CWT Victor Travel
101
- 8800 Dufferin Street, Concord, ON L4K 0C5
TICO
Ontario registration #1892647
presents
Tours
en l'air
Ballet
Holidays
escorted
by
Canada's
Word Lady,
Katherine
Barber
New
York
13-16
October 2016
4
days, 3 nights
3
ballet performances
One
of the world's greatest companies,
New
York City Ballet,
performing
their signature Balanchine and Robbins repertoire,
plus
new creations
PLUS!
exclusive
behind-the-scenes opportunities
BALLET
BUCKET LIST:
♥ New
York City Ballet performing Balanchine and Robbins
♥
Dances
at a Gathering and
Glass
Pieces
BOOKING SOON!
If you would like to be among the first to know when details and pricing are finalized and booking opens in the next couple of weeks, email toursenlair@gmail.com to be put on the priority notification list.
Thursday
13 October
Arrive
New York. Evening: Suggested
activity: Fiddler
on the Roof based on the original staging by Jerome Robbins
Friday
14 October
House
of Worth, “Lily Dress” evening dress, black velvet with
application of ivory silk in the form of lilies, embroidered with
pearls and sequins, 1896
Morning:
Private guided tour, led by a museum curator, of 40
extraordinary fashions and accessories from the fabulous wardrobe of
Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Countess
Greffuhle (1860-1952),
one of Diaghilev's most influential patrons, at the Fashion Institute
of Technology Museum.
Afternoon
at leisure. 630 pm: Meet a New York City Ballet
dancer, who will give you a personal guided tour of the David H Koch
theatre, NYCB's home. Pre-performance talk. 8pm: New
York City Ballet: Jerome Robbins' masterpiece Dances
at a Gathering,
Firebird
(Balanchine)
Saturday
15 October
Morning
at leisure. 1230
pm: Meet a New York City Ballet Orchestra musician and learn more
about the crucial role of the orchestra. Pre-performance
talk. 2
pm: New York City
Ballet: New
Lovette, New Lopez Ochoa, New
Walker, New Peck, Everywhere
We Go (Peck).
These new creations team leading young choreographers with
internationally acclaimed fashion designers. Evening
at leisure. Suggested activity: Cats
starring New York City Ballet's Georgina Pazcoguin
Sunday
16 October
Morning
at leisure. 1 pm: Tour
of New York City Ballet's wardrobe department led by one of the
wardrobe staff. Pre-performance talk. 3
pm:
New York City Ballet: Glass
Pieces (Robbins),
Thou
Swell (Martins)
set to music by Gershwin,
Balanchine's
rousing and fun celebration of Americana, Stars
and Stripes.
Check
out of hotel and depart New York.
GROUP
SIZE LIMITED TO 20!
To whet your appetite, here are some links to videos on the NYCB website:Dances at a Gathering
http://www.nycballet.com/
Dressed in Chagall’s exquisite sets and costumes, Firebird illustrates an enchanting Russian fairytale and the fantastical creatures of its strange world.
http://www.nycballet.com/
Everywhere We Go:
http://www.nycballet.com/
Glass Pieces
http://www.nycballet.com/
Stars and Stripes
http://www.nycballet.com/
Thou Swell
http://www.nycballet.com/
http://www.nycballet.com/
Dressed in Chagall’s exquisite sets and costumes, Firebird illustrates an enchanting Russian fairytale and the fantastical creatures of its strange world.
http://www.nycballet.com/
Everywhere We Go:
http://www.nycballet.com/
Glass Pieces
http://www.nycballet.com/
Stars and Stripes
http://www.nycballet.com/
Thou Swell
http://www.nycballet.com/
If
you love seeing beautiful places and things, and bingeing on ballet, please check out my other outstanding ballet
trips by clicking here. Final details and pricing available and booking for the following trips opens next Wednesday, August 24:
Bordeaux and Toulouse, July 2017 (itinerary here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/08/food-wine-sightseeingand-ballet-trip.html )
Paris and Amsterdam, May 2017 (itinerary here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/07/amsterdam-and-paris-ballet-trip-may-2017.html )
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