle	5/17/2016
Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC	Giselle (Royal Ballet)	5/18/2016
The Loft at Harden and Huyse Cafe, Cobourg, ON	Giselle (Royal Ballet)	5/21/2016
Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC	Frankenstein (Royal Ballet)	6/22/2016
Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, Sudbury, ON	Frankenstein	6/22/2016
The Loft at Harden and Huyse Cafe, Cobourg, ON	Frankenstein (Royal Ballet)	6/25/2016

Bloor Cinema, Toronto:

THE ROYAL BALLET: FOUR ONE-ACT BALLETS

SUN, DEC 20 - 11:30 AM

Enjoy an incredible diversity of choreography and stage settings with these four short scenes from The Royal Ballet. Carlos Acosta focuses on the dramatic essentials of love, jealousy and revenge in his new production of Carmen. Liam Scarlett has used Lowell Liebermann’s thrilling Piano Concerto No.1 as the inspiration for his similarly audacious choreography in Viscera. Debussy’s evocative score is the inspiration for Jerome Robbins’s Afternoon of a Faun, which depicts two ballet dancers as absorbed by their own reflections as they are attracted to each other. George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky pas de deux uses a fragment of music composed for the 1877 production of Swan Lake for an eight-minute display of ballet bravura and technique.

Tickets & details: http://ow.ly/UTBLL

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THE ROYAL BALLET: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

MON, DEC 28 - 11:30 AM

Back by popular demand! Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland captures the magic of Wonderland and the extraordinary characters Alice meets there, including the highly-strung Queen of Hearts, dancing playing cards, a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter, with theatrical magic and inventive choreography.

Performed at the Royal Opera House on December 10, 2014. Includes two 10-minute intermissions.

Tickets & details: http://ow.ly/UTBAS