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In addition to the Cineplex theatres who will be showing the Royal Ballet live broadcasts this year, some Landmark cinemas will also be showing selected performances. For the September 27th showing of Romeo and Juliet, the complete list of Canadian cinemas participating is as follows: AB: Calgary [Lx2], Edmonton [C, L], Lethbridge [C] BC: Campbell River [L], Coquitlam [C], Courtenay [L], Kamloops [L],
Langley [C], Nanaimo [L], New Westminster [L], North Vancouver [L],
Penticton [L], Richmond [C], Vancouver [C] MB: Winnipeg [C, L] NB: Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John (all Cineplex) NL: St. John's [C] NS: Dartmouth, Halifax, Sydney (all Cineplex) ON: Ancaster [C], Barrie [C], Belleville [C], Burlington [C],
Collingwood [C], East Gwillimbury [C], Etobicoke [C], Gloucester [C],
Guelph [C], Kanata [L], Kingston [C], Kitchener [L], London [C], Niagara
Falls [C], Oakville [C], Orleans [L], Oshawa [C], Ottawa [C],
Peterborough [C], Sarnia [C], Scarborough [C], St. Catharines [L], St.
Thomas [C], Sudbury [C], Thunder Bay [C], Toronto [Cx3], Vaughan [C],
Whitby [L], Windsor [C] PE: Charlottetown [C] QC: Brossard, Cote Saint-Luc, Kirkland, Laval, Montreal (2), Sherbrooke, Ste-Foy (all Cineplex) SK: Regina, Saskatoon (all Cineplex) http://www.cineplex....nts/DanceSeries (click on "showtimes" link) http://www.landmarkcinemas.com/en.aspx (click on the icon of the Romeo and Juliet poster) Admission prices Cineplex: $20 / $19 / $13 - plus SCENE loyalty points
Landmark: $17 / $15 / $12
Start times are not uniform, although most screenings will begin at
12:55 pm. West of Ontario, Landmark Cinemas will be going with earlier
start times (meaning, for example, that screenings in Greater Vancouver
will be starting three hours apart depending on the theater). Start
times in Atlantic Canada are traditionally later than in the rest of the
country.
For other showings at Landmark, you have to go to the incredibly cumbersome Landmark website, choose a theatre near you, and then click on the "Experiences" tab and scroll WAY down to the Royal Ballet icon and click on it. Bolshoi Ballet performances will be shown only at Cineplex theatres. For the complete list of Bolshoi and Royal Ballet live broadcasts, please click here. In spite of the cinema chains' best efforts to keep these performances top secret, please support ballet broadcasts in Canada to make sure we keep getting them.
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Artem Ovcharenko, premier of the Bolshoi Ballet, has been approved for the role
of Rudolf Noureev in the film by director Carlson Smith. The shooting
will be done by a team from London especially for the BBC.
Certainly Ovcharenko has a striking facial resemblance to Nureyev.
Born in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR (now Ukraine), Artem Ovcharenko began
studying ballet at the Dnipropetrovsk State Choreographic School when he
was 11 years old. At the age of 17, he entered the Bolshoi Ballet
Academy where he participated in the Academy’s tours to the U.S.,
Greece, Germany, China and other countries. He graduated in 2007 and was
admitted to the Bolshoi Ballet in the corps de ballet.
As one of the promising young generation of the Bolshoi company,
Artem’s repertoire covers most of the classical romantic roles: Romeo,
The Prince in The Nutcracker, and Prince Siegfried, as well as leading
roles in neoclassical productions such as George Balanchine’s Apollo and Jewels; Lady of the Camellias by John Neumeier, Onegin by
John Cranko, Lost Illusions by Alexei Ratmansky, and Marco Spada by
Pierre Lacotte. With an ever-eager interest in exploring new roles,
Artem has had much success in the contemporary ballets staged at the
Bolshoi, such as Chroma by Wayne McGregor, Classical Symphony by Yuri
Possokhov, and The Taming of the Shrew by Jean-Christophe Maillot.
Artem has participated in the Bolshoi Ballet tours to Asia, Europe
and Americas, and he is a welcome guest star in famous international
companies such as Berlin State Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Hamburg State Opera, and also at international ballet festivals and
national culture projects.
Artem took part in some prestigious dance competitions, receiving
gold at the Tanzolymp in Berlin in 2006, and another at the Arabesque
competition in Perm in 2008. In 2009 he won a Special prize “To the best
partner” at the International competition of ballet dancers, and was
awarded with “The Rising Star” nomination. In 2010 he took part in the
International Festival "World Ballet Stars" in Donetsk, Ukraine. In
January 2011, he performed with Bolshoi principal, Nina Kaptsova at the
6th Prague Ballet Gala, and in August, he danced with Anna Tikhomirova,
at the closing gala-concert of the 8th Congress of the World Federation
of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations in Hanoi. In July 2012, he and
Anna Tikhomirova participated in Rossiya K’s "Grand Ballet Project",
(televised in December 2012), where they were awarded the Grand Prix as
"Best Ballet Duo".
In 2013, Artem Ovcharenko was promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. https://youtu.be/iuUhYx6vHx8
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Casting has been announced for the live cinema relay of Giselle from the Bolshoi on October 11 (dates may vary by country). Albrecht will be the much-talked-about prodigy Sergei Polunin.
Former ABT star Paloma Herrera's farewell performance will be in Maximiliano Guerra's Romeo and Juliet at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. It will be streamed live on Saturday, October 17, at 8:00 pm ART, (7pm Eastern and 4pm Pacific). http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en-vivo The last livestream from Buenos Aires failed to transmit the video, so let's hope this one works!
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Former Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell takes a journey from 18th century France to 1950s America to explore
the changing role of the ballerina and the challenges faced by her
predecessors. This 60-minute documentary airs on British Columbia's Knowledge Network on Wednesday September 16 at 9 pm Pacific Time and Thursday September 17 at 1 am Pacific Time. Knowledge is available outside BC on the Bell satellite service.
Alessandra Ferri, one of the world's best Juliets, will be returning to the role in MacMillan's ballet for one performance only with American Ballet Theatre next June 23 at the Metropolitan Opera House, the New York Times has announced. Her partner will be the brilliant Herman Cornejo. Ferri is 52 years old, and retired from dancing a few years ago but has been making a comeback and will also be performing in John Neumeier's new ballet based on the life of actress Eleonara Duse in Hamburg this year.
Romeo and Juliet rehearsal to be live-streamed on 11 September 2015
Insights event will feature Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano rehearsing the star-crossed lovers' pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell being coached through Mercutio's solos.
A Royal Ballet rehearsal of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet will be live-streamed via YouTube and the Royal Opera House website from 7.15pm BST (2.15 pm EDT) on 11 September 2015. The event — one of a number of upcoming live-streams from the Royal
Opera House — will feature members of the Company rehearsing both pas de deux and solos, as well as being interviewed. Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano will rehearse the act one and three pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell will be coached through Mercutio's solos from acts one and two. The session will be led by Senior Ballet Master Christopher Saunders.
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World Ballet Day LIVE will be broadcast on each of the five participating ballet companies’ YouTube pages.
Schedule (Times are indicated in Eastern Standard Time.)
10:00 pm – 3:00 am The Australian Ballet
3:00 – 6:00 am Bolshoi Ballet
6:00 – 11:00 am The Royal Ballet
11:00 am – 4:00 pm The National Ballet of Canada
4:00 – 9:00 pm San Francisco Ballet
This
year, World Ballet Day LIVE will include pre-recorded footage from a
wide range of regional dance organizations geographically close to the
five participating companies. Confirmed
companies as of this press date include Bangarra Dance Theatre,
Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet, English National Ballet, Hamburg
Ballet, Houston Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, National Ballet
of China, Nederlands Dans Theater, Northern Ballet,
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Scottish
Ballet.
Programming
Enjoy a tour of productions from the past year, and a preview of what
is to come as the Bolshoi Ballet heads into it’s 240th season.
Morning Class
Recent Productions
Radu Poklitaru’s Hamlet
Yuri Possokhov’s Hero of Our Time
Rehearsals
Preview of Upcoming Season
World premieres, revivals, special projects, festivals, international
tours, guest company presentations on the Bolshoi Theatre stages, and a
gala dedicated to the memory of Maya Plisetskaya.
Interviews Throughout the Day
Interviews Throughout the Day
Vladimir Urin, Sergei Filin, Yuri Possokhov, Boris Akimov, Brigitte Lefevre, Azarii Plisetski, and more!
San Francisco Ballet will finish off the broadcast with a preview of
their upcoming season and interviews with some of ballet’s most well
known choreographers. Host: Former SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joanna Berman
Company Class
Rehearsals
Featuring ballets from San Francisco Ballet’s upcoming Repertory Season and tour to China
Interviews Throughout the Day
Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer, Helgi Tomasson
The Royal Ballet Artist in Residence, Liam Scarlett
Associate Choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet, William Forsythe
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One of Europe's oldest opera houses, the magnificent Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, opened in 1780. Check out the spectacular interior in this short video. I hope to organize a Tours en l'air trip to see Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux and its not-too-distant neighbour the Ballet du Capitole du Toulouse in 2017. (Plus sample the local wines, of course!)
