Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

Adolphe Adam, the composer of Giselle, also wrote which famous Christmas carol:
a) Joy to the World
b) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
c) O Holy Night
d) Jingle Bells

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

$5 off Cineplex Bolshoi Ballet Broadcasts

Visit the Front Row Centre Events facebook page to download a coupon entitling you to admission for only $14.95.

Behind the scenes at Ratmansky's Romeo

Click here for great rehearsal footage of the National Ballet of Canada's new production, including Guillaume Cote, Jiri Jelinek, Elena Lobsanova. 
http://www.cbc.ca/live/video-behind-the-scenes-at-the-national-ballets-romeo-and-juliet.html

and some live performance footage:


Scenes from The National Ballet's Romeo And Juliet from Douglas Brown on Vimeo.

Review here.

If you love ballet, please check out my season of outstanding ballet trips by clicking here.

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Great video about pointe shoes from Australian Ballet

Ballet Trivia Quiz Answer

Giselle's librettist Théophile Gautier was in love with the first Giselle, Carlotta Grisi, but ended up marrying her

b) sister

Osipova Vasiliev quit Bolshoi for Mikhailovsky

A report in today's TASS reads:

"Virtuoso young dancers have decided to pursue a career in the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, reported today Bolshoi spokesman Katerina Novikova. Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev resigned last Sunday - she said."

More details here: 

 If you're a fan of Ivan Vasiliev, why not join us on our trip to New York to see him and the other "Kings of the Dance", enjoy a New York City Ballet performance or two, and other ballet-themed events. Click here for more info. 

Edward Villella pushed out at Miami City Ballet

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/arts/dance/edward-villella-and-the-miami-city-ballet-board.html?_r=1

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

Giselle's librettist Théophile Gautier was in love with the first Giselle, Carlotta Grisi, but ended up marrying her
a) niece
b) sister
c) daughter
d) understudy

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

Interesting interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/mikhail-baryshnikov-dances-his-way-to-tel-aviv-1.393685

$1 tix for Love Lies Bleeding

For special offer for Alberta Ballet in Toronto November 9th or 10th, click here:
http://www.mirvish.com/enews/2011/llb/index.html

Ballet Trivia Quiz answer

The word “Wili” is derived from which English word or expression:
a) will o' the wisp
b) willy-nilly
c) give someone the willies
d) none of the above

The word is ultimately from a Croatian word vila (nymph, fairy, spirit), which came into English via German and French.

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

The word “Wili” is derived from which English word or expression:
a) will o' the wisp
b) willy-nilly
c) give someone the willies
d) none of the above

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

Conversation with Guillaume Cote

http://balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-conversation-with-guillaume-cote-principal-national-ballet-of-canada/
If you want to see Guillaume and the other "Kings of the Dance" strut their stuff, don't miss our New York trip in February (for details click here)

National Ballet of Canada Romeo & Juliet casting

Romeo
Guillaume Côté (Nov. 16, 19, 23 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 26 at 2:00 pm)
McGee Maddox (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Aleksandar Antonijevic (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Naoya Ebe (Nov.19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
TBA (Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm)
Juliet
Elena Lobsanova (Nov. 16, 19, 23 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 26 at 2:00 pm)
Heather Ogden (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Greta Hodgkinson (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez (Nov.19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
TBA (Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm)
Mercutio 
 Piotr Stanczyk (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Jonathan Renna (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Keiichi Hirano (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Benvolio
Robert Stephen (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Christopher Stalzer (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Dylan Tedaldi (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Tybalt 
 Jiří Jelinek (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Etienne Lavigne (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles (Nov. 19, at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Paris Brett van Sickle (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Patrick Lavoie (Nov.17, 22, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 20 at 2:00 pm)
Lord Capulet Etienne Lavigne (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Jonathan Renna (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Lady Capulet Joanna Ivey* (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Alejandra Perez-Gomez (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Lord Montague Aarik Wells (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
James Leja (Nov. 18, 22, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24 at 2:00 pm)
Lady Montague Juri Hiraoka (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Lise-Marie Jourdain (Nov. 18, 22, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24 at 2:00 pm)
Duke of Verona Peter Ottmann (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Rex Harrington (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Friar Lawrence Tomas Schramek (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Peter Ottmann (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Nurse Lorna Geddes (Nov. 16, 19, 22, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Alejandra Perez-Gomez (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Rebekah Rimsay (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)

Bolshoi Live Sleeping Beauty casting

For the live broadcast on November 20th, Aurora will be danced by Svetlana Zakharova and the Prince by the Bolshoi's new American recruit David Hallberg. See what all the fuss is about!