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Just think of the Arizonan possibilities. The Firebird could be a roadrunner and Kastchei Wile E Coyote...

oh sorry about that, maybe it's geoblocked outside Canada

Genius at Play | September 6–16, 2018 Interplay Music by Morton Gould Choreography by Jerome Robbins Fancy Free Music by Leonard Bernstein Choreography by Jerome Robbins Glass Pieces Boston Ballet Premiere Music by Philip Glass Choreography by Jerome Robbins The Nutcracker | November 29–December 30, 2018 Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Mikko Nissinen Full on Forsythe | March 7–17, 2019 Artifact Suite Choreography by William Forsythe Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Eva Crossman-Hecht World Premiere Choreography by William Forsythe Blake Works I North American Premiere Choreography by William Forsythe Music by James Blake Coppélia | March 21–31, 2019 Music by Léo Delibes Choreography by George Balanchine Cinderella | May 10–June 8, 2019 Music by Sergei Prokofiev Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton Rhapsody | May 16–June 9, 2019 ELA, Rhapsody in Blue World Premiere Music by George Gershwin Choreography by Paulo Arrais Yakobson Miniatures Choreography by Leonid Yakobson Rodin Music by Claude Debussy, Alban Berg Pas de Quatre Music by Vincenzo Bellini Vestris Boston Ballet Premiere Music by Gennadi Banshchikov Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by George Balanchine

the CBC just posted this cute and funny video. With Kurt Browning. http://www.cbc.ca/cbckidsolympics/videos/according-to-kids-figure-skating

it's very frustrating. I think only one cinema in all of Canada is showing it.

Casting for the cinema broadcast of Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale has been updated as of February 6. Broadcasts start February 28. Hermione Lauren Cuthbertson Leontes Ryoichi Hirano Perdita Sarah Lamb Florizel Vadim Muntagirov Paulina Laura Morera Polixenes Matthew Ball To find a cinema near you, click here

While we're on the topic, can I also recommend The Word Detective by John Simpson, retired editor-in-chief of the Oxford English Dictionary. (full disclosure: John Simpson trained me when I worked as a lexicographer for Oxford University Press.) Kory's book is great, and I hear she is working on a second one.

It's being livestreamed on Pointe Magazine's facebook page

Pointe Magazine will be livestreaming this on Monday Feb 5 at 7 pm on their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/PointeMagazineOfficial/ http://www.pointemagazine.com/balanchines-guys-jacques-damboise-2530604326.html?utm_campaign=RebelMouse&socialux=facebook&share_id=3263917&utm_medium=social&utm_content=Pointe&utm_source=facebook On Monday, February 5, the National Dance Institute (NDI) is bringing together three of New York City Ballet's former star male dancers—Jacques d'Amboise, Edward Villella and Arthur Mitchell—in a one-night-only program titled Balanchine's Guys. These ballet veterans will discuss what it was like dancing for George Balanchine, and the impact that he had on their lives. All three men graced the stages of NYCB over a period stretching from the late 1940s through the 1980s, and served as inspiration for a number of the great choreographer's most famous works. During Monday's program NYCB dancers Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Sterling Hyltin, Ask La Cour, Joaquin de Luz and Daniel Ulbricht will bring some of those works to life. The dancers will perform excerpts from Apollo (d'Amboise was a famous interpreter of the role); Agon (created for Mitchell); and Prodigal Son (one of Villella's signature roles.)

Circus Polka is only four minutes long, and that is exactly what it is: an opportunity to include the school kids.

Johan Kobborg has just staged Don Quixote for the Yacobson Ballet in St Petersburg

I realize I haven't updated this for a while, but I am still here! These are my trips for January-July 2018. For any trip whose booking deadline is past, it is always worth inquiring if space may still be available. For sold-out trips you can ask to be put on a waiting list in case of cancellations. If you are even potentially interested in any trip, please let me know at toursenlair@gmail.com. This gives me a general idea of what size group I might be dealing with (since one can't contact a hotel and say "I need to book *some* rooms"!), and I have to have a general idea before I can create a budget for a trip. March 12 - 22, 2018 Vienna and Budapest day trip to Bratislava Vienna State Ballet Raymonda (Nureyev) Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine), Theme and Variations (Balanchine), Bach Suite III (Neumeier), The Concert (Robbins) Hungarian National Ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Rostislav) Slovak National Theatre Ballet Esmeralda (Medvedev after Petipa) Booking deadline October 25, 2017 Click here for brochure: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/10/vienna-budapest-ballet-trip-now-booking.html May 17 - 20 New York New York City Ballet All Jerome Robbins Interplay, In the Night, The Cage, Other Dances, Fanfare Opus 19/The Dreamer, Dances at a Gathering, Glass Pieces In G Major, Afternoon of a Faun, Antique Epigraphs, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) Dybbuk, Fancy Free, West Side Story Suite American Ballet Theatre Giselle Booking in March 2018 May 31 - June 10, 6 performances Copenhagen Royal Danish Ballet Napoli (Bournonville, restaged by Nikolaj Hubbe and Sorella Englund) "Bournonvilleana" details TBA Swan Lake (staged by Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe) An evening of works choreographed by dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet "An evening of modern dance" Details TBA Closing Gala SIGNUP DEADLINE IS PAST June 11 - 17 London (All performances in London) June 11: English National Ballet Emerging Dancer Competition June 12: Birmingham Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan) June 13: English National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (MacMillan) June 14: Royal Ballet: Swan Lake (new staging by Liam Scarlett) June 15: Birmingham Royal Ballet Mixed Program: In the Upper Room (Tharp), Kin. (Whitley), World Premiere (Williamson) June 29 - July 9 Dresden, Berlin and Hamburg Berlin State Ballet Don Quixote Dresden Semperoper Ballet Heatscape (Peck), Gods and Dogs (Kylian), Political Mother (Schechter) National Ballet of Canada Dreamers Ever Leave You (Binet), Emergence (Pite), The Man in Black (Kudelka) Hamburg Ballet Illusions...like Swan Lake (Neumeier) Beethoven Project (Neumeier) The Concert, Dances at a Gathering (Robbins) INFO here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/11/dresden-berlin-hamburg-ballet-trip-now.html SIGNUP DEADLINE DECEMBER 8 2017 July 17 -23 Stuttgart Stuttgart Ballet Highlights and Favourites from 22 years under Reid Anderson Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering and John Cranko's Initials R.B.M.E. ONEGIN ( Cranko) Gala of the John Cranko School Gala of the Stuttgart Ballet Booking in March 2018

Juliet, the daughter of Capulet Ekaterina Krysanova Romeo, the son of Montague Vladislav Lantratov Mercutio, Romeo’s friend Igor Tsvirko Benvolio, Montague’s nephew and Romeo’s friend Dmitry Dorokhov Tybalt, Lady Capulet’s nephew Vitaly Biktimirov Lord Capulet Nikita Elikarov Lady Capulet Kristina Karasyova Paris, Juliet’s betrothed Egor Khromushin Juliet’s Nurse Anastasia Vinokur Friar Laurence Egor Simachev Lady Montague Vera Borisenkova Duke of Verona Alexei Loparevich Two prostitutes Kristina Loseva Xenia Sorokina Juliet’s friends Bruna Cantanhede Gaglianone Anastasia Denisova Elvina Ibraimova Xenia Zhiganshina The Fools Andrei Koshkin Georgy Gusev Alexei Matrakhov Egor Sharkov Chevaliers at the Ball Oscar Frame Mikhail Kochan Sergei Kuptsov Maxim Oppengeym Conductor Pavel Klinichev

casting is up (Guillaume is opening night) http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/12/national-ballet-of-canada-nijinsky.html

Eric Quilleré has been named Directeur de la danse in Bordeaux. He was assistant director under Jude and has been interim director since Jude's departure. Also announced: a partnership for sharing productions with Paris Opera Ballet, and one ballet a year for 3 years from Angelin Preljocaj, including potentially a piece created on the Bordeaux company in the third year.

Manuel Legris announced on his facebook page that he will step down as AD of Vienna State Ballet when his contract expires in 2020.

also the company will be performing Man in Black in Hamburg a couple of weeks later. Not that I suspect it requires huge amounts of rehearsal time (it only has four dancers).

An interesting interview with the choreographer of Australian B's new version of Spartacus: https://australianballet.com.au/behind-ballet/spartacus-redux?utm_source=BB&utm_medium=EDM&utm_campaign=TAB&utm_term=17MKBEHINDBALLET179EM&utm_content=version_A&sourceNumber=28395

At Film Forum New York starting January 3. There will be some live Q&As, details to follow Posted over from facebook, so apologies for any formatting weirdness https://www.facebook.com/pg/MarceloGomesAnatomyOfAMaleBalletDancer/posts/?ref=page_internal WED3 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing THURS4 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing FRI5 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing SAT6 12:30 – 13:55 InterestedGoing 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing SUN7 12:30 – 13:55 InterestedGoing 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing MON8 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing TUES9 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing WED10 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing THURS11 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing FRI12 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing SAT13 12:30 – 13:55 InterestedGoing 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing SUN14 12:30 – 13:55 InterestedGoing 14:20 – 15:45 InterestedGoing 16:15 – 17:10 InterestedGoing 18:10 – 19:35 InterestedGoing 20:00 – 21:25 InterestedGoing 22:10 – 23:35 InterestedGoing

I just stumbled across this. I haven't read it so can't say whether it's good or not. from the author's website: THE BALLET LOVER exposes the beauty and cruelty of ballet, the performances, the back stage moments, and the personal dramas of the famous ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova as seen through the eyes of an American female journalist. Paris, 1970s: the orchestra plays the first note of Swan Lake. In the audience sits Geneva, an American journalist and ballet lover, waiting for the heart-stopping beauty of the romantic duet to start, but instead she witnesses Rudolf Nureyev failing to catch his Russian partner, Natalia Marakova, allowing her to fall with a crash upon the stage. Geneva interprets the fall as an act of cruelty, a man with all the fame and power in the world brutally letting fall his partner. When other critics defend Nureyev, Geneva vows revenge on the page, creating havoc in her own career and discovering surprising parallels between herself and the fallen ballerina. https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/0615722865/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_cmps_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews

I don't think it's fair to call a dancer who suffered one catastrophic, almost career-ending injury "injury-prone". By all accounts his "very long absence" was required for full rehabilitation. Perhaps you should read Hallberg's book.

If you want to see Guillaume, I would say that opening night is a safe(-ish) bet. First cast means opening night, 2nd cast 2nd performance, 3rd cast sometimes 3rd performance but sometimes a matinee. But they don't have matinees in Ottawa. Glad to be of help!

I'm answering this in two places because you posted it in two places. they are not likely to announce it until a few weeks before. I expect first, second, third cast will be same as in Toronto though, which you can find in detail here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/11/detailed-nijinsky-casting-national.html the only difference being that Piotr Stanczyk, who was injured in November, will likely be back as second cast Diaghilev. I am on the NBOC's media mailing list and I post casting to my website as soon as I get it from them so if you subscribe to the website you will get it promptly. All three casts are excellent.

they are not likely to announce it until a few weeks before. I expect first, second, third cast will be same as in Toronto though, which you can find in detail here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2017/11/detailed-nijinsky-casting-national.html the only difference being that Piotr Stanczyk, who was injured in November, will likely be back as second cast Diaghilev. I am on the NBOC's media mailing list and post casting to my website as soon as I get it from them so if you subscribe to the website you will get it promptly.

Who are Stash, Katya, and Genya, please? Not all of us are on a first-name basis with the Bolshoi Ballet, let alone on a familiarfirst-name basis.