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Welcome to The Classical Girl’s World Ballet Day 2015 page! Glad you could make it. I will update this page prior to, and throughout World Ballet Day, so you can have the most relevant links and information as the day unrolls. And want to hold onto the ballet world for more than one day? To help celebrate World Ballet Day, my ballet novel, OFF BALANCE, is only $2.99. Check it out at http://amzn.com/B00WB224IQ!
Who you can expect to see at what time
- The Australian Ballet: 10pm Eastern Time on 9/30, 7pm Pacific, 12 noon local time
- Bolshoi Ballet: 3am Eastern, midnight Pacific Time, 11am local time
- The Royal Ballet: 6am Eastern, 3am Pacific, 11am local time
- The National Ballet of Canada: 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific Time, 11am local time
- San Francisco Ballet: 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific, and, whaddya know – 1pm local time!
How to watch? You can watch World Ballet Day live streaming at the official website, or from each ballet company’s YouTube channel. Below you’ll find links to the company’s website or their YouTube channel. And to alleviate your concern about watching the wrong channel at the wrong time, all five companies will be broadcasting the entire 23 hour event. You just might be hearing Russian instead of English, or vice versa.
A change from last year: the day will include pre-recorded footage from a wide range of regional dance organizations geographically close to the five participating companies, including Bangarra Dance Theatre, Ballet of China, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, National Nederlands Dans Theater, Northern Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Stop 1, The Australian Ballet https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAustralianBallet
Rehearsal
Artistic Director David McAllister’s brand new production of The Sleeping Beauty.
Behind the Scenes
- The Australian Ballet School
- Audience Engagement Programs
- Ballet Philanthropy
- The Magical Wardrobe Department
Pre-recorded footage from other companies to include: Bangarra Dance Theatre, Ballet of China, Royal New Zealand Ballet
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Stop 2, Bolshoi Ballet http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/persons/ballet/
Recent Productions
- Radu Poklitaru’s Hamlet
- Yuri Possokhov’s Hero of Our Time
Rehearsals
Preview of Upcoming Season
World premieres, revivals, special projects, festivals, international tours, guest company presentations on the Bolshoi Theatre stages, and a gala dedicated to the memory Maya Plisetskaya.
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Stop 3, The Royal Ballet http://www.roh.org.uk/about/the-royal-ballet
Rehearsals
- Raven Girl – Choreography Wayne McGregor
- The Two Pigeons – Choreography Frederick Ashton
- Czardas – Choreography/Dancer Steven McRae; Violinist Vasko Vassilev
- Charlotte Edmonds – The Royal Ballet Young Choreographer Programme with students of The Royal Ballet School
- Viscera – Choreography Liam Scarlett
- Carmen – Choreography Carlos Acosta
- The Nutcracker – The Royal Ballet School
Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes at the matinee performance of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet taking place during World Ballet Day.
Pre-recorded footage from other companies to include: Scottish Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet,
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Stop 4, The National Ballet of Canada https://national.ballet.ca//World-Ballet-Day
“Join The National Ballet of Canada at the Place des Arts in Montréal as they take audiences behind the scenes during their fall tour.”
Rehearsals:
- Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale
- Dress rehearsal of Marco Goecke’s Spectre de la Rose
- Dress rehearsal of Wayne McGregor’s Chroma
Pre-recorded footage from other companies to include: Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal,
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Stop 5, San Francisco Ballet https://www.sfballet.org
Rehearsals
- Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle
- Tomasson’s The Fifth Season
- Liam Scarlett’s Hummingbird
- Christopher Wheeldon’s Rush©
- George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations
- Liam Scarlett’s Fearful Symmetries (new work)
There will be a special interview with William Forsythe about SF Ballet’s North American premiere ofPas/Parts, a work never performed by a company other than Paris Opera Ballet.
Pre-recorded footage from other companies to include: Houston Ballet (5:00pm PDT) and Pacific Northwest Ballet (5:30pm PDT).
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Posted on September 8th
It’s been the burning question for many a dance fan: Is there going to be a second, equally big World Ballet Day, like last year? Back in June, The Royal Ballet made their announcement, stating yes, plans were on for a repeat of last year’s unprecedented sensation. But further details proved elusive. I’ve been Googling, Internet surfing, visiting dance forums, dance journals and blogs, company websites, trying to find out who would be collaborating with the Royal Ballet, because it’s got to be a collaboration. Twenty-four hours of nonstop streamed ballet can’t be accomplished by one company, no matter how impressive they are. Finally, today, the word is official.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 08, 2015
Following last year’s unprecedented collaboration for the first World Ballet Day LIVE, five of the world’s leading ballet companies will once again stream 23 hours of live, behind-the-scenes footage on Thursday, October 1. The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, and San Francisco Ballet have partnered to provide viewers around the world with an inside look at professional ballet companies in the studio, on tour, and in performance. For more information, visit worldballetday.com.
Yay, it’s a go!!
In lieu of writing blog after blog about World Ballet Day, which my non-ballet readers might find tiresome, I will be updating this page regularly. So do stop by again. Next week, you’ll get the viewing schedule of the event, and details of what you might catch at each stop along the way. For a sense of it all, take a peek at last year’s World Ballet Day blog of mine, which offers times, schedules, etc. My hunch is that all the times will prove to be the same, but obviously what is being rehearsed will change. Check out that post HERE. You’ll also find some still-active links for footage of World Ballet Day 2014.
If you’re new to The Classical Girl and my writing, here’s an added incentive to swing by here the week of World Ballet Day: a special promotion for my ballet novel, Off Balance. Because I aim to celebrate World Ballet Day and share ballet with the world in proper festive style. Woo hoo – I feel a party coming on! Check it out at Amazon HERE.
So be sure and mark the day, folks. Thursday, October 1st. And just a head’s up: for the Australian Ballet, which starts the ballet-viewing extravaganza, their October 1st starts when much of us are still in the throes of September 30th. Plan to tune in Wednesday evening at 10pm Eastern Time, 7pm Pacific Time, when it will be 12 noon local time on October 1st. And then prep yourself for a long, memorable day of dance.
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