Katherine
Barber
Tours
en l'air Ballet Holidays
201
Hanson St, Toronto,
ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496
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Dear Balletomane,
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
In
this newsletter:Tea 'n' tutus
Pennsylvania Ballet puts the ballet-haters in their place
Royal
Ballet Viscera, Afternoon of a Faun, Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, Carmen
Cinema relay USA
Bolshoi
Ballet Taming of the Shrew Cinema relay
5
REASONS YOU HAVE TO SEE RHAPSODY
AND THE TWO PIGEONS ROYAL
BALLET CINEMA RELAY
Toronto
Dance events in January and February:
Blue Ceiling Dance presents dead reckoning
FREE! Louis XIV movie Le Roi danse (The King is Dancing) screening
Misty
Copeland doc returns to Bloor Cinema
Canada's
Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Going Home Star – Truth and
Reconciliation Ontario tour
Ballet appreciation talks and courses
Videos
To
the 13 lucky winners of dance film ticket giveaways in December.
Tours en l'air will be doing more of these in future, so be sure to
read your newsletter!
Please
let me know if you would be interested in an “afternoon tea and
ballet talk” event located in North Toronto (close to Yonge subway,
not handicap accessible) sometime in February. Cost per person: $55
includes full afternoon tea (scones, sandwiches, petits fours, tea)
including tax and tip, and a one-hour illustrated ballet talk about
La Sylphide and the
Bournonville style so that you can get more out of the National
Ballet performances in March.
Pennsylvania Ballet puts the ballet-haters in their place
A
Facebook user recently commented that the Philadelphia Eagles
football team had "played like they were wearing tutus!!!"
To read Pennsylvania Ballet's brilliant response, click here:
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2015/12/pennsylvania-ballet-puts-ballet-haters.html
This
program shown in November in the UK and Canada has a limited release
in the US. Some of these theatres also show the Bolshoi Ballet relays
and other Royal Ballet programs. Please check their websites by
clicking on the links.
January
3: Frank Theatres,
Cinema
Arts Centre in Huntington, NY
January
3 & 6: Dairy
Arts Centre in Boulder, CO, Limelight
Cinema in Bellingham, WA
January
4: Showcase
Cinemas
CT
- Fairfield - Fairfield Cinemas @ Bullard Sq
- MA
- Chestnut Hill - Showcase SuperLux
- NY
- Elmsford - Greenburgh
- RI
- Providence
- Providence Place Cinema
January
6: Symphony
Space in New York City, Carolina
Theatre in Durham, NC, Cinemas
Palme D'Or in Palm Desert, CA,
January 6 & 9: City Lights Cinemas in Florence, OR
January 6 & 9: City Lights Cinemas in Florence, OR
January
9: Rialto
Elmwood in Berkeley, CA
January
10: Garden Theater, Princeton, NJ
(http://princetongard...aun-pas-de-deux
)
Bolshoi Ballet Taming of the Shrew Cinema relay
Choreography
by Jean-Christophe Maillot, music by Dmitry Shostakovich.
Not
the same Shrew as the Cranko
version performed by The National Ballet of Canada!
Cinema
relay Sunday January 24 2016 at 1255 pm at select Cineplex
theatres in Canada
for
US theatre locations click
here:
http://www.fathomevents.com/event/bolshoi1516-the-taming-of-the-shrew/more-info/theater-locations
https://youtu.be/xDMU-l59cis
http://www.fathomevents.com/event/bolshoi1516-the-taming-of-the-shrew/more-info/theater-locations
https://youtu.be/xDMU-l59cis
- BARYSHNIKOV. The lead male role in Rhapsody was created for Mikhail Baryshnikov, and therefore incorporates the virtuosity for which he was famous.
- RACHMANINOV. The music for Rhapsody is the beautiful and famous “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”. You will instantly recognize the lyrical theme for the exquisite pas de deux.
- FREDERICK ASHTON. The choreographer of these two ballets was a genius at creating pure dance (Rhapsody) and also at revealing characters, telling stories, making jokes, and generally giving you warm fuzzy feelings through dance which can be exuberant, touching, lyrical, virtuosic, charming … and always entertaining.
- PIGEONS. It's a bird, it's a plane,... it... really is a bird! Two beautiful, live white doves fly in and out of the action in Two Pigeons, reflecting the emotions of the lead characters.
- LOVERS MAKING UP. The final pas de deux in Two Pigeons is one of the most beautiful in ballet (bring your tissues!). No one can beat Ashton's choreography for lovers who have quarrelled and reconcile. This pas de deux alone is worth the price of admission.
DO
NOT MISS IT!!!
Blue Ceiling Dance presents dead reckoning
Wednesday,
January 13 - Saturday January 16, 2016 @ 8:00 PM
Sunday
January 17 @ 2 pm
The
Theatre Centre 1115 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON
tickets:
$25 general admission, $20 student/senior/CADA/CAEA
Theatre Centre box office phone: 416 538 0988
www.theatrecentre.org
Combining choreography by Blue Ceiling dance artistic director Lucy Rupert and internationally renowned ballet choreographer Peter Quanz in his experimental, contemporary vein, Blue Ceiling’s new production explores the power of the mind to produce what we need in times of great distress.
Theatre Centre box office phone: 416 538 0988
www.theatrecentre.org
Combining choreography by Blue Ceiling dance artistic director Lucy Rupert and internationally renowned ballet choreographer Peter Quanz in his experimental, contemporary vein, Blue Ceiling’s new production explores the power of the mind to produce what we need in times of great distress.
Louis XIV movie Le Roi danse (The King is Dancing) screening in Toronto FREE!!
- January 21 at 7:30 pm
- Spadina Theatre, Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Road (just north of Spadina subway station, on the west side of Spadina)
- FREE
admission!
Louis
XIV has two passions: establishing absolute rule over the realm
-after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right, and
artistic brilliancy as a dancer. He starts asserting himself against
the entourage of his mother, the regent during his minority, by
launching a 'fitting' new, mainly musical display of baroque show.
The musical genius Jean-Baptiste Lully, a Florentine upstart of
unbridled ambition, quickly gains the king's absolute trust, despite
the nationalist and aristocratic opposition to a low-born Italian,
and thus turns the normally socially humble post of court composer
into a 'ministerial portfolio of culture' of Cabinet rank.
The movie depicts the baroque era of the Sun King's reign in all its sumptuousness, and recreates some of his most famous dancing roles.
The movie depicts the baroque era of the Sun King's reign in all its sumptuousness, and recreates some of his most famous dancing roles.
Misty Copeland doc returns to Bloor Cinema in January
A
Ballerina’s Tale is an intimate look at American Ballet
Theatre's first African-American female principal, Misty Copeland,
during a crucial period in her life, from her triumph in Alexei
Ratmansky's Firebird, which
she danced with six fractures in her shin, and subsequent
painful recovery to her return to ballet and emergence as a pop
sensation. This film sold out in December, so I recommend booking
online in advance.
For
screenings in the US, check the film's website:
http://www.aballerinastale.com/see-the-film/
Also
available for download on iTunes and amazon.
Bloor
Cinema, Bloor St just east of Bathurst, Toronto
Canada's
Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Going
Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation Ontario
tour
Ottawa, ON
Thu
January 28 2016 National Arts Centre Buy
Tickets More Info
Ottawa, ON
Fri
January 29 2016 National Arts Centre Buy
Tickets More Info
Ottawa, ON
Sat
January 30 2016 National Arts Centre Buy
Tickets More Info
Kingston, ON
Tue
February 02 2016 The Grand Theatre Buy
Tickets More
Info
Burlington, ON
Thu
February 04 2016 The Burlington Performing Arts Centre Buy
Tickets More
Info
Toronto, ON
Fri
February 05 2016 Sony Centre Buy
Tickets More
Info
Toronto, ON
Sat
February 06 2016 Sony Centre Buy
Tickets
Annie,
a young, urban First Nations woman, is adrift in a contemporary life
of youthful excess. But when she meets Gordon, a longhaired trickster
disguised as a homeless man, she’s propelled into a world she’s
always sensed but never seen. They travel not only the streets of
this place but also the roads of their ancestors, learning to accept
the other’s burdens as the two walk through the past and toward the
future. Together, both Annie and Gordon learn that without truth,
there is no reconciliation. The production is based on a story by
award-winning Canadian author Joseph Boyden.
Ballet appreciation talks and courses
Do
you know of a group that would like to learn more about ballet in a
fun-filled, not intimidating or elitist way? I give talks to
seniors' residences, lifelong learning programs, and more. Even
those who think they don't like ballet come away loving it! Please
get in touch if you think your group would enjoy one of the talks
listed on my website:
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2015/12/ballet-appreciation-talks-and-courses.html
.
Videos
Mega-amazing
fouettés from Viengsay Valdes (Cuban National Ballet)
Cool
film from the Paris Opera showing how the backdrop for Giselle is
painted and then transported from the scenery workshop to the stage:
Katherine
Barber
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