Cast changes for National Ballet of Canada Hamlet

Breaking news: Naoya Ebe is unfortunately injured, and his performances of Hamlet will now be performed by Robert Stephen instead. For principal casting for all shows, please click here.

Ballet and cats

Sleeping Beauty may have the Pussycat Pas de Deux, but this Maryinsky Black Swan pas de deux turned into a pussycat pas de trois -- with a real pussycat! Watch to the end. The joys of live performance. Oh, and the dancers, Vladimir Shklyarov and Viktoria Tereshkina, are pretty good too.

Ballet and women

A fascinating program hosted by former Royal Ballet ballerina Deborah Bull looking at how the image of women in ballet has been determined by male choreographers, notably Marius Petipa, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine, and William Forsythe. Rehearsal and performance footage of Rose Adagio, final scene of Two Pigeons, excerpt from The Invitation, Herman Schmerman,  and Balanchine's Duo Concertant. Adam Cooper partners Bull, and Lynn Seymour provides coaching and commentary.

Bolshoi Coppelia Kennedy Center Washington casting

	Swanilda	Franz	Dr. Coppelius	Czardas
Tue., May 29 7:30 p.m.	Nina Kaptsova	Artem Ovcharenko	Alexey Loparevich	Kristina Karaseva, Vitaly Biktimirov
Wed., May 30  7:30 p.m.	Maria Aleksandrova	Ruslan Skvortsov	Alexey Loparevich	Anna Antropova , Vitaly Biktimirov
Thu., May 31 7:30 p.m.	Anastasia Stashkevich	Vyacheslav Lopatin	Alexey Loparevich	Kristina Karaseva, Vitaly Biktimirov
Fri., Jun. 1 7:30 p.m.	Nina Kaptsova	Artem Ovcharenko	Alexey Loparevich	Anna Antropova , Vitaly Biktimirov
Sat., Jun. 2 1:30 p.m.	Anastasia Stashkevich	Vyacheslav Lopatin	Alexey Loparevich	Kristina Karaseva, Vitaly Biktimirov
Sat., Jun. 2 7:30 p.m.	Maria Aleksandrova	Ruslan Skvortsov	Alexey Loparevich	Anna Antropova , Vitaly Biktimirov
Sun., Jun. 3 1:30 p.m.	Nina Kaptsova	Artem Ovcharenko	Alexey Loparevich	Kristina Karaseva, Vitaly Biktimirov

VISIT NBOC PRODUCTION SHOP AND NBS THIS WEEKEND!

As part of Doors Open Toronto this weekend May 26-27, you can visit both Canada's National Ballet School and the Gretchen Ross Production Centre for the National Ballet of Canada:

Gretchen Ross Production Centre for The National Ballet of Canada 155 Nantucket Blvd, Toronto, ON M1P 2P2 Telephone: 416-757-4121 District: East (former Scarborough) Architect and year: Unknown, Unknown Open: Saturday: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4:30 Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4:30

Canada's National Ballet School 400 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON M4Y 2G6 Telephone: 416-964-3780 District: South (former City of Toronto and East York) Architect and year: KPMB/Goldsmith Borgal, 2005 Open: Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4:30

Bolshoi Raymonda broadcast casting

For the worldwide broadcast in cinemas of the Bolshoi's Raymonda on June 24, the cast is as follows (worth seeing for Zakharova alone, as you will see in this clip):

24 June 2012

Countess Sybil de Daurice	Yekaterina Barykina
Raymonda, сountess' niece	Svetlana Zakharova
Andrei II, the King of Hungary	Andrei Sitnikov
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance	Alexander Volchkov
Abderakhman, Saracen knight	Pavel Dmitrichenko
Clemence and Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriends	Anna Nikulina Yekaterina Shipulina
Bernard and Beranger, troubadours	Vladislav Lantratov Denis Rodkin
Seneshal	Alexander Fadeyechev
Two Knights	Georgy Geraskin Yevgeny Golovin
"Raymonda's daydreams"	Yulia Grebenshchikova Olga Kishnyova Olga Marchenkova Anna Okuneva Yanina Parienko Maria Vinogradova
First Variation ("Raymonda's daydreams")	Chinara Alizade
Second Variation ("Raymonda's daydreams")	Anna Tikhomirova
Saracenic Dance	Yulia Lunkina Denis Medvedev
Spanish Dance	Anna Balukova Maria Zharkova
Mazurka	Kristina Karasyova Anton Savichev
Hungarian Dance	Anna Antropova Vitaly Biktimirov
Grand Pas	Yulia Grebenshchikova Olga Kishnyova Anna Okuneva Yanina Parienko Ana Turazashvili Maria Vinogradova Anzhelina Vorontsova Victoria Yakusheva (Osipova)
Variation (Grand Pas)	Anastasia Stashkevich

Joffrey Film to air on PBS

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance  will air on PBS on Friday, December 28, 2012 9:00-10:30pm ET. This acclaimed documentary about the history of the Joffrey Ballet has been receiving great reviews. You can order the DVD by clicking here; save $5 by using the promo code DANCE. A beautiful illustrated history of the Joffrey Ballet is also available on the site.

Romeos and Juliets on CBC

The documentary about the making of Alexei Ratmansky's new Romeo and Juliet at the National Ballet of Canada will be aired on the CBC on Thursday June 7 at 8 pm.

Visit to Elmhurst School for Dance

I am delighted to announce that Jessica Ward, the Principal of Elmhurst School for Dance, and Robert Parker, the Artistic Director Elect, have invited Tours en l'air to visit the school as part of our September trip to England.

For more details on this amazing trip, for which the signup deadline is June 14, please visit my Ballet, Lake District & More post, by clicking here.

How is ballet like the Olympics?

Birmingham Royal Ballet's David Bintley talks about his new ballet Faster, Higher, Stronger. Sounds like fun!Click here.

Dance Day in Nice

• • July 7

• L’Association Libressence en collaboration L'Espace Magnan organisent une journée autour de la danse : * Cours Classique * Workshop avec le chorégraphe Samir Elyamni ( Marseille ) * Table Ronde * Spectacle Planning du 7 Juillet 9h30 11h00 : Cours Classique avec Thomas Gallus ( Opera de Lyon) 11h30 13h30 : Première partie du workshop avec le Chorégraphe Samir Elyamni 13H30 14H30 : Pique-nique plage 14h30 17h30 : Deuxième partie de l'atelier et préparation de la sortie d’atelier présentée le soir. 18h00 19h30 : Table Ronde 20h00:Spectacle (Sortie d’Atelier des participants, performances de jeunes chorégraphes, et Présentation de la dernière création du Chorégraphe Samir Elyamni « solo Carnets de route ») Tarifs : Journée Stage et spectacle : 33€ Journée de stage : 30€ Cours : 12€ Spectacle : 5€

Espace Magnan

31 rue louis de Coppet, 06000 Nice, France

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Interview with Matthew Golding

Click here for a recent interview with Canadian dancer Matthew Golding of Dutch National Ballet.

Beautiful Dutch National Ballet Giselle video

Click here  to see Dutch National Ballet's beautiful Wilis, with Igone de Jongh as Myrtha:

Kevin O'Day's Hamlet at National Ballet of Canada casting

	Hamlet	Ophelia	Claudius	Gertrude
1 June @ 730	Côté	Ogden	Jelinek	Hutchison
2 June @ 2	Stephen	Lobsanova	Maddox	Perez-Gomez
2 June @ 730	Stanczyk	Rodriguez	Hirano	Jourdain
3 June @ 2	Côté	Ogden	Jelinek	Hutchison
6 June @ 730	Côté	Ogden	Jelinek	Hutchison
7 June @ 2	Stephen	Lobsanova	Maddox	Perez-Gomez
7 June @ 730	Stanczyk	Rodriguez	Hirano	Jourdain
8 June @ 730	Côté	Ogden	Jelinek	Hutchison
9 June @ 730	Stephen	Lobsanova	Maddox	Perez-Gomez
10 June @ 2	Stanczyk	Rodriguez	Hirano	Jourdain

Bolshoi Don Quixote casting Ottawa

May 23 -26, 2012, National Arts Centre

Kitri (alias Dulcinea) Ekaterina Krysanova (23, 26 eve)

Maria Aleksandrova (24, 26 mat)

Nina Kaptsova (25)

Basilio, a barber  Vyacheslav Lopatin (23, 26 eve)

Vladislav Lantratov (24, 26 mat))

Semen Chudin (25)

Don Quixote  Alexey Loparevich

an errant knight / chevalier errant

Sancho Panza, his squire / Sergey Minakov (23, 25, 26 eve)

Roman Simachev (24, 26 mat)

Gamache, a wealthy nobleman / Denis Medvedev (23, 25, 26 eve)

 Yury Ostrovskiy (24, 26 mat)

Juanita, Piccilia, friends to Kitri  Anna Tikhomirova, Yanina Parienko (23, 25, 26 eve)

Anna Rebetskaya, Anna Okuneva (24, 26 mat)

Espada, a toreador Vitaly Biktimirov (23, 25, 26 eve)

Ruslan Skvortsov (24, 26 mat)

A Street Dancer Anna Okuneva (23, 25)

Anastasia Meskova (24, 26 mat)

Anna Leonova (26 eve)

Mercedes Kristina Karaseva (23, 24, 26 mat)

Anna Balukova (25, 26 eve)

The queen of the Dryads / Anna Nikulina (23, 25, 26 eve)

 Anzhelina Vorontsova (24, 26 mat)