kbarber

yes

I saw the two of them dance this pdd at Vail itself last year and it was spellbinding. Exquisite.

the Royal Ballet's is also very traditional.

can you summarize for those of us who are stuck behind the NYT paywall?

National Ballet of Canada Corps de Ballet members Félix Paquet (22) and Calley Skalnik (21) will represent the company at The Twelfth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Choreographic Associate Robert Binet creates a new contemporary work commissioned by the National Ballet, Self and Soul, as part of the competition. Other participants are: Cassandra Trenary (23) and Gabe Stone Shayer (23) from American Ballet Theatre, Madoka Sugai (22) and Christopher Evans (22) from The Hamburg Ballet, Chisato Katsura (20) and Harrison Churches (20) from The Royal Ballet Natasha Sheehan (17) and Angelo Greco (21) San Francisco Ballet, Judging the competition will be Artistic Directors Karen Kain, Kevin McKenzie (American Ballet Theatre), John Neumeier (The Hamburg Ballet), Kevin O’Hare (The Royal Ballet) and Helgi Tomasson (San Francisco Ballet). Competing for the choreographic prize are Jeffrey Cirio (American Ballet Theatre), Marc Jubete (The Hamburg Ballet), Calvin Richardson (The Royal Ballet) and Myles Thatcher (San Francisco Ballet).

Royal Ballet's Chroma is also available on DVD: all McGregor Chroma Limen Infra: https://www.amazon.com/McGregor-Three-Ballets-Chroma-Infra/dp/B004LWG3ZE/ref=sr_1_1_twi_dvd_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478011057&sr=8-1&keywords=mcgregor+ballets

I agree, but just to point out that there is nothing dishonourable about a "matinee performance at the end of the run" at the NBOC. Sunday matinees have long been the best sold performances in Toronto, and we often get first cast on Sunday mat. The problem is giving McKie and Lunkina only one performance, and furthermore that it conflicts with Lunkina in Bright Stream at the cinema (which is on Nov 27 in Canada)

I went to a Nutcracker in April or May in Vienna a few years ago. Also, Berlin State Ballet has just premiered Nacho Duato's Nutcracker, mid-October. In Europe, Nutcracker's stranglehold on Christmas is much newer than in North America.

NYCB has just informed me that the new Lopez Ochoa piece Unframed will be replaced by After the Rain pas de deux on Saturday afternoon.

Wendy Perron interviews the author Simon Morrison http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/10/bolshoi-confidential-book-signing-this.html

http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/10/08/news/scala_mauro_bigonzetti_rinuncia_alla_direzione_del_corpo_di_ballo_mal_di_schiena_-149360217/ according to the theatre, it is because severe back problems prevent him from any effort. The Managing Director of La Scala, Alexander Pereira, has appointed Fréderic Olivieri, currently head of the theatre’s dance academy, to fill the post until February of next year. A replacement choreographer for Bigonzetti's new Coppelia will be announced shortly.

Zurich's performances are in April as well ss March 18 Mär 2017, 19:00 Wiederaufnahme Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 25 Mär 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 26 Mär 2017, 20:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 30 Mär 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 01 Apr 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 04 Apr 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 06 Apr 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 09 Apr 2017, 14:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 13 Apr 2017, 19:00 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF 28 Apr 2017, 19:30 Preise D: 198, 173, 152, 90, 32 CHF

Svetlana just posted this to her facebook page: My dearest friends, let me introduce to you a brand new International ballet project - CANADA ALL STAR BALLET GALA?!!!! Detailed information be followed shortly. Please scheduled ? First Gala will be held on February 11th, 2017 (Saturday), Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto. Tickets coming soon for sale. Follow the news. Please share!!!! ? Photo courtesy NYC Dance Project ❤️

I find it doesn't engage one emotionally. The swan choreography is quite awkward. Rothbart is fairly ridiculous and the final fight between him and Siegfried is quite laughable. The only part I really like is the four princess's (ie Siegfried's potential brides) dances. Naomi and volcanohunter can probably weigh in with more thoughts.

I would like that too, gravitysalad! I always keep my eyes peeled for the Neumeier Swan Lake when planning my trips. I would also not recommend the Kudelka Swan Lake (and unfortunately since I live in Toronto, that's the one I get...). I don't agree that the ballet is misogynistic in itself though. It portrays a misogynistic society.

I really liked Milan and didn't find it terribly expensive. It can be hard to get good tickets though. And you have to be sure you're not there during one of their fashion weeks, when hotels really are expensive.

I like Cranko's which you can only see in Stuttgart. I also love Neumeier's version but it wouldn't fit your requisite of "relatively traditional 2nd and 4th acts".

I really enjoyed the Binet piece at the Art Gallery and so did everyone else I talked to. I certainly didn't get the impression that the audience was "confused". I am puzzled by comments about applause at the end being a negative thing. Applause is a standard reaction to a performance, no? The performance was in a kind of continuous loop of 45-minute segments that were repeated. You could arrive at 6 pm and see it three times or over, or come later and see as much or as little of it as you liked. I stayed for almost three full iterations. After over 2 hours of non-stop dancing I think the dancers deserved their bow. I really don't think that Binet's work is "generally considered mediocre at best". And he's young (only 25). If choreographers aren't given a chance when they're young how will they ever become masters (or mistresses) of their craft?

I think press release writers think that PST or CST or whatever means "Pacific Time" or "Central Time" and don't think about what the S means. The same problem happened with the Joffrey Ballet re their stream of Wheeldon Nut rehearsals. They said CST but they meant (without knowing it) CDT.

wow Helene and volcanohunter, thanks for all the work you put into figuring this out and explaining it. Cuz it really wasn't intuitive!

I tried doing this too but it doesn't seem to "stick".

This gala, livestreaming from Havana starting at 4 pm Eastern Time on Saturday August 20th, features these dancers: Desmond Richardson Jurgita Dronina Matthew Golding Daniil Simkin Maria Kochetkova Iana Salenko Semyon Chudin Ivan Vasiliev Misa Kuranaga Joseph Michael Gatti Adiarys Almeida Rodrigo Almarales For $14.95 US, you can watch these international ballet stars take class, rehearse, be interviewed, and dance in the Ballet Royalty Gala™ performance live plus much more. For more information and to buy a ticket, visit the website: http://improvedance.com/balletroyalty/ Clicking on each dancer's picture will take you to their bio page with videos of them dancing.

Amazing. Someone just sent me this flyer from 1974 advertising the performances at which Baryshnikov defected. Look at the ticket prices! Minimum wage in Ontario in 1974 was $2 an hour. So you could work for 6 hrs at a minimum wage job and get the best seats to the ballet. Today you would have to work about 20 hours.

the irony being that according to someone at the festival, attendance at Stuttgart Ballet averages about 93%, and the company can stage an evening of 3 world premieres and it will sell out. Reid Anderson can program things that could (and elsewhere would) result in half-empty houses and not worry about it.

the local TV station in Stuttgart is streaming their brand new documentary on their website. It is in German but has some great footage. It is visible from North America. http://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=fa0e44c0-4d8f-11e6-a659-0026b975e0ea