Free ballet livestreams

Feeling deprived of ballet because of theatre closures? 

Bolshoi Ballet
will stream on their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/bolshoi/videos the following ballet. These are up for only 24 hours.starting at 7 pm Moscow time (noon Eastern time)
Broadcast Schedule:
15.04 - Le Corsaire
18.04 - Spartacus
25.04 - A hero of our time
03.05 - The bright stream
07.05 - Don Quixote




 The Royal Ballet

 https://www.facebook.com/royaloperahouse/

Mariinsky Ballet has on YouTube a documentary about Vladimir Shklyarov (who looks about sixteen but is in fact in his thirties!) including a performance towards the end of the film of Roland Petit's Le Jeune Homme et la Mort.
https://youtu.be/oNPIh8KdMic 

Royal Danish Ballet will be livestreaming Napoli
https://kglteater.dk/kgl/xtra/forestilling-napoli/?section=31109

Note! Depending on your connection, it may take a few minutes for the video to start playing.

Free online course from Harvard.
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots
https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-first-nights-stravinsky-s-rite-of-spring-modernism-ballet-and-riots-7319?utm_source=fcc_medium&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=ivy_league_courses_2020&fbclid=IwAR23_yxpI_3jx1imxjds-US3vodu3m9qJBtDArBFpcDg4zrsFxjSpUkr03Q 

Paris Opera Ballet is livestreaming several performances,
https://www.operadeparis.fr/actualites/spectacles-de-lopera-de-paris-a-redecouvrir-en-ligne?fbclid=IwAR2897HpAQ5h9NiZPnN7BoT-1TQ0gfcv2arLRxKbXfmrtdug2UjEeoKXlYY

   « HOMMAGE À JEROME ROBBINS » -Fancy Free, A Suite of Dances, Afternoon of a Faun, Glass Pieces13 April starting at 7h30 pm CET until 19 avril


Cinderella
From 18 April starting at 19h00 CET until 19 June
CHORÉGRAPHIE : Rudolf Noureev 

 
Rome Opera Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty, with Marianela Nunez and Vladislav Lantratov
https://youtu.be/OFd1ZwgubAI 

Dutch National Ballet
https://www.operaballet.nl/nl/ballet/ballet/?utm_source=het-ballet.nl&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=redirect

has announced that they are looking into what videos they might be able to stream.

Hamburg Ballet
https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/news/online_programm.php

free online streams of John Neumeier ballets from Hamburg Ballet (times are CET, ie 6 hours ahead of Eastern Time) https://www.hamburgballett.de/…/news/video_matthaeus_passio…
"St Matthew Passion" ballet by John Neumeier
Stream from Thursday, April 9th Saturday April 18
At 4.30 p.m. for 48 hours

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography, staging, set design and costumes: John Neumeier
Recorded in 2005 from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, with John Neumeier as Jesus
"The Lady of the Camellias" ballet by John Neumeier based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Stream from Thursday April 16 | Saturday April 25th
At 4.30 p.m. for 48 hours
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Choreography and production: John Neumeier | Set design and costumes: Jürgen Rose
NDR studio production 1987
"Death in Venice" A dance of death by John Neumeier based on the novella by Thomas Mann
Stream from Thursday, April 23rd Saturday May 2nd
At 4.30 p.m. for 48 hours
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner
Choreography, staging, lighting concept: John Neumeier
Stage design: Peter Schmidt | Costumes: John Neumeier and Peter Schmidt
2004 recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
“Beethoven Project” ballet by John Neumeier
Stream from Thursday April 30th Saturday May 9th
At 4.30 p.m. for 48 hours
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Choreography, light and costumes: John Neumeier | Set design: Heinrich Tröger
Recorded in 2019 from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
"Illusions - like Swan Lake" ballet by John Neumeier
Stream from Thursday, May 7th Sat May 16
At 4.30 p.m. for 48 hours
Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography and production: John Neumeier
Choreography ("Second memory"): after Lew Ivanow, reconstructed under the advice of Alexandra Danilova
Choreography (Grand Pas de deux in "Third Memory"): after Marius Petipa and Lew Ivanow
Set design and costumes: Jürgen Rose
Recorded in 2001 from the Hamburg State Opera

La Scala
Tuesday 21 april

RaiPlay
Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Peter von Oldenburg

Le Corsaire

Coreografia di Anna-Marie Holmes da Marius Petipa e Konstantin Sergeyev, scene e costumi di Luisa Spinatelli, direttore Patrick Fournillier con 
Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, Martina Arduino, Marco Agostino, Antonino Sutera, Mattia Semperboni e Antonella Albano.  Teatro alla Scala 2018

Stuttgart Ballet

Astana Opera (Kazakhstan)

Streaming starts at 2 pm UK time during the week and at 1 pm UK time on Saturdays and Sundays
 
Wednesday April 15 - Chopiniana (Les Sylphides) and Scheherazade
 
Saturday, 18 April - Manon (MacMillan)

Sunday, 19 April - Beethoven, Immortal, Love - the new ballet by Raimondo Rebeck,

Saturday, 25 April - a double bill of 21st century ballets - How Long is Now? (Raimondo Rebeck) and Sounds of Time (Ksenia Zvereva)

Wednesday, 29 April - Coppelia (Roland Petit version)
Sunday, 3 May - Swan Lake
Saturday, 9 May - Beethoven, Immortal, Love
 
Here is the Astana Opera website.
http://astanaopera.kz/en/эксклюзивные-спектакли-астана-опер/
 
and TengriTV for the streaming is here
https://tengrinews.kz/tv/#

Finnish National Ballet

Kenneth Greve's The Little Mermaid starting March 26. Other ballets subsequently.
https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/the-little-mermaid-recording/ 
  

Zurich Ballet
https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/streaming/
Three ballets by Christian Spuck:

Messa da Requiem, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker and Mouse King


Vienna State Ballet
April 21 at 19:00 CEST - John Neumeier's Le Pavillon d'Armide & Le Sacre
April 29 at 19:00 CEST - Manuel Legris' production of Le Corsaire  


Northern Ballet
 What's On

• EGO - watch online at northernballet.com/ego from 7pm on 27 March
• Dracula - see it on BBC Four and iPlayer in the coming weeks as part of the BBC's Culture in Quarantine Season
• 1984 - for one month only, see Jonathan Watkins' award-winning ballet online at northernballet.com/1984 from Friday 3 April
• Little Red Riding Hood - our ballet for children has been adapted for CBeebies and will be shown for the first time at 9:30am on Good Friday, 10 April
• 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala - see exclusive extended highlights online from Friday 17 April

And lots more, including:

• The Making of EGO - an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary into the making of Kenneth Tindall and Dan Lowenstein's new dance film.
• Exclusive content from our new ballet Geisha
• Extended footage from Victoria
• Exclusive dancer Q&As and behind-the-scenes content

Northern Ballet is requesting donations for viewing.
 

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Unique Ballet intensive in the South of France

Dance program
10 am - 12pm Classical ballet (Thomas Gallus)

2 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Repertoire. (Myriam Ould Braham)

4 pm - 5:30pm MacMillan repertoire. (Robert Tewsley)

Teachers

Myriam Ould Braham, Etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet.

Robert Tewsley, Former international Guest Star and Principal Dancer at the National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Royal Ballet, and international stager for the Kenneth MacMillan repertoire.

Thomas Gallus, Director of the Exclusive International Ballet Program, international guest teacher and Ballet Master, former Soloist at the Lyon Opera Ballet, Ballet of La Scala in Milan, Paris Opera Ballet and the Bordeaux Opera Ballet.

Pianist

Ballet pianist Sabine Morris, teacher and accompanying pianist at the Maurice Ravel Conservatory of Music and Dance in Marmande, graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Maximum enrollment: 12 students
Age: 16 -20

Price (Package)

Package includes:
- 5 hours of dance instruction per day for five days accompanied by a live pianist.
- Food (Breakfast, lunch and dinner) with drinks.
- Transport (On arrival at the SNCF train station in Marmande or Bordeaux Merignac airport and return, as well as between accommodation and studios)
- Shared accommodation at Château Mathias (6 nights, arrival July 26^th, departure August 1).
- Round tables organized with the teachers to discuss participants’ artistic and professional development (work methodology, personal advice, support for auditions with professional companies and major ballet schools, orientation recommendations based on the artistic potential of each student).

The price of the package for the Exclusive International Ballet Program is € 1,300.

Prizes

After deliberation by the jury a prize will be awarded to each of two participants as a reward for their work:

1) The experience of working within an internationally renowned professional company (for 2020 the Czech National Ballet in Prague), dates and duration to be determined by the program director in agreement with the artistic director of the Czech National Ballet.
Travel (from within Europe) and accommodation paid for by the program and the inviting company.
Please note that food is the responsibility of the participants.

2) Participation as a performer at the Gala des Étoiles des Hivernales de la Danse in Liège
(Belgium). Travel (from within Europe) and transport to the hotel with the invited Stars. Accommodation at the hotel and breakfast included; other meals are the responsibility of the student. The prize winner is required to dance in two performances, without remuneration. The program will be determined by the course director after consultation and in agreement with the director and organizer of les Hivernales de la Danse.

- The jury reserves the right not to award prizes.

For more information and to register:

https://www.exclusive-balletprogram.com/?page_id=1076&lang=en



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Spring 2020 Dance Programs at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

UPDATE:
As a precaution to help limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and support the City's efforts to promote social distancing, the Library for the Performing Arts has suspended all programming and events at our location through March 31. At this time, our location remains open during our regular hours.

Please know that this was not an easy decision for us to make since we know how important our programs are to our patrons. However, out of an abundance of caution, we feel that this is the best way that the Library for the Performing Arts can support the City’s efforts to discourage crowds and encourage social distancing during this challenging time.

As we receive new information, we will continue to update you on our website. We are closely monitoring the situation and are working with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure that we are following all recommended practices and are supporting the health and wellness of both our staff and our patrons.

Please use the resources on our website or reach out to Ask NYPL with any questions.

Thank you,

Brent Reidy
Interim Executive Director
Library for the Performing Arts

Spring 2020 Dance Programs at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

All events are free and take place at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Advance registration may be recommended for some events. Please visit nypl.org/lpa for more details. 

Conversations
Advance registration required

An Evening with Alexei Ratmansky and Myles Thatcher

THURS, APRIL 30 | 6 PM

Classical ballet is not frozen in the past but is a living, evolving art – this conviction provided a shared faith for mentor Alexei Ratmansky and protégé Myles Thatcher. After working together through Rolex’s Mentor and Protege program, Ratmansky and Thatcher come to the Library to talk about the living art of dance.

An Introduction to the George Balanchine Foundation Video Archives

THURS, MAY 21 | 6 PM

For 20 years, the George Balanchine Foundation’s Interpreters Archive has recorded the creators of important Balanchine roles, as they teach and coach the roles with dancers today. Join us for a celebration of the Balanchine Foundation "Interpreters Archive," with rarely seen clips of coaching sessions, and testimonials from great dancers, past and present.  

Willa Kim: Made in New York

THURS, JUNE 4 | 6 PM

Bobbi Owen, curator of the Library's new exhibition The Wondrous Willa Kim: Costume Designs for Actors and Dancers, presents a close examination of Willa Kim’s costumes in motion. See Kim’s innovative designs captured in performance footage from Will Rogers Follies, Elliot Feld’s Variations on America and Paper Tiger, plus other works preserved in the Library’s theatre and dance moving image archives.

The NYPL Dance Division and the Queer Quotient

THURS, JUNE 25 | 6 PM

How is dance history a form of queer history? In what ways is the Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts an archive of LGBTQIA+ lives and experiences? In connection with Pride Month at NYPL, dance scholar Paul A. Scolieri explores responses to the above questions focusing on the research for his recent biography of Ted Shawn.

Dance Rewind
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division has an ongoing documentation program dedicated to the recording of live dance performance and dance-related events and panels. This series highlights a selection of these films and videos, which date back to 1967. Dance Division staff will introduce each program, which will range from 60-90 minutes each. 

WED, MARCH 11 @ 1 PM

Suzanne Farrell at New York City Ballet

Two films featuring Suzanne Farrell: Chaconne filmed in 1976, and Union Jack filmed in 1977. Please note both are rehearsals, in practice clothes, with piano accompaniment.

WED, APRIL 8 @ 1 PM

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Two works by Paul Taylor: Nightshade and Dust, filmed in 1976 and featuring company members Elie Chaib, Carolyn Adams, Christopher Gillis, Lila York, and David Parsons.

WED, MAY 13 @ 1 PM

Anthony Tudor Works at American Ballet Theater

Two filmed rehearsals of ballets by Antony Tudor: Jardin Aux Lilas recorded in 1972, and The Leaves are Fading from 1975 which features the original cast including Gelsey Kirkland, Cynthia Harvey, and Jonas Kage.

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Karen Kain exhibition

 

Karen Kain in Romeo and Juliet (1982). Photo by Anthony Crickmay. Karen Kain (2018). Photo by Karolina Kuras.  Karen Kain by Andy Warhol (1980).

ICON: Celebrating 50 Years of Karen Kain with The National Ballet of Canada 

March 8 – April 25, 2020

 

Exhibition at Campbell House Museum 

160 Queen St East (at University), Toronto

campbellhousemuseum.ca

 

Opening reception to be held on March 8, 2020 from 2-4 pm. Refreshments and curators’ talk to follow.

 

2019 marked Karen Kain’s 50th year with The National Ballet of Canada, and Kain’s work will be forever tied to the company’s success. ICON: Celebrating 50 Years of Karen Kain with The National Ballet of Canada displays how this relationship produced an Artist, Leader and an Icon.

Since 1969, Karen Kain has been an influential and revolutionary figure in the world of ballet. For almost 30 years, her excellence as a world-renowned dancer thrilled and inspired the public. In 2005 she was appointed the Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada. In this role, she enabled the company to sustain its vision of supporting the excellence of its artists in Canada and abroad.

Visitors will explore Kain’s impact on the art of ballet as a dancer, and her accomplishments as the Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada through costumes, photos, and videos sourced from The National Ballet Archives.

The costumes on display will showcase ballets that have defined Kain’s success throughout her career. They are comprised of both costumes worn onstage, and costumes from ballets she re-staged and directed. Many of these costumes have never been seen off-stage until now.

Admission Rates:
Adult: $10
Senior: $6
Youth (13 – 18 years): $6
Children (5 – 12 years): $3
Children (under 5): Free
Support person for a person with a disability: Free

Hours:

Tuesday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Tea and Tutus: The Music of Swan Lake

This event has been cancelled due to coronavirus. However, we hope to reschedule in the fall

Tea and Tutus: The Music of Swan Lake
with
National Ballet of Canada concertmaster Aaron Schwebel
Thursday 23 April 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Treat yourself to a lovely afternoon tea and get the inside scoop on the music of Swan Lake from National Ballet of Canada Orchestra concertmaster Aaron Schwebel. Full afternoon tea (sandwiches, mini-quiche, scones, cream, and jam, fruit and petits fours, pot of tea), and Q&A hosted by Katherine Barber Thursday April 23, 230 pm to 430 pm 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. To reserve your spot, please email toursenlair@gmail.com with the subject heading TEA WITH AARON and specifying 1) how many spots you want reserved 2) how you will be paying: cheque to Katherine Barber 201 Hanson St Toronto M4C 1A7 or e-transfer to toursenlair@gmail.com $60 per person including tax and tip Upcoming Tours en l'air Ballet Trips: click here Subscribe to newsletter: click here About Tours en l'air: click here 10 Reasons to Travel with Tours en l'air: click here Travel Tips for Ballet Lovers: click here FAQ: click here Testimonials: click here Search this site: click here

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Toronto ticket giveaway: Osipova documentary

https://youtu.be/lPBX2cxuGkI 


Ballet in Cinema:
Force of Nature Natalia
 
TICKET GIVEAWAY!

This documentary about Natalia Osipova will be screened at Ted Rogers HotDocs Cinema in Toronto on  Sunday 15 March, 6 pm. Courtesy of HotDocs,  Tours en l'air has 10 pairs of tickets to give away.  To enter the contest, send an email  with the subject heading ASSOLUTA to  toursenlair@gmail.com  Contest closes March 6. Upcoming Tours en l'air Ballet Trips: click here Subscribe to newsletter: click here About Tours en l'air: click here 10 Reasons to Travel with Tours en l'air: click here Travel Tips for Ballet Lovers: click here FAQ: click here Testimonials: click here Search this site: click here