Ballet Appreciation: Life and Works of Frederick Ashton

An eight-week course looking at the life and work of the great British choreographer.
Tuesdays 10:00-noon
October 15  - December 3
Goethe Institute Toronto
100 University Avenue, 2nd floor

1 minute walk from St Andrew subway station or King streetcar.

6 minutes walk from Union Station GO train

fully accessible

$240 including HST

To register
1) please email me or phone me (416-693-4496)

AND

2) send a cheque made out to
Katherine Barber
201 Hanson St
Toronto ON M4C 1A7

OR

arrange an Interac e-transfer to toursenlair@gmail.com

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

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201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

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Canadians in Ballet lecture in Ottawa

 

Frances Chung, San Francisco Ballet

Celine Gittens, Birmingham Royal Ballet

How Canadians are Conquering the Ballet World
Lecturer: Katherine Barber
When you think of hotbeds of balletic talent, Saskatoon and North Bay are not the first places that spring to mind. Yet Canadians are making waves all over the ballet world, often with little recognition at home. Get to know 18 of them in this entertaining talk, illustrated by video clips, which will also explore the variety of what constitutes “ballet” today.

• Day: Thursday, October 17
• Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Location: Room 124, Leeds House Building (main campus), Carleton University (Ottawa)
• Fee: $30.00 (HST included)
• Enrollment capacity: 55 participants

REGISTRATION:

Register online using the following link: carleton.ca/linr/online-registration/.

Additional registration details can be found on  carleton.ca/linr/registration/, and frequently asked questions are answered here.

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

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201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

BALLET MAKES LIFE BETTER

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Ballet Appreciation Course: Get More out of Ballet

DATE/TIME: Monday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

15 October – 19 November, 2018

University of Toronto St George Campus

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Enrich your experience of ballet in general and some of the programs in the 2018-19 season of the National Ballet of Canada's season and  the Royal Ballet's and Bolshoi Ballet's live broadcasts in particular with insights into the choreography, the design, and the music. Where appropriate and available, video clips will be used, along with demonstrations of certain steps and postures to help you identify distinctive choreographic styles. Depending on the repertoire, we may look at the ballet's performance history, learn about the choreographer's life and works and the historical context in which the ballet was created, examine the story on which the ballet is based, study ballet mime, and compare different versions of the same ballet.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of this course, you will have greater knowledge of and familiarity with:

1. The choreography, music, and design of many of the ballets which will be performed by the National Ballet of Canada or broadcast live by the Royal Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet in 2018-19.
2. The life and works of some major ballet choreographers.
3. The physical challenges inherent in frequently seen ballet steps.
4. The behind-the-scenes work required for the production of a ballet.
   
   

   Week	TOPIC/LESSONS
   1	Filippo Taglioni's La Sylphide introduced the world to ballet as we know it. August Bournonville took the story and stamped his distinctive Danish style on it
   2	Bring on the Dancing Girls: The Grand Imperial Russian Style (La Bayadere and Don Quixote) When you think "ballet", you see flocks of women in short white tutus and a regal-looking ballerina performing feats of virtuosity, and you owe that vision to Marius Petipa and his late-19th-century ballets.
   3	The Dark Night of the Soul (Mayerling, Romeo and Juliet) : The 20th-century British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan pushes ballet in new directions, exploring its ability, like all great art forms, to portray the darker side of the human condition, in ballets renowned for their heart-wrenching duets.
   4	The Vertiginous Thrill of Ballet: William Forsythe is a revolutionary figure in contemporary ballet, literally pushing classical ballet off balance.
   5	George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton (Apollo, The Dream) Two towering figures in 20th century ballet define American and English style.
   6	John Neumeier, the creative genius of the Hamburg Ballet, keeps the art of the story ballet alive and pays homage to the history of ballet. His Lady of the Camellias is one of the most heart-wrenching works in the repertoire.

   
   
   
   
    Offered by the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.
   Register online via this link
   https://learn.utoronto.ca/interactive-course-search#/profile/2415
   
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   Katherine Barber

   Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

   email: toursenlair@gmail.com

   www.toursenlair.blogspot.com

   201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

   BALLET MAKES LIFE BETTER

   
   

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Enter to win Ballet Book Celestial Bodies

In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura Jacobs provides a lively, poetic, and uniquely accessible introduction to the world of classical dance. Combining history, interviews with dancers, technical definitions, descriptions of performances, and personal stories, this is an intimate and passionate guide to watching ballet and understanding the central elements of choreography.

Elegantly illustrated with original drawings. Available worldwide through all the usual outlets,

Courtesy of Hachette Book Group Canada, Tours en l'air has one copy (list price $35.50) to give away! Contest valid IN CANADA ONLY. To enter, send an email with the subject line CELESTIAL to toursenlair@gmail.com. Contest closes May 25 at midnight.

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

email: toursenlair@gmail.com

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201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

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

Comedy in Ballet Talk in Ottawa

Ballet Laughs: The Surprising Comic Side of a Classical Art
Lecturer: Katherine Barber

Romance, escapism, beauty, athleticism – those are ballet’s acknowledged fortes. But comedy? Surprisingly, there are more hilarious moments in ballet than you might expect. Discover what you don’t know you’re missing.

Visual presentation and film clips

• Day: Thursday, May 10th, 2018
• Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Location: Room 124, Leeds House Building, Carleton University
• Fee: $30.00 (HST included)
• Enrollment capacity: 55 participants

PARKING FEES:

Carleton University parking passes are available for purchase at the time of registration. The parking pass fees (including HST) are $6.00 for each one time evening lecture held on campus.

REGISTRATION:

Registration begins on Tuesday, January 30^th, at 9:00 a.m.

Online registration form will be available on Tuesday, January 30^th at 9:00 a.m., and can be accessed using the following link: carleton.ca/linr/online-registration/. You can also send your registration via e-mail or leave a telephone message at or after 9:00 a.m. Please note that any registrations received prior to 9:00 a.m. on January 30^th will not be considered.

 

Additional registration details can be found on the website: carleton.ca/linr/registration/.

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

email: toursenlair@gmail.com

www.toursenlair.blogspot.com

201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

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

Ballet appreciation course: Get More out of Ballet

Coppelia

Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

17 October – 21 November, 2017

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies 

to register: 

https://learn.utoronto.ca/interactive-course-search#/profile/2415

COURSE PLAN

Week	TOPIC/LESSONS
1	Bring on the Dancing Girls: The Grand Imperial Russian Style (Le Corsaire) When you think "ballet", you see a regal-looking ballerina in a short tutu performing feats of virtuosity, and you owe that vision to Marius Petipa and his late-19th-century ballets.
2	In The Winter's Tale, hot international choreographer Christopher Wheeldon takes on Shakespeare's tale of insane jealousy and forgiveness.
3	The God of Dance In his masterpiece Nijinsky John Neumeier, the creative genius of the Hamburg Ballet, keeps the art of the story ballet alive and pays homage to a crucial figure and crucial era in the history of ballet. **For a much more in-depth look at Nijinsky and his times, please see my course about the Ballets Russes: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/02/ballet-appreciation-course-fokine.html
4	Flames of Paris: Alexei Ratmansky revives a Soviet-era ballet
5	Four Seasons/ Emergence/ Paz de la Jolla/ Frame by Frame: Four short ballets in the National Ballet of Canada's season celebrate Canadian choreography and introduce Toronto audiences to ballet's current Wunderkind choreographer, New York City Ballet's Justin Peck.
6	The Girl with the Enamel Eyes Perennial favourite Coppélia, with its beautiful lilting music by Léo Delibes, marks the last heyday of the French Romantic ballet.

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

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201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

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

Ballet Appreciation Course: Fokine, Nijinsky and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1900-1919

Fokine, Nijinsky and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1900-1919



  Get WAY more out of John Neumeier's fabulous ballet Nijinsky, which the National Ballet of Canada will be performing in late November. This deeply layered and powerful ballet makes many allusions to the ballets of the era. Make sure you catch them all, and understand their significance for Nijinsky himself and for the history of ballet. 

Fridays 10:00-noon
October 13  - November 17
Goethe Institute Toronto
100 University Avenue, 2nd floor 
$180 including HST 

Week 1: 1900-1905

The state of ballet in Russia in 1900. Michel Fokine

Week 2: 1905-1908

Isadora Duncan.  Anna Pavlova. The Dying Swan. Tamara Karsavina. Mathilde Kschessinska

Week 3: 1908-1909

Vaslav Nijinsky. Les Sylphides. Serge Diaghilev. Alexandre Benois. Léon Bakst . Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Week 4: 1910

Igor Stravinsky. Carnaval. Scheherazade. The Firebird.

Week 5: 1911-12

Le Spectre de la Rose. Petrushka. L'après-midi d'un faune. Bronislava Nijinska

Week 6: 1913-1919

Jeux. Rite of Spring. Till Eulenspiegel. John Neumeier and Nijinsky

To register, please email me  or phone me (416-693-4496) and

1) send a cheque to 
Katherine Barber
201 Hanson St
Toronto ON M4C 1A7

OR

2) arrange an Interac e-transfer to toursenlair@gmail.com
**Enrollment limited to 20**

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Katherine Barber

Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays

email: toursenlair@gmail.com

www.toursenlair.blogspot.com

201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496

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

Wednesday section of ballet appreciation course

Due to popular demand, I am adding another section of my 6-week "Introduction to the National Ballet of Canada's season" course at the Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada 470 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Wednesday evenings 6 -- 745, from October 6 to November 10.
Enrich your experience of ballet in general and the seven programs in the National Ballet of Canada's season in particular with insights into the choreography, the design, and the music. Where appropriate and available, video clips will be used, along with demonstrations of certain steps and postures to help you identify distinctive choreographic styles. Depending on the repertoire, we may look at the ballet's performance history, learn about the choreographer's life and works and the historical context in which the ballet was created, examine the story on which the ballet is based, study ballet mime, and compare different versions of the same ballet. Deepen your appreciation of the technical aspects of dance by learning to recognize a different ballet step by name each week and understanding its physical challenges.
Course fee is $199. To register, please email me at toursenlair@gmail.com.

Ballet appreciation course

Due to popular demand, I am adding a second session of my six-week ballet appreciation course, Introduction to the National Ballet of Canada season, on Tuesday evenings, 6 - 7:45, to accommodate those of you who can't attend on Monday mornings. The course will go from October 19 to November 23, at the National Ballet of Canada offices at the Walter Carsen Centre, 470 Queens Quay West, just west of Spadina, on both the Spadina and Exhibition streetcar routes. I have been having a lot of fun researching this course and I have many juicy tidbits to impart!

Here is the course outline:

Enrich your experience of ballet in general and the seven programs in the National Ballet of Canada's season in particular with insights into the choreography, the design, and the music. Where appropriate and available, video clips will be used, along with demonstrations of certain steps and postures to help you identify distinctive choreographic styles. Depending on the repertoire, we may look at the ballet's performance history, learn about the choreographer's life and works and the historical context in which the ballet was created, examine the story on which the ballet is based, study ballet mime, and compare different versions of the same ballet.  Deepen your appreciation of the technical aspects of dance by learning to recognize a different ballet step by name each week and understanding its physical challenges.

Tours en l'air helps you not only to get more ballet out of life, but also to get more out of ballet.

Course fee is $199. To register, please email me at toursenlair@gmail.com