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Romeo and Juliet rehearsal to be live-streamed on 11 September 2015 Insights event will feature Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano rehearsing the star-crossed lovers' pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell being coached through Mercutio's solos. The Royal Ballet in rehearsal © ROH A Royal Ballet rehearsal of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet will be live-streamed via YouTube and the Royal Opera House website from 7.15pm BST (2.15 pm EDT) on 11 September 2015. The event — one of a number of upcoming live-streams from the Royal Opera House — will feature members of the Company rehearsing both pas de deux and solos, as well as being interviewed. Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano will rehearse the act one and three pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell will be coached through Mercutio's solos from acts one and two. The session will be led by Senior Ballet Master Christopher Saunders.

The Australian Ballet 30 Sep - October 1 2015 22:00 - 3:00 EDT, 19:00 - 24:00 PDT Melbourne Website ProgrammingThe Australian Ballet once again kicks off World Ballet Day LIVE from its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Company Class RehearsalArtistic Director David McAllister’s brand new production of The Sleeping Beauty Behind the ScenesThe Australian Ballet School Audience Engagement Programs Ballet Philanthropy The Magical Wardrobe Department Sneak PreviewTake a sneak peek at a new ballet for children Bolshoi Ballet 01 Oct 2015 03:00 - 06:00 EDT, 00:00 - 03:00 PDT Moscow website Programming Enjoy a tour of productions from the past year, and a preview of what is to come as the Bolshoi Ballet heads into it’s 240th season. Morning Class Recent ProductionsRadu Poklitaru’s Hamlet Yuri Possokhov’s Hero of Our Time Rehearsals Preview of Upcoming SeasonWorld premieres, revivals, special projects, festivals, international tours, guest company presentations on the Bolshoi Theatre stages, and a gala dedicated to the memory of Maya Plisetskaya. Interviews Throughout the Day Interviews Throughout the DayVladimir Urin, Sergei Filin, Yuri Possokhov, Boris Akimov, Brigitte Lefevre, Azarii Plisetski, and more! The Royal Ballet 01 Oct 2015 06:00 - 11:00 EDT, 03:00 - 08:00 PDT London Website ProgrammingGo behind the scenes of The Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo & Juliet, and listen to a discussion about the future of ballet in the United Kingdom. Company Class Behind the ScenesSir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet Discussion: The Future of BalletHosted by The Royal Ballet and featuring experts from Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, and Scottish Ballet The National Ballet of Canada 01 Oct 2015 11:00 - 16:00 EDT, 08:00 - 13:00 (PDT) Toronto Website ProgrammingJoin The National Ballet of Canada at the Place des Arts in Montréal as they take audiences behind the scenes during their fall tour. Company Class RehearsalChristopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale Behind the Scenes: On TourGo behind the scenes at dress rehearsals of William Forsythe’s the second detail, Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose, and Wayne McGregor’s Chroma San Francisco Ballet 01 Oct 2015 16:00 - 21:00 EDT, 13:00 - 18:00 (PDT) San Francisco Website ProgrammingSan Francisco Ballet will finish off the broadcast with a preview of their upcoming season and interviews with some of ballet’s most well known choreographers. Host: Former SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joanna Berman Company Class Rehearsals Featuring ballets from San Francisco Ballet’s upcoming Repertory Season and tour to China Interviews Throughout the DayArtistic Director & Principal Choreographer, Helgi Tomasson The Royal Ballet Artist in Residence, Liam Scarlett Associate Choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet, William Forsythe

sorry to be such a bad influence, sandik!

available in full on YouTube (in Russian with French subtitles): https://youtu.be/JMcrUh9A0Kc

Paul Taylor Creative Domain A new documentary film OPENS SEPTEMBER 23rd at Tickets on Sale Now Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Opening in Theaters across the US (see page 2 & 3) We’re shown what the camera has seldom been able to record: a great choreographer at work on a new piece… Alastair Macaulay The New York Times Paul Taylor: Creative Domain is a rare documentation of the creative process of one of the most acclaimed choreographers in American history. We follow Mr. Taylor making “Three Dubious Memories,” his 133rd dance -- a Rashomon-inspired exploration of memory, involving three people entangled in a relationship. We witness the work ethic that has created some of the most iconic dances of our time. Theater http://www.mfa.org/programs/film/paul-taylor-creative-domain Trailer https://vimeo.com/37539696 Like us - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PaulTaylorCreativeDomain Website http://www.paultaylorcreativedomain.com/ "I loved Creative Domain because it is of an older Paul Taylor and you can see him still young in his work, and how he connects to his dancers and fills space and thinks about movement and making dances. What drives him. Where it drives him. When it drives him. You sort of fall in love with his dancers... they become individual. You catch 'process' and 'creation.' Not easy to do. " Sasha Anawalt Director, Arts Journalism Masters Program USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism "The film quickens memories in anyone who has ever danced professionally. 'Yes,' we say to ourselves, 'that’s how it felt, that’s how we coped; remember that kind of sweat?' For the uninitiated, the interplay of labor and inspiration may come as a surprise. A dance gets hammered out, made to fit, and polished to beauty like a shoe made by a master cobbler.” Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal "This is so much more than a film about a master of modern dance. It is about finding and engaging in the thing that fuels you..." Carolyn Horan, Visual Artist FOR MOST CURRENT LISTINGS GO TO: http://www.paultaylorcreativedomain.com/ NATIONWIDE RELEASE New York City Film Society of Lincoln Center Sept 11-17 http://www.filmlinc.org/films/paul-taylor-creative-domain/ Washington, DC Angelika Pop-Up Sept 18 (1 week only) https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/dc/film/paul-taylor-creative-domain Dallas, TX Texas Theater Sept 20 & 21 http://www.thetexastheatre.com/movies-events/paul-taylor-creative-domain Pasadena, CA Playhouse 7 Sept 21 & 22 http://www.laemmle.com/films/39563 North Hollywood, CA Noho 7 Sept 21 & 22 http://www.laemmle.com/films/39563 Claremont, CA Claremont 5 Sept 21 & 22 http://www.laemmle.com/films/39563 West Los Angeles, CA Royal Sept 21 & 22 http://www.laemmle.com/films/39563 Beverly Hills, CA Music Hall 3 Sept 21 & 22 http://www.laemmle.com/films/39563 Boston, MA Boston Museum of Fine Arts Sept 23-Oct 1 http://www.mfa.org/programs/series/paul-taylor-creative-domain Amherst, MA Amherst Cinema Sept 25 (1 week only) http://amherstcinema.org/ Santa Ana, CA South Coast Village Sept 27 https://www.regencymovies.com/main.php?theaterId=17 Palm Springs, CA Camelot Theater Sept 29 http://www.camelottheatres.com/ Santa Fe, NM Center for Contemporary Art Oct 2 (1week only) http://www.ccasantafe.org/cinematheque/upcoming-films/400-ptcd Hartford, CT - Real Art Ways Oct 2 (1week only) http://www.realartways.org/film/screen/ Providence, RI Cable Car Cinema Oct 2 (1week only) http://www.cablecarcinema.com/movie/Paul_Taylor_Creative_Domain Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oct 8 http://www.okcmoa.com/see/films/ Berkeley, CA Rialto Cinemas Elmwood Oct 9 http://www.rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=elmwood Sebastopol, CA Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol Oct 9 http://www.rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=sebastopol Chicago, IL Gene Siskel Film Center Oct 9 (1 week only) http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/ Bellingham, WA Pickford Film Center Oct 10 http://www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/ Pelham, NY Pelham Picture House Oct 15 http://www.thepicturehouse.org/ Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art Oct 16 &18 http://www.clevelandart.org/events/films/paul-taylor-creative-domain Fort Worth, TX Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Nov 6-8 http://themodern.org/ Seattle Northwest Film Forum Dec 6-8 http://www.nwfilmforum.org/

The documentary about Polunin, Dancer, is in post-production, and they have posted this outtake of a Marguerite and Armand rehearsal with Polunin and Rojo: https://youtu.be/USnje8tSovE There is a facebook page for the film: https://www.facebook.com/DancerTheFilm?fref=ts

Fall 2015 Season Schedule Balanchine’s Harlequinade: Commedia dell’arte Explored Sun and Mon, Sept 20 and 21, 7 pm New York City Ballet dancers perform excerpts from George Balanchine’s Harlequinade, a masterful two-act ballet in the commedia dell’arte style, prior to the New York City Ballet’s full presentation in October. Following the performance, Pacific Northwest Ballet Education Programs Manager and dance scholar Doug Fullington will moderate a discussion exploring Balanchine’s Harlequinade, which was choreographed in the spirit of Marius Petipa, in whose Les Millions d’Harlequinade he danced as a student. BalletCollective Mon, Oct 19, 7 pm BalletCollective founder, choreographer, and New York City Ballet dancer Troy Schumacher discusses the upcoming season at NYU Skirball Center. Dancers Harrison Coll, Lauren King, Claire Kretzschmar, Ashley Laracey, Meagan Mann, David Prottas, and Taylor Stanley, accompanied by musical ensemble Hotel Elefant, perform excerpts from a new work by Schumacher and BalletCollective resident composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone, inspired by commissioned photographs by Paul Maffi, and selections from a new Schumacher male duet with a score by NOW Ensemble Artistic Director Mark Dancigers, inspired by commissioned photographs by Dafyi Hagai. Hagaromo Mon, Oct 26, 7 pm Prior to the world premiere at the Brooklyn Academey of Music (BAM), as part of the 2015 Next Wave Festival, dancers Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, director David Michalek, choreographer David Neumann, composer Nathan Davis, and puppeteer Chris Green discuss their reimagining the Japanese Noh theater classic Hagoromo. Excerpts are performed by Whelan and Soto, tenor Peter Tantsits, and International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Daniil Simkin’s Intensio Sun, Nov 8, 7 pm Prior to the New York premiere at the Joyce Theater, excerpts from Intensio, including four new works by choreographers Alexander Ekman, Gregory Dolbashian, Jorma Elo, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, are performed by Daniil Simkin and fellow American Ballet Theatre dancers Isabella Boylston, Alexandre Hammoudi, Blaine Hoven, Calvin Royal III, Hee Seo, Cassandra Trenary, and James Whiteside, as well as Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal’s Céline Cassone. Broadway Dance Lab Sat, Nov 14, 7 pm Broadway choreographer and Broadway Dance Lab (BDL) founder Josh Prince shares the culmination of BDL’s most recent eight-week session. Prince and choreographer Marcelo Gomes discuss their creative process with moderator Robert LaFosse and BDL’s ten dancers perform new works by Prince, Gomes, Camille A. Brown and others. Juilliard Dance: New Dances Sun, Nov 15, 7 pm Juilliard Dance students perform excerpts from new works by four innovative choreographers prior to their premiere. Helen Simoneau’s piece features first-year dancers; Aszure Barton’s, second-year dancers; Zvi Gotheiner’s, third-year dancers; and Kyle Abraham’s, fourth-year dancers. Juilliard Dance Artistic Director Lawrence Rhodes discusses the creative process with the choreographers. Paul Taylor Commissions: Doug Elkins & Larry Keigwin Sat and Sun, Nov 21 and 22, 7 pm For the first time, as part of choreographer Paul Taylor’s significant new commissioning initiative, new creations by some of the most compelling voices of the next generation will be choreographed for dancers of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Choreographers Doug Elkins and Larry Keigwin participate in a discussion moderated by Paul Taylor–biographer Suzanne Carbonneau. Excerpts of the new works are performed alongside Taylor classics. Inspired Collaborations: Emily Coates & Sarah Demers Mon, Nov 30, 7 pm Yale dance professor and former New York City Ballet dancer Emily Coates and Yale physics professor and particle physicist Sarah Demers discuss their inspired collaboration in the classroom that has led to many inventive outcomes. Coates and Demers demonstrate how their interdisciplinary projects can expand the creative boundaries of both their fields. Location: Peter B. Lewis Theater, unless otherwise noted Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street Subway: 4, 5, 6 train to 86th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus on Madison or Fifth Avenue Tickets: $40, $35 members, unless otherwise noted $10 student rush tickets available one hour prior to each performance if space allows (for students under 25 with valid ID). Priority ticket access and preferred seat selection starting August 12, 2015, for Friends of Works & Process or Guggenheim Members Associate level and above. Season tickets will be on sale August 24, 2015. Specific seats may be reserved when ordered online. For more information, call 212 758 0024 or 212 423 3587, Mon–Fri, 1–5 pm, or visit worksandprocess.org

here's the detailed program info: New York City Center TheatreNew York City Center Tour February 24-27, 2016 Program InformationPNB’s program 1: Balanchine Program (Wed/Thurs, February 24 & 25 at 7:30 PM) Square Dance George Balanchine Prodigal Son George Balanchine Stravinsky Violin Concerto George Balanchine PNB’s program 2: Contemporary Program (Fri/Sat February 26 & 27 at 8:00PM) A Million Kisses to my Skin David Dawson The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude William Forsythe Emergence Crystal Pite (performed to recorded music)

I don't understand why these visiting companies always bring Balanchine. I know they want to prove that they can do it too, but surely people in NY have seen “Stravinsky Violin Concerto,” “Prodigal Son” and “Square Dance,” plenty and would like to see something else?

apparently they do have oxygen backstage (VIDF posted a pic of the tanks on their instagram). also I noticed my hotel in Vail had a whole page of instructions on preventing altitude sickness. I am sure the Vail people do not overlook telling their dancers about it. Coming from Toronto, I certainly noticed that I was short of breath and my heart was pounding on the slightest uphill walk (and this despite the fact that I walk and bike a lot at home). I was amazed that the dancers could leap about energetically apparently without effort, as if they were back home at sea level in NYC.

Mearns came down with altitude sickness in Vail on the weekend.

I also saw her in The Lesson and was very impressed.

I have seen Ida in the Bournonville rep (Flower Festival, Napoli pas de six) where she is absolutely delightful. I also saw her at the Erik Bruhn competition in Toronto, which she won, at the tender age of 19. She is a beautiful dancer, still very young, and I'm sure the shortcomings you've noted will be erased with time and experience.

Actually I doubt Toronto is any colder than Saratoga in November. For travelling, I think you're much less likely to run into problems (ie delays because of snow) in mid November going to Toronto than January going to DC. If you like Ratmansky you could come for the tail end of the Winter's Tale run on Sun 22 November and stay for the opening of R&J on Wed. 25. (Having said that, total disclosure, I am not a big fan of Ratmansky's R&J). I think our company will do a very good job of Winter's Tale (it;s their first time doing this ballet, but Christopher Wheeldon has often said how much he admires how the NBOC performs his work). And the tix for you (plus hotels, meals) will be a huge bargain compared to the Royal Opera House at the current exchange rate (Cdn$ is worth less than 80 cents US and not likely to increase). For that matter, everything will be a bargain compared to Washington DC as well. Unfortunately they don't announce casting till a couple of weeks before, but if you wanted to wait till then you would still be likely to get a good ticket. PLUS.. if you come to Toronto you and I could get together for tea or something. How could you resist THAT??

Hi rkoretzky, did you mean me? Yes, the NBOC is at KC in January with Winter's Tale. Or you could come to Toronto to see it in November (I have no idea where you live).

If you're in the UK at the end of May, it might also be worth a sidetrip to Edinburgh to see David Dawson's new Swan Lake for Scottish Ballet. I saw his Giselle in Dresden and loved it. It will not be a traditional Swan Lake.

Dutch National Ballet is releasing a series of 2-minute videos about their principals. This week's is Vito Mazzeo (formerly of SFB) https://youtu.be/3PcMh9jpj8I

I am looking forward to being in Vail from Friday to Monday. Is anyone else on this board going to be there? It would be nice to meet up.

I understand also that the stages are very hard in Japan, so probably not the best thing to make one's comeback from an injury.

Pretty amazing but apparently true! « Full registration fee » (for 3 days)  Includes all oral sessions, round table discussion, all paper documentation (including the conference and the Bordeaux national opera programme), morning and afternoon break refreshments, opening reception, guided tour of the Grand Théâtre, screening, Ballet performance.  Registration before 8th September: 45 €  Registration between 8th Septembrer and 10th October: 60 € I suspect heavy government subsidy. wish I could go myself!

plus I imagine there will be wine, it being in Bordeaux, and that always "improves" one's second-language skills ;-)

well, I suspect the majority of the symposium will be in French, seeing as it's held in France. Why wouldn't it be? But here's your answer (from the French page): Les débats se dérouleront dans trois langues officielles, le français, le russe et l'anglais et seront intégralement traduits. ie. they will be interpreted in full.

I agree with everything you said, volcano. Sunday afternoons are also better for ballet students and teachers. Also it's great that the RB is back with cineplex, because they have way more theatres across the country. Now if only ballet lovers would support the initiative in droves.

Cineplex is once again showing both companies' performances in Canada. Info on dates here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2015/07/royal-ballet-and-bolshoi-ballet.html

also Marijn Rademaker left Stuttgart for Dutch National only last Christmas, so it's very conceivable he was asked to send in his bio for this gala before that.