Tours en l'air organizes ballet-themed escorted holidays to see the best companies perform great ballets in beautiful places. You can join a trip from anywhere. A highly knowledgeable balletomane who has enjoyed 100s of performances in over 20 cities around the world,I speak English, French, and German, and am a Travel Industry Council of Ontario certified Travel Counsellor. I also teach ballet appreciation courses.
Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays are offered in partnership with CWT Victor Travel, 101 - 8800 Dufferin Street, Concord, ON L4K 0C5, 416-736-6010, TICO # 1892647
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Royal Ballet Choreography by Peter Wright after Petipa-Ivanov
5 December in many places In Toronto, HotDocs Theatre 23 and 26 December at noon For locations and dates near you click here https://www.roh.org.uk/cinemas The Sugar Plum Fairy
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1) Mathilde, the story of the passionate affair between Mathilde Kschessinska, one of the great ballerinas of the Russian Imperial Theatre (the first Russian to perform 32 fouettés) and the future Tsar Nicholas II. Trailer in Russian. The film will be shown with English subtitles. Thursday November 30 at 7:40 pm at Cineplex Yonge and Dundas Toronto and Cineplex Winston Churchill Oakville 2) The Dancer Based on the life of American modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller and her relationship with Isadora Duncan. December 1 - December 7 at Cineplex Yonge & Dundas Toronto buy tickets here The Park Theatre, Vancouver buy tickets here
WIN! an iTunes download of the movie The Dancer / La Danseuse. Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Pictures, Tours en l'air has three to give away. To enter, send an email with the subject line LOIE to toursenlair@gmail.com Contest closes December 8. 14+ Canada only.
See The National Ballet of Canada, Hamburg Ballet, Berlin State Ballet and Dresden Semperoper Ballet next July, on Tours en l'air's Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg trip.
Booking is now opens and signup deadline is December 8.For more information, click here
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Jurgita Dronina in The Nutcracker. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.
The
Sugar Plum Fairy
Peter/The
Nutcracker
Snow
Queen
Baba
Uncle
Nikolai
December
9 @ 2 pm
Jillian
Vanstone
Skylar
Campbell
Xiao
Nan Yu
Andreea
Olteanu
Robert
Stephen
December
9 @ 7 pm
Sonia
Rodriguez
Harrison
James
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Jonathan
Renna
December
10 @ 1 pm
Tina
Pereira
Francesco
Gabriele Frola
Jenna
Savella
Stephanie
Hutchison
Jack
Bertinshaw
December
10 @ 530 pm
Sonia
Rodriguez
Harrison
James
Xiao
Nan Yu
Tiffany
Mosher
Dylan
Tedaldi
December
13 @ 7 pm
Jillian
Vanstone
Skylar
Campbell
Jenna
Savella
Andreea
Olteanu
Robert
Stephen
December
14 @ 7 pm
Greta
Hodgkinson
Harrison
James
Hannah
Fischer
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Jonathan
Renna
December
15 @ 7 pm
Greta
Hodgkinson
Harrison
James
Jenna
Savella
Tiffany
Mosher
Dylan
Tedaldi
December
16 @ 2 pm
Elena
Lobsanova
Naoya
Ebe
Tanya
Howard
Stephanie
Hutchison
Spencer
Hack
December
16 @ 7 pm
Heather
Ogden
Guillaume
Côté
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Jonathan
Renna
December
17 @ 1 pm
Calley
Skalnik*
Christopher
Gerty*
Hannah
Fischer
Stephanie
Hutchison
Donald
Thom*
December
17 @ 530 pm
Sonia
Rodriguez
Harrison
James
Jenna
Savella
Tiffany
Mosher
Dylan
Tedaldi
December
19 @ 7 pm
Elena
Lobsanova
Naoya
Ebe
Tanya
Howard
Stephanie
Hutchison
Spencer
Hack
December
20 @ 7 pm
Heather
Ogden
Guillaume
Côté
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Jonathan
Renna
December
21 @ 7 pm
Tina
Pereira
Francesco
Gabriele Frola
Xiao
Nan Yu
Andreea
Olteanu
Jack
Bertinshaw
December
22 @ 7 pm
Calley
Skalnik*
Christopher
Gerty*
Hannah
Fischer
Stephanie
Hutchison
Donald
Thom*
December
23 @ 2 pm
Heather
Ogden
Guillaume
Côté
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Jonathan
Renna
December
23 @ 7 pm
Greta
Hodgkinson
Harrison
James
Jenna
Savella
Tiffany
Mosher
Dylan
Tedaldi
December
24 @ 1 pm
Jillian
Vanstone
Skylar
Campbell
Xiao
Nan Yu
Andreea
Olteanu
Robert
Stephen
December
27 @ 1 pm
Elena
Lobsanova
Naoya
Ebe
Tanya
Howard
Stephanie
Hutchison
Spencer
Hack
December
27 @ 530 pm
Jurgita
Dronina
Francesco
Gabriele Frola
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Ethan
Watts*
December
28 @ 7 pm
Calley
Skalnik*
Christopher
Gerty*
Hannah
Fischer
Stephanie
Hutchison
Donald
Thom*
December
29 @ 1 pm
Jurgita
Dronina
Francesco
Gabriele Frola
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Ethan
Watts*
December
29 @ 530 pm
Jillian
Vanstone
Skylar
Campbell
Xiao
Nan Yu
Andreea
Olteanu
Robert
Stephen
December
30 @ 2 pm
Calley
Skalnik*
Christopher
Gerty*
Hannah
Fischer
Stephanie
Hutchison
Donald
Thom*
December
30 @ 7 pm
Jurgita
Dronina
Francesco
Gabriele Frola
Elena
Lobsanova
Alejandra
Perez-Gomez
Ethan
Watts*
All casting subject to change. To buy tickets, click here
Support your National Ballet of Canada on its tour to
Hamburg next July, on Tours en l'air's Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg trip.
Booking opens Thursday November 23 and signup deadline is December 8.For more information, click here
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shares her memories and insights Full
afternoon tea (sandwiches, mini-quiche, scones, cream, and jam, fruit
and petits fours, pot of tea) including tax and tip, and one-hour talk
and Q&A Sunday January 28, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
$60 TICKETS MUST BE BOUGHT BY JANUARY 21 AT THE LATEST T-Buds Tea Lounge 2nd floor (17 steps) 3343 Yonge St, Toronto,
at the corner of Yonge and Snowdon/Fairlawn 3 blocks north (about 5 minutes walk)
of the north (Ranleigh) exit of
Lawrence subway station
Space is limited to only 24 ballet-lovers.
Makes a great gift!
To sign up:
Send an email to
toursenlair@gmail.com
Tickets are $60 per person including tax
and can be paid by
Interac e-transfer to toursenlair@gmail.com or
send a cheque
made out to Katherine Barber
at 201 Hanson St Toronto M4C 1A7
Now Booking! Tours en l'air's Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg trip next July. Signup deadline is December 8.
For more information, click here
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BALLET
MAKES LIFE BETTER GET
MORE BALLET OUT OF LIFE WITH TOURS EN L'AIR
Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays are offered in partnership with CWT Victor Travel, TICO 1892647
Attend
daily ballet class and working rehearsals of Dresden Semperoper
Ballet.
Afternoon: private guided walking tour of beautiful historic Dresden.
Three-course welcome dinner.
Sunday
July 1 DRESDEN
Morning
at leisure. Afternoon: one-hour guided visit to the mind-boggling
“Green Vault” priceless treasure chamber of the Saxon dukes. Rest
of afternoon at leisure.
6
pm:performance
of Dresden
Semperoper Ballet: Gods
and Dogs
(Kylian), Heatscape
(Peck),
Political Mother
(Schechter) at the palatial opera house.Three-course
dinner.
Brandenburg
Gate, Berlin
Monday
July 2 DRESDEN – BERLIN
Morning:
check out of hotel. Transfer by private coach to Berlin (approx. 2½
hours).
2-hour
private guided coach tour of Berlin. Mid-afternoon: check into the
superior 4-star Arcotel
John F hotel in the Unter den Linden district of central Berlin.
3-course dinner before Berlin
State Ballet:Don
Quixote.
Tuesday
July 3 BERLIN
Day
at leisure. Suggested activities: Visit one or more of the museums on
Berlin's famous Museum Island, about 5 minutes walk from the hotel.
Evening: 3-course dinner.
Sanssouci
Palace
Wednesday
July 4 BERLIN – HAMBURG
Morning: Check out
of hotel. Transfer by luxury private coach to Potsdam (1 hour from
Berlin). Private guided tour of the magnificent Unesco World Heritage
Sanssouci Palace, home of Frederick the Great, and Cecilienhof
Palace, the site of the Potsdam conference to end the Second World
War. Afternoon: continue by express train (1 ½ hours) to Hamburg.
Check in to Scandic Hotel Emporio Hamburg, a short walk from the Opera House. Evening: 3-course dinner
before National
Ballet of Canada performance: Dreamers
Ever Leave You (Binet),
Emergence (Pite),
The Man in Black
(Kudelka)
Colonnaden,
Hamburg
Thursday
July 5 HAMBURG
Morning:
2-hour walking tour of central Hamburg. Afternoon at leisure.
Recommended activity: take a hop-on hop-off bus tour of Hamburg and
its port or discover Hamburg's many canals on a boat tour. Take a
tour through the City Hall or visit the chocolate museum. Go shopping
along the elegant Colonnaden. Evening: Hamburg
Ballet performance of John Neumeier's brilliant reinterpretation of
Swan Lake.
Friday
July 6 HAMBURG
day
trip to LÜBECK
Morning:
depart by train for the Unesco World Heritage medieval town of Lübeck
(45 minutes from Hamburg). 2-hour walking tour, followed by free time
to shop for or indulge in the famous local Niederegger marzipan. Late
afternoon: return by train to Hamburg. Evening: Hamburg
Ballet performance:Beethoven
Project (Neumeier)
Market
Square, Bremen
Saturday
July 7 HAMBURG
Day
trip to BREMEN
Morning:
depart by train for Bremen (1 h 10 minutes from Hamburg), Germany's
oldest maritime city, with one of its most beautiful market squares.
2-hour private guided walking tour of the old town followed by free
time to explore. Mid-afternoon: return to Hamburg. Evening: Hamburg
Ballet all-Robbins performance: The
Concert, Dances at a Gathering.
Fischauktionshalle,
Hamburg
Sunday
July 8 HAMBURG
Day
at leisure. Suggested activities: enjoy Hamburg's lively fish market
(not just fish: fruit
and vegetables, flowers, clothing, souvenirs...), a Sunday morning
tradition since 1703.
Visit the art galleries, go for a stroll in the botanical garden,or
take a guided tour through the spectacular new Elbphilharmonie
concert hall. Evening: Farewell three-course dinner.
Monday
July 9 HAMBURG
Check
out of hotel and depart Hamburg.
GROUP
SIZE LIMITED TO 20!
SIGNUP DEADLINE 8 DECEMBER 2017
Total
Package CA$4500 per person
based
on double occupancy
Single
supplement: CA$1000
TO
BOOK
Call
Eric Moe at CWT Victor Travel (416) 736-6010
toll-free
1-866-699-0199
All
prices valid till 8 December 2017
You
may use RBC reward points or RBC certificates towards the purchase
of any or all components of these arrangements
LAND-ONLY
PACKAGE allows you the flexibility of arranging travel
from your most convenient departure point,
on
the dates and times you prefer,
and
to extend your stay if you wish.
Victor
Travel's experienced agents
will
be happy to assist you with
flight
arrangements.
Dresden
Package
includes:
10
nights double-share accommodation
Daily
breakfast
Premium
seats for 6 ballets
Watch
daily class or rehearsals at Dresden Semperoper Ballet
Transfer
by private luxury coach from Dresden to Berlin
Private
guided coach tour of Berlin
Excursion
by private luxury coach to Potsdam
Admission
to Sanssouci Palace and Cecilienhof
Palace with private tour
Train
transfer from Berlin to Hamburg
Day
excursions by train to Lübeck
and Bremen
Private
guided walking tours of Dresden (including admission to “Green
Vault”), Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen
Visit
to Dresden Semperoper Ballet daily class and rehearsals
Six
3-course dinners
Beverages
with group meals (mineral water, tea or coffee, and 1 glass wine or
beer or soft drink)
Tips
for group meals, bus excursions, and guides
Free
wifi in hotels
Ballet
enrichment program: ballet notes and informal pre-performance talks
and post-performance reviews with tour leader
Not
included:
Airfare
Meals
and transfers not specifically mentioned in this itinerary
Items
of a personal nature, e.g. phone calls
Cancellation
insurance
and
hospital/medical insurance
All
items and activities listed as optional or suggested in this
brochure
Terms
and Conditions:
This
program is only sold as a package. Extra hotel nights can be added on
at extra cost (subject to availability). We cannot offer individual
components separately, break the package into shorter instalments, or
offer an “accommodation only” option.
Mobility
issues should be discussed with the travel agent before registering.
Travellers
wishing to share will be put in touch with one another.
Non-refundable
deposit of CA$1700 per person is required at time of booking, no
later than 8 December 2017,to
secure your space for this package. Single supplement & optional
cancellation and medical insurance must also be paid at time of
booking
Final
payment due 7 May 2018. Total
package price is fully non-refundable if you cancel.
All
cancellations must be received in writing at CWT Victor Travel to the
attention of Eric Moe (ericm@cwtvictortravel.ca)
Passports
and any entry visas are the responsibility of the traveller and
should be valid for at least 6 months after the date of the expected
return. Even if in possession of these documents, entry into another
country may still be refused.
If
Your Booking is Changed by You:
If you request a change to a booking more than 45 days prior to
departure, it is subject to a $50 administration fee (including
H.S.T.). A name correction, change of name or change of departure
date requested within 45 days of departure makes the booking subject
to full applicable cancellation charges as set out below. Once travel
has commenced, no changes to the booking are permitted.
If
You Cancel Your Booking:
The following cancellation charges apply, as of the date on which we
are informed of your cancellation (date of departure is excluded when
calculating these cancellation charges):
More
than 45 days: deposit of $2000 plus single supplement if applicable
0-44
days: 100% of total price
Cancellation
charges include H.S.T. and are effective from the day we record your
cancellation request. We reserve the right to re-sell any cancelled
services, tickets, etc. without a refund to you.
If
Your Booking is Changed by Us: This
tour is prepared months in advance, and occasionally a part of it has
to be modified or is not available. On occasion, even after your
booking is confirmed, we may have to make changes to your requested
arrangements. Most changes will be minor, however, we may need to
make a major change prior to your departure. Major changes include:
change
of departure or return by more than 24 hours;
change
of accommodation and/or accommodation standard;
increase
in your costs in excess of 7% (unless government imposed); and
change
of route requiring additional traveler identification or
documentation without sufficient time to obtain this documentation
before departure
If
we make a major change, we will advise you as soon as possible, and
you may then:
a.
accept the change as offered; b.
select an alternate tour with Us based on availability and the
applicable price; or c.
cancel your trip completely with a refund of the price paid, minus
the non-refundable deposit.
Sometimes
the hotel reserved is not available due to unexpected maintenance or
overbooking, and a substitute hotel of equal or greater quality will
be provided. If the hotel standard is downgraded and you accept the
change as offered, a refund for any difference in price will be
issued. We reserve the right to change published prices without
notice and/or to pass on government imposed taxes, transportation
related fees or surcharges including those for fuel or currency
fluctuations to you.
Force
Majeure:
We may not be able to refund you in full for some or all changes made
because of war or threat of war, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist
activity, industrial disputes, natural and nuclear disasters, fire,
weather causing beach erosion, epidemics or health risks, technical
or mechanical problems with transport, flight delays due to weather,
government action, closed or congested airports or seaports, supplier
insolvency and any events beyond our direct control.
Tour
Escort:
If the tour escort is unable to accompany the tour, she will be
replaced and the tour will go ahead as scheduled.
It
is Not the Same Away From Home:
As Canadians, we enjoy a very high standard of living. In other parts
of the world, uninterrupted supply of water and electricity, the
local health conditions, levels of security and standards of food and
drink differ from those we enjoy at home.
Travel
Insurance
IT
IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that
Manulife
out-of-province health insurance
and
trip cancellation insurance be
purchased.
It is available through CWT
Victor
Travel. Payment of the premium
must
accompany the deposit and is nonrefundable.
You
have the choice of purchasing
Manulife
Insurance from CWT Victor
Travel.
Alternatively, if you have your
own
coverage, we require proof of
coverage
from you stating the name of
the
insurer and the policy number as well
as
emergency contact number.
Non-medical
Cancellation Insurance is
strongly
recommended. Information
regarding
out-of-province medical &
cancellation
insurance is available
through
CWT Victor Travel.
Estimated
cost on fully non-refundable
land
arrangements of CA$4500 based on a
50-year-old
traveler is CA$339.12
including
taxes. Price will vary based on
age
and state of health.
If
you do not wish to purchase Travel
Insurance,
you must fill out and sign the
Liability
Release Form which we provide
for
you.
For
more information about this trip, contact Katherine Barber
