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Casting for the Royal Ballet's summer 2015 tour to the USA has now been announced.
The first stop will be The Kennedy Center Washington D.C. with the US premiere of Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote. The Company will then take the production to the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
The tour ends at The David H Koch Theater in New York with a gala performance and mixed programmes of works by choreographers associated with The Royal Ballet. Pieces by Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan will feature in one mixed programme while the second comprises ballets by Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Christopher Wheeldon.
Principal casting details are available on the Kennedy Center, Auditorium Theater and the David H. Koch Theater websites.
Find out more about The Royal Ballet's summer 2015 tour to the USA.
Tickets are still available for tour performances by The Royal Ballet in the USA. These can be booked from the various theatres' websites.
The Royal Opera House would like to thank all tour supporters and Aud Jebsen for her support of The Royal Ballet touring programme.
A limited number of places are available to support The Royal Ballet on tour and join the Company in New York. For more information please contact Margaret Andraos on +44 (0)20 7212 9462]]>
'When Carlos [Acosta] asked me to work with him on Don Quixote, I was completely bowled over', says Conductor Martin Yates. 'I knew it would be something quite exceptional.'
Carlos Acosta's production, his first full-length work for The Royal Ballet, had its world premiere in 2013, conducted and orchestrated by Martin. This summer, it will be performed by The Royal Ballet in the USA as part of the 2015 tour.
The ballet, inspired by Miguel de Cervantes classic novel, is set to music by Ludwig Minkus.
'When it was written, Don Quixote was considered quite an achievement musically and dramatically as it was one of the first ballets to tell the story solely through the medium of dance', explains Martin. 'Minkus's music has a natural sort of enthusiasm, which appeals to me. It fits the subject matter perfectly, which is surprising given the haphazard way in which he composed!'
Minkus composed the music for more than twenty Russian ballets. His score for Don Quixote, cheerful, light-hearted and full of Spanish flair, is considered one of his most successful. Even so, it has been revised many times since its creation.
'Minkus is just a footnote in musical history, but his music is amongst the most performed in all ballet and he is one of the founding fathers of Russian ballet music,' continues Martin. 'Even so, the score has been tinkered with by so many people – producers, choreographers, and even powerful dancers requesting a flashy variation or two.' Find out more about the colour and contrast in Minkus's score.
Don Quixote will have its US premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and runs 9–14 June. The ballet will also be performed at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, 18–21 June.
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote and Marianela Nuñez as Kitri in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Bennet Gartside as Gamache and members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and Members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christina Arestis as Dulcinea and Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote and Christina Arestis as Dulcinea in Don Quixote © ROH.Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and members of The Royal Ballet © ROH.Johan Persson 2013
The Royal Ballet will also perform work by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan. Find out more details of the 2015 tour.
Don Quixote is available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray from the ROH Shop.]]>
It's the time of year when card shops, chocolatiers and florists go into overdrive. Valentine's Day is here. To celebrate we've picked out our favourite romantic ballets, famed for their passionate pas de deux and amorous adagios:
Romeo and Juliet
Ultimately doomed, yes, but Kenneth MacMillan's stunning adaptation of William Shakespeare's iconic play deserves its place at the top of any Valentine's Day ballet list, such is the allure of (possibly) the greatest love story ever told. A lesser choreographer might struggle to reflect the passion and lyricism of the Bard's writing in movement, but in creating moments like the intensely tender Balcony pas de deux, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet is as vital and thrilling as the play it was based upon:
The Sleeping Beauty
Marius Petipa's iconic Sleeping Beauty offers up an enchanted world of princesses, fairy godmothers, magic spells and a charming prince, the ballet includes many memorable moments including technically demanding choreography such as the famous - and influential - Rose Adagio. But for heartwarming romanticism, few moments beat the Awakening scene, in which dashing Prince Florimund breaks Aurora's spell-induced slumber:
Don Quixote
Packed full of sunny Spanish flair, Don Quixote shifts the focus from bumbling knight Don Quixote - as in Cervantes's 17th-century novel - to the sparky relationship between young lovers Kitri and Basilio. Ludwig Minkus's score incorporates some appropriately Iberian touches, including seguidilla and habanera rhythms, and the clack of castanets, as seen in this pas de deux from Act II:
La Fille mal gardée
Frederick Ashton's pastoral ballet may appear whimsical on first glimpse, but La Fille mal gardée packs a virtuoso punch, featuring some of its creator's most brilliant choreography. Inspired by Ashton's love of the Suffolk countryside, it contains a series of energetic pas de deux for Lise - the wayward daughter of the title - and her farmhand lover Colas. Chief among them is the pas de ruban, a ribbon dance that captures the elan of young love:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The most recently-created inclusion on this by no-means-exhaustive list, Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is largely faithful to the source material of Lewis Carroll's much-loved novel. One addition in the balletic adaptation however, is the inclusion of a love interest for Alice, who is depicted as a teenager instead of the younger girl of Carroll's original text. Jack (otherwise known as the Knave of Hearts) is on the run for stealing the Red Queen's tarts and sweeps Alice off her feet, culminating in a tender, loving pas de deux in the penultimate scene:
Something of a wildcard (to put it mildly) in this list, MacMillan's intense adult drama Mayerling is an exploration of the darker side of love based on the true story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, who, following a downward spiral of drug abuse and violence, committed suicide with his mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889. The Prince's emotional decline is charted through a series of shocking, highly-charged pas de deux, which push the limits of classical ballet:
Which are your favourite romantic ballets?
La Fille mal gardée runs 16 April-5 May 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Celia Blakey and Marina Hobson OBE and Peter Lloyd.
Update: Cast change in effect for 22 January in addition to 19 January [20/1/2015]
Due to injury, Ryoichi Hirano will replace Valentino Zucchetti in the role of Espada for the performances of Don Quixote on 19 and 22 January. The rest of the cast remains the same.
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The Royal Ballet will tour to the USA in June 2015 with a celebration of the breadth of the Company's heritage and contemporary repertory, and the virtuosity and theatricality of its world-class dancers.
The Company will perform in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York over the course of three weeks.
'We're particularly thrilled to be returning to the USA and delighted to be presenting Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote created especially for the Company last Season', said Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O'Hare. 'We're also performing works by three of today's leading choreographers who are all resident with us at Covent Garden – Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon and Liam Scarlett – as well as classics from the Company's two great 20th-century choreographers, Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan.'
Royal Ballet Principal Guest Artist Carlos Acosta's critically-acclaimed production of Don Quixote will receive its American premiere at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., 9–14 June. The ballet will also be performed at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, 18–21 June.
In New York, The Royal Ballet will perform at the David H. Koch Theater 23–8 June. A fundraising Gala Performance in aid of The Royal Ballet and the Joyce Theater opens the week of performances on Tuesday 23 June and will feature Frederick Ashton's classic ballet The Dream, which was created in 1964 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. The tour coincides with the 50th anniversary of the first performance of The Dream in the USA.
The New York residency also includes two programmes celebrating the work of British choreographers closely associated with The Royal Ballet. Programme One features Kenneth MacMillan's powerful Song of the Earth, which was created in 1965. Set to Gustav Mahler's great song cycle, the ballet explores the fragility of human life and features six episodes that are atmospheric rather than literal interpretations of the text. Song of the Earth will be performed with Frederick Ashton's The Dream 24–6 June.
Programme Two is a mixed bill comprising Infra by Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, The Age of Anxiety by Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett and highlights from The Royal Ballet's repertory, including the central pas de deux from Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon's award-winning Aeturnum.
Casting for all performances will be confirmed in due course.
The Royal Opera House would like to thank all tour supporters and Aud Jebsen for her support of the Royal Ballet touring programme.
A limited number of places are available to support The Royal Ballet on Tour and join the Company in New York. For more information please contact Margaret Andraos on +44 (0)20 7212 9462]]>
Flowers, gardens and waltzes seem to go well together – at least in ballet. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the tantalizing garden that Alice glimpses through an impossibly small door becomes the object of her searches through Wonderland, the place she hopes to find the Knave of Hearts.
A waltz characterizes this desirable garden, and as its composer, Joby Talbot, describes it: 'whenever Alice hears the flower waltz, she knows she should head towards it. Sometimes she thinks she's there, sometimes she's so close but gets lost and finally, when she arrives, we hear the Flower Waltz in its entirety as the culmination of a journey.' The waltzing flowers have an exuberance to match the music, which is reminiscent of a fairground carousel.
There is a rather different tone of waltz for the Queen of the Dryads in Don Quixote. The hapless hero of Petipa's ballet, knocked unconscious by a rampaging windmill, dreams he is among tree-dwelling spirits and their queen. An association with flowers in such a bosky setting is inevitable, not least with the imagery of the round spreading tutus, decorated with petals and flowers, and the sinuous, elegant bending of classical choreography. The queen is introduced with a gentle waltz in which the choreography captures the pendulum-like, easy flow of the waltz's three-in-a-bar rhythm and the rise and fall of the melodic phrases.
Probably the most famous of all flower waltzes is Tchaikovsky's for Act II of The Nutcracker. Again, the setting is a garden (a Sugar Garden, no less), where Clara and her Nutcracker are entertained after victory over the Mouse King and his army. The Waltz follows a series of short character dances, and fills the stage with the corps de ballet in a joyful climax. In fact, these concerted waltzes for the corps de ballet and some of the principals are often the conclusions to scenes. The seemingly perpetual, uplifting motion of the waltz lends itself to celebratory finales.
All of these three waltzes personify flowers in various ways: the spreading shape of the tutus as though the petals of a flower, pastel colours, decorations of flowers and petals on the costumes, swaying movements like the gentle wafting in a breeze, arm gestures like the opening from bud to bloom, or turning and spinning that emphasize the circular symmetry of the flower.
But flowers are used for their romantic symbolism too. In Act I of The Sleeping Beauty the Garland Dance takes place as part of the celebrations of Princess Aurora's name day. The corps de ballet dance with hoops and garlands of flowers to create elegant, evolving shapes, and also bring a bucolic and charmingly youthful quality to the party. The Garland Dance is a waltz, naturally. Continuing the flower significance, it is followed by the famous Rose Adage, for Princess Aurora and her suitors, in which the presenting of a flower from each suitor to her expresses a profession of love.
Perhaps most distinctive of all the flower ballets is not part of a large narrative work, but a short, self-contained pas de deux based on a poem by Théophile Gautier: Fokine's Le Spectre de la rose. In it, a rose worn by a young girl at a ball manifests itself in her dreams as a romantic ideal; its beauty and grace represents the physicality of a lover. It was a signature piece of the creator of the title role, Vaslav Nijinsky. His leap through a window into the girl's bedroom has become the defining image of the work, but the work is more properly an exquisitely tender interpretation of a young girl's romantic longing. And the music for this ballet? Carl Maria von Weber's piano piece Invitation to the Dance – a waltz.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs until 16 January 2015. Tickets are sold out but approximately 67 day tickets will be available on the day of the performance from the Covent Garden Box Office.
The production is sponsored by Van Cleef and Arpels and is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. It is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada.
Don Quixote runs until 22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
The company were on fabulous form tonight. @MNunezOfficial was the shining star. So glorious. Her Dryad scene solo was perfection #ROHdonQ
— Michael Llewellyn (@michael456789) November 25, 2014
Adorable @MeaghanGrace as Amour and very Sexy Kristen McNally as a Gypsy. #ROHdonQ — Emma Yanatchkov (@EmmaYanatchkov) November 26, 2014
Ok, unpopular opinion time. I have never been so unimpressed like this evening. #ROHdonQ is, in my opinion, a shockingly hollow ballet.
— Nijinska (@nijinskas) November 25, 2014
I know. I know. I know. #NeverTrustACapeSwisher, but damn... Ryo doing *that* pose. RAWR! *fans self* #ROHDonQ — Vampire Soup (@VampireSoup) November 25, 2014
I think @MNunezOfficial is trying to set the world record for fastest turns. I feel dizzy just from watching #ROHdonQ
— Karen McLernon (@BBB_Mrs) November 25, 2014
Carlos was very impressive up until the very end - best in ages! But then he ran out of energy. #RohDonQ — Fedja Hadrovich (@Hadrovich) November 25, 2014
Early thoughts on @TheRoyalBallet #DonQ - outstanding perf by @MNunezOfficial in production that is just too lyrical & unexciting in Act1...
— Graham Watts (@GWDanceWriter) November 26, 2014
It's the characters that make this production of #ROHDonQ: @balletboy09, @Bennet76 & Hirano stand out. Hirano's act 3 solo, a show-stopper! — Lee McLernon (@bangorballetboy) November 25, 2014
Certainly wasn't expecting to enjoy #ROHDonQ as much as I did - will most certainly be coming to see it again!
— Kevin (@NonPiuDiFiori) November 25, 2014
What a treat to see @TheRoyalBallet having so much fun on stage during #ROHDonQ, it was contagious ! — Sebastian (@Sebastian_G_A) November 25, 2014
marianela Nunez needs to be studied. Such passion, such speed! And so cheeky! Love her. #ROHdonQ
— Sofia Gkiousou (@sofiagk) November 25, 2014
Audience packed @RoyalOperaHouse #ROHdonQ + loving it. Also notably young and diverse. Gratifying to see ballet really is for everyone. — Jack Thorpe-Baker (@jackthorpebaker) November 25, 2014
Press reviews:
Independent ★★★★
Telegraph ★★★★
Times ★★★★
Express ★★★★
Arts Desk ★★★★
Guardian ★★★
Financial Times ★★★
What did you think of Don Quixote?
Don Quixote runs until 22 January 2015. Tickets are still available. The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.]]>
Nineteenth-century ballet: a melting pot of international influences. No, really! Look beyond the pointe shoes, tutus and classical positions, and you'll discover a rich heritage of ballet choreographers finding inspiration in dance from around the world.
Take two of today's most popular 19th-century ballets: Act II of The Nutcracker has Spanish, Arabian, Chinese and Ukrainian trepak divertissements; and the Act III party of Swan Lake has a Spanish dance, a Hungarian csárdás, a Neapolitan dance and a mazurka. While not all the dances might seem 100% tasteful to modern eyes, they do all have very recognizable characteristics – take those trouser-splitting trepak jumps – and are all matched with clear national markers in Tchaikovsky's music.
How about a whole ballet inspired by national dance? Don Quixote is classical ballet, but it also owes more than a passing debt to Spanish flamenco culture. In addition to all the matadors and cape swishing there are arched backs, stamping feet, sinuous port de bras. It's not subtle, but it's unmistakably Spanish in feel. Similarly, within La Bayadère's straightforward classical ballet, there are a few set pieces that draw very specifically on the Indian setting: the Act I D'Jampée Dance, making ingenious use of the traditional garb of one scarf attached to the ankle; and the Bronze Idol in Act III, whose poses directly recall images of classical Indian dance. In both ballets, Ludwig Minkus gives the accompanying music its appropriate national stamp.
The uniting figure across all four of these ballets is the choreographer Marius Petipa. He spent most of his career in St Petersburg but began life in Marseille, and spent years working in France and four years in Madrid. Petipa evidently made good use of his time in Spain – on his return to Paris he 'inserted [a] genuine, original fandango in the opera Carmen… it was not my invention, but the national dance that I had learned when I was in Madrid'. Spanish dance obviously remained close to his heart and he found a way to include it in most of his Russian ballets.
Petipa wasn't some national dance-crazed outsider though. Recent research by Lisa C. Arkin and Marian Smith has shown that the French Romantic ballet in which Petipa began his career placed almost as much emphasis on national dance as it did on the 'balletic' danse d'école.
It all stems back to the Romantics' love of folklore. The early 19th-century poet looked to folksong; the ballet equivalent was national dance, considered to be as essential to the identity of a nation or people as its language. As the formal genres of 18th-century courtly ballet (the style de perruque, literally 'wig style') broke down in favour of story- and music-driven Romantic ballet, national dance became crucial in setting the scene and conveying the emotions of the characters.
National dance was not the exclusive domain of specialists. Some of the most prominent dancers of the day were experts in national dance and won renown for their performances of particular numbers – Marie Taglioni's Spanish dance in La Gitana, Fanny Elssler's cracovienne in La Gypsy are just two examples. These stars took their job seriously: Taglioni went to Warsaw to learn her mazurka, Elssler to Pest for her csárdás. Petipa – commissioned to create a Caucasian lezghinka – brought in four soldiers from the Russian Caucasus Army.
Dance critic Théophile Gautier was a fan: in 1837 he (somewhat cattily) wrote that national dance added some 'spice to the deadly boring framework of ballet'. His original scenario for Giselle included some scene-setting German national dance, as well as a divertissement-like set for the Wilis in Act II – the Oriental odalisque Moyna, the Indian bayadère Zulma, attending French and German ghostly jilted maidens – that seems quite far removed from some modern conceptions of the Wilis as a manifestation of pure balletic dance.
So next time you catch yourself sighing because the dancers are wearing heels instead of pointe shoes, stop yourself! These national dances are a key part of ballet history, and a fascinating insight into the attitudes of its creators.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available. The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.]]>
When Carlos Acosta was asked to create a new production of the classic Petipa ballet Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet, he had a clear idea of what he wanted to achieve: 'I didn't want to revive a museum piece. I wanted to give something much more fresh, without breaking the narrative, breaking the spirit that makes this ballet such a masterpiece.' With its energetic choreography, dynamic staging and Spanish flair, his Don Quixote doesn't disappoint. Of its many thrilling moments, the Act I finale is one of the most vibrant, with spectacular solo variations, animated group dances and lively storytelling, all tailored to suit Acosta's vivid interpretation of this exotic ballet.
By this point in the ballet, all eyes are on the beautiful Kitri. She loves the young barber Basilio but is being pursued by the fop Gamache. She's also entranced the eccentric old gentleman Don Quixote, who is convinced that he must help her as he would the lady of his dreams. In spite of her father Lorenzo's protests, Kitri has rejected Gamache's ridiculous advances. Her flourishing relationship with Basilio is encouraged by the townsfolk – all of whom have gathered to make merry in the square.
Basilio performs a showy, bravura variation for Kitri and the crowd. With swaggering brisés and multiple pirouettes danced to the high-spirited triple-time of Minkus's sun-drenched score, the variation ends with flashy barrel turns danced around the stage, finished with a tour en l'air and an invitation to Kitri to show off her moves.
Kitri willingly accepts. To the clatter of castanets and clapping from the crowd, her performance is full of flamenco fire. Among its high leg extensions, and virtuoso en pointe runs is one of the ballet's iconic images – a grand jeté with a backbend, the head flung back and her castanets held aloft. The variation ends, like Basilio's, with aplomb - a series of pirouettes performed en diagonale as the matadors drum their heels and swish their capes.
The stars' astonishing technical display doesn't end there. Later in the finale, the pair dance together, Basilio sweeping Kitri off her feet in heart-stopping one-handed lifts above his head that bring the music to a halt, and make the crowd – and the audience – hold their breath in admiration.
As Kitri and Basilio take a breather for their grand finale, we get another chance to see spirited dancing from the assembled townsfolk. Kitri's two friends, dressed in pale purple ruffles, perform a sprightly dance in perfect unison, adopting some of her high extensions and flashy pirouettes, and dextrously flicking their fans. They are briefly interrupted by the town rascals, who bound forward in a raggle-taggle huddle, eager for their moment in the spotlight.
Bursting from the hustle and bustle is a ridiculously silly episode of mime involving Don Quixote's unfortunate sidekick, Sancho Panza; alongside Gamache and Lorenzo. It's a rare instance of character roles taking centre-stage during a finale, and gives us a quick, cheerful insight into their personalities – as well as what must be the definitive ballet fish slap.
As the act draws to a close, the townspeople fill the stage in an exuberant group dance, with sprightly balancés, cloaks flung overhead and the swishing of skirts accompanied by Minkus's shimmering tambourines and fluttering flutes. Basilio and Kitri seize the moment to escape in a cart, hotly pursued by Lorenzo, Gamache, Sancho Panza and Don Quixote. You're not sure how they'll do it, but you can be sure these joyful young lovers will get their way in the end.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
How do you tell a story without words? If you've ever been embarrassed by how bad you are at charades, you'll know it's no easy feat. But choreographers have been doing it for centuries – sometimes with mime but also without, giving dance its own eloquence. They've sought inspiration from a remarkable range of sources – whether folktales, literature, real life or their own imaginations.
The most longstanding literary ballet must be Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes's novel, published 1605–15, has been inspiring ballets since at least 1743, when an unknown choreographer mounted Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse for the Paris Opera. He was the first of many, though the version with the most longevity has proved to be Marius Petipa's 1869 version (used by Carlos Acosta in his production for The Royal Ballet). Balletic Don Quixotes tend to sacrifice Cervantes's philosophical consideration of the human condition for a cheerful rendition of one of the novel's many absurd episodes – in Petipa's, where Don Quixote helps two young lovers get together despite the wishes of her parent.
Another of the oldest ballets still going strong is Jean Dauberval's 1789 La Fille mal gardée (though modern audiences know it best through Frederick Ashton's 1960 version). Unlike Don Quixote, the origins for this are entirely obscure – suggested sources includes an opera of the same title but with a different story and different music, or an 18th-century print of a mother scolding her child. Slim pickings indeed. You might recognize the story, though: Lise loves impoverished Colas; Lise's mother wants her to marry wealthy Alain; the lovers find a way (this time without a wandering knight's help) to get the mother to forget Alain and give her blessing to their wedding.
In fact, much like commedia dell'arte, 19th-century ballet tended to use the same recognizable characters in different contexts – a handy tool for audiences to figure out what's happening. In a ballet fantastique you could expect to find the hero, the good woman, the bad woman and various mischievous magicians to keep the plot going. Petipa's 1877 La Bayadère is a prime example. He took his story from the ballet Sacountala, created by his brother Lucien in Paris in 1858, which itself was based on a 5th-century Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. None of that really matters, though: all it adds is local colour for a story where the demure Nikia loves the heroic Solor who is tempted by the extremely bad Gamzatti who, with the help of the scheming High Brahmin, eventually brings about her and everyone else's deaths, with the lovers united in paradise.
The same character tropes underpin a key preoccupation of 19th-century ballet – fairytale, determined by the Romantics' obsession with folklore. Théophile Gautier's libretto for Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli's 1841 ballet Giselle was inspired by Heinrich Heine's account of a Slavic folktale, in which the ghosts of jilted maidens dance to the death any man they come across. Tchaikovsky's three balletic masterpieces also have fairytale origins – the Russian-inflected German fairytales of Swan Lake, Charles Perrault's fairytale 'La Belle au bois dormant' for The Sleeping Beauty, and a section of an E.T.A. Hoffmann folk-inspired story for The Nutcracker (director Ivan Vsevolozhsky providing Tchaikovsky's reading list for the last two).
As ballet diversified in the 20th century, so did its influences. Leading the way was the Ballets Russes, who drew not only on a more ambiguous kind of folklore (The Firebird) but also the real world (Les Noces), myth (Daphnis et Chloé) and much else besides. Special mention should also go to Kenneth MacMillan, who adapted familiar tales (Romeo and Juliet, Manon), uncovered less well-known works (Las hermanas), drew on real-life stories (Mayerling, Isadora, Anastasia) and created entirely original works (The Judas Tree).
MacMillan was swimming against the tide, but choreographers today have almost completely free rein – from Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Will Tuckett's The Wind in the Willows to Liam Scarlett's The Age of Anxiety and Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works. The stories these choreographers use might be different, but they're driven by the same desire as their forebears – to tell a captivating story through movement.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
The Wind in the Willows runs 26 November 2014–17 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
Swan Lake runs 10 February–9 April 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey, Doug and Ceri King, and Peter Lloyd. Original Production (1987) and revival (2000) supported by The Linbury Trust.
La Fille mal gardée runs 16 April–5 May 2015. Tickets go on general sale on 27 January 2015.
The production is generously supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Celia Blakey and Marina Hobson OBE.


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Effect of kinase inhibitors on Total AP-1 DNA binding activity dynamics. Ang II + kinase inhibitor treatment was simulated by setting the corresponding kinase activity profile to the basal levels present in the absence of Ang II treatment. Experimental data from pathway inhibitor studies were taken from [35] and plotted as the originally reported Optical Density measures (right axis). Experimental data is based on pretreatment of the neuronal cultures (A) with 10 uM chelerythrine chloride, an FRK inhibitor, (B) or with JNK inhibitor II, for 30 minutes prior to Ang II stimulus. (A) Inhibition of FRK. (B) Inhibition of JNK. Symbols: The control unstimulated AP-1 activity at time zero (asterisk), 60 min AP-1 activity in response to 100 nM Ang II stimulus (circle with error bars), 60 min AP-1 activity in response to 100 nM Ang II stimulus in neurons pretreated with a kinase inhibitor (triangle), simulated normalized AP-1 activity in response to Ang II (solid line) and Ang II + kinase inhibition (heavy dashed).
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Model SM 200 - Particulate Monitorby Opsis AB based in Furulund, SWEDEN
The SM 200 dust monitor offers automatic dust monitoring and filter sampling of TSP, PM10 and PM2.5.
Saphymo - Model PM100 - Particulate Monitorby Saphymo GmbH based in Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
The PM100 particulate monitor is used for continuous measurement of α and β particulate volumetric activity in all gaseous effluents. The sample is pulled by means of a pumping unit from the flow of an exhaust stack, a ventilation duct or the static atmosphere of a working zone and then transferred to a detection assembly. A dynamic ...
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The E-SAMPLER is the most feature-packed light-scatter Aerosol Monitor available. Whatever your monitoring need the E-sampler will provide accurate, dependable and relevant data. The E-SAMPLER is a dual technology instrument that combines the unequalled realtime measurement of light scatter with the accuracy standard of filter methods. The simple ...
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The BAM-1020 automatically measures and records airborne particulate concentration levels (in milligrams or micrograms per cubic meter) using the industry-proven principle of beta ray attenuation.Thousands of BAM-1020 units are currently deployed worldwide, making the unit one of the most successful air monitoring platforms in the world.
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The APM2000 air particulate monitor implements advanced Beta ray attenuation principles to measure and record airborne particulate concentration levels. It can directly measure the mass of particulates in air without the effects of ingredients, density, color, etc. Each hour, a small 14C (carbon-14) element emits a constant source of high-energy ...
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I wonder if the engine was the problem?
Having been recently looking for a boat to buy I can point out that the decision will effect the value of the boat.
The first thing I would like to point out is rebuilding the engine adds the least to the value of the boat. I think most buyers might prefer having the engine "rebuilt" rather than running rough but I added no value to the boat for having a rebuilt.
Unless it was clear the rebuild was done properly. I didn't see very many of those. A proper rebuild requires the engine to be removed from the engine bay. Otherwise it is just a repair, IMHO.
If you are removing the engine then be sure to clean and paint the engine bay. Replace or recondition everything you can so the expensive engine on which you've spent thousands of dollars has an engine bay that looks like the rebuild was done properly.
Putting even a brand new engine in a dirty old engine bay screams cheap and low quaility.
If it was a rebuild done by the owner it communicates the ability of that owner to do the work. If it was a rebuilt by a local mechanic then a dirty old engine bay will suggest this was a repair done on the cheap and will likely have created more problems than it solved.
I've seen more than one "rebuild" with a dirty engine bay, engine leaking oil, and many rusted parts. These are nothing but trouble, I took into account major engine repair or replacement would be required sooner rather than later.
The cheapest option is repair.
The engine may have to be removed for repair and might cost thousands but it is much more honest to say the engine was repaired rather than rebuilt even if you spent thousands. There is no requirement to say the engine had been repaired unless the person asks why the engine bay looks so good. Then the work becomes maintenance/repair and shows that the engine gets the work and mtce it needs. Be sure to blame the previous owner,
. Repair seems to be a much more honest way to describe the work but I suspect many buyers would think rebuild just sounds better. So I guess it depends, who you are and how you are presenting the boat.
If considering a rebuild I would suggest buying a rebuilt engine and using your old engine to save the core charge. This is really the only proper way to get a good rebuilt engine. The local shop cannot compete with the cost or level of detail of a dedicated rebuild shop. You will also get a great warranty. Of course some local shops can (some are rebuild centers) but I'm saying most can't (although most will say they can).
Max value, and cost comes from upgrading to a newer, lighter, quieter, more fuel efficient engine. At the same time I would refurbish everything in the drive train. Unless the boat is really sweet I doubt you would recoup the costs in the resale so that is something you would do for yourself not for resale.
I decided to pass on most boats with rebuilds as there were enough IPs out there with orginal engines or newer engines.
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Studies show that the improvement in semen quality after varicocele repair doesn't always translate to increased pregnancy rates and can use up precious time, especially when a woman's biological clock is ticking.
The remainder of infertility is unexplained.
Men, unlike women, produce new sperm throughout their reproductive lives.
So while a 40-year-old woman is dealing with a 40-year-old egg, sperm is never older than 3 months old regardless of the age of the man.
However, that sperm becomes lower in quality as a man ages.
Aging men have declining levels of sex hormones, and it appears that these declining levels of testosterone have a significant impact on sperm production.
This well-publicized fact is certainly part of the reason that a number of men taking supplemental testosterone have increased 210 percent since 1999.
Supplemental testosterone is no magic pill, however. While higher testosterone levels potentially, but not definitively, result in improved sperm number and quality, supplemental testosterone may also be responsible for a number of health problems such as an increased risk of prostate hyperplasia, and possibly cancer.
What is a man to do if doctors find his sperm isn't up to donor quality?
Testosterone supplementation is rarely the cure. Urologists who specialize in male fertility can sometimes come up with specific causes and treatment recommendations for a less than terrific semen analysis after an evaluation of the man in question.
If there are quality sperm -- but not a lot of them -- assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm Injection (in which a sperm is actually injected into the egg) can solve the problems of many infertile couples in which a male factor is the dominant problem, but the techniques are complicated and expensive.
If sperm is being produced but is not transported properly, it can be retrieved from the testis prior to ejaculation.
Certain conditions result in an inability to make sperm and are not treatable. If that is the case, pregnancy can be achieved only with donor sperm.
Men can eat right, not smoke, and exercise regularly -- the standard and very effective health advice that applies to so many situations -- to help keep sperm as healthy as their biology allows.
Contrary to popular opinion, it is not necessary to replace those tight jockey shorts with baggy boxers.
It really doesn't make a difference and clearly does nothing to enhance a man's desirability.
Dr. Lauren Streicher is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and a practicing OB-GYN at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.


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Twenty-five thousand people are murdered by handguns every year but when a heinous act against a politician occurs it is suddenly the fault of Fox News, Sarah Palin and the gun lobby. The left has disgracefully and despicably used this horrible tragedy to go after people whose views they do not like. Targeting politicians with bull's eyes in an election was begun by Bob Beckel, a liberal Democrat and campaign manager for Walter Mondale more than thirty years ago.
The left wing and their leftist supporters perhaps need to read more about the deranged man who murdered six innocent people. According to information law enforcement has turned up, he planned these events as far back as 2007—before anyone had ever heard of Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, stimulus packages, healthcare bills, etc. Get your facts straight before you brand anyone who disagrees with you about being somehow in complicit with the deranged loser who murdered innocent people.
Instead of blaming other politicians, the blame should be targeted at the absurd privacy laws that the left has forced upon the American people. At Virginia Tech a mentally ill student murdered thirty-two innocent people in cold blood. After the horrible shooting spree had ended, we learned that he had been given psychological tests that showed he was a danger to himself and to society, but the authorities were not allowed to tell his parents about this because of privacy laws. The parents had the responsibility to pay for his tuition, room and board, but were not allowed to be informed that their son was a danger to others. When they were finally informed, it was to come to the morgue and identify his body after he murdered almost three dozen people. Privacy should never, ever trump public safety.
Reports show that the deranged person who murdered six innocent people was behaving so abnormally that students from his classroom would sit close to the door fearing that one day he would come in with a gun and start shooting people. The school administration and law enforcement were apprised about all his asocial behavior, but they did absolutely nothing about it. Suspending him from school meant washing their hands clean of a problem they had to know would someday resurface in the future with terrible results, but as long as it didn't happen on their campus, I guess they did not care.
We need to revise our gun control laws and not have a declaration by a court of law that the person applying for the gun permit is mentally ill as the only criterion for denying a person a weapon. This sick individual should never have been allowed to get his hands on any weapon.
I am a Democrat and an enthusiastic Obama supporter and do not want to see any group blamed for the awful event in Tucson. There is plenty of vile rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, but that is not the reason this sick individual acted as he did. We have to be more forceful with removing people from the streets who are a danger to themselves and society. If the authorities had acted properly this person would either have been institutionalized or getting therapy, but instead we as a nation are mourning the loss of six innocent lives, six people who had every right to live a long life filled with happiness and good health. It did not have to be this way.
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The Capital Court is our main dining room. Like a food court in a mall, it gives you tons of choices. No matter what you're hungry for, chances are you'll find it here, freshly prepared and served with a smile. Download the current Dining Events Calendar (PDF) to see daily specials and events.
The Capital Court is located on the Second Floor of the Harry C. Moores Student UnionMonday - Friday
Breakfast service: 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast: 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Lunch service: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lite Lunch: 2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Dinner: 4:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Saturday and Sunday
Brunch service: 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Dinner service: 4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Comfort foods at their best! The Main Event offers home-cooked, traditional style foods for the student who wants a taste of home cooking. Homemade classics like Southern Fried Chicken, Hearty Meatloaf, Hand-Breaded Fish, Classic Macaroni and Cheese, and Roasted Turkey are featured on a regular basis.
Our varieties of fresh pizzas are made daily using real cheese and high quality tomato products, vegetables and toppings, and made-from-scratch dough. They are sure to become a quick favorite! We will display a variety of whole pizzas and serve them by the slice. Whether you like sausage, veggies, chicken or just plain cheese on your pizza, you'll find our pizzas are outstanding.
Our philosophy is to dramatically merchandise our salad bars with "ingredient themes" using whole fruits and vegetables as a backdrop. When in season, organic and locally grown fruits and vegetables are purchased from nearby farms. We live by our motto which is "the secret to a great salad bar is high-quality, fresh ingredients." Fresh-made dressing will top your salad selections, making this a great side dish, or a main course in itself. On all of our salad bars, we provide sesame, olive and walnut oils, along with balsamic, rice and wine vinegars. Daily, we offer fresh, homemade breads to complement any salad, along with a fresh fruit and grains bar.
Mongo Bongos brings together the four famous tenets of Asian food preparation: Color, fragrance, completeness and taste. Mongo Bongos brings these together to ensure that all students at the Campus Center Dining Room have an authentic dining experience. At this culinary portal, our guests will select from delectable choices such as shrimp, chicken, pork, vegetables of all kinds, and savory sauces. Then the chef will prepare the unique blend of ingredients. The result is a fresh, savory combination prepared to-order.
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See our front desk cashier if you are in a hurry and need to get your meal to-go.
Located on the First Floor of the Harry C. Moores Student Union
The One Main Cafe is a brand new Starbucks outlet in the newly renovated Campus Center. We offer all of your favorite Starbucks drinks in a convenient location. Not in the mood for coffee........come to the One Main Cafe for a variety of grill foods, specials, or a cold beer or glass of wine.
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ROME—Pope Francis on Wednesday said atheists could take moral decisions just like religious people, in an unprecedented letter to a leftwing Italian daily—his latest attempt to reach out to non-believers.
"God's mercy has no limits if we turn to Him with a sincere and contrite heart," the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics said in a missive published in La Repubblica by its founder Eugenio Scalfari.
"The question for people who do not believe in God is to listen to their consciences. Also for those without faith, sin is going against your conscience," he said.
"Listening to it and obeying it means making up one's mind about what is good and evil," he added.
The letter was the 76-year-old pope's reply to questions posed in the newspaper in July and August by Scalfari, who had admitted to not believing in God.
Since being elected in March, the Argentine pope has repeatedly said he wants his words to be heard by faithful from other religions and non-believers.
During a blessing in St. Peter's Square in May, Francis said non-believers could be redeemed just like Catholics—an unusual message that was quickly denied by a Vatican spokesman who said that anyone who refuses the Catholic Church "cannot be saved."
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ. All of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!" the pope said in his address in May.
"We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there," he said.
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Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre
Friday - 12/28/2012, 1:06pm EST
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Religious leaders from different faiths gathered Friday on a wind-swept, snowy soccer field to mark two weeks since the Connecticut elementary school massacre and pray for healing.
A few dozen residents joined representatives from Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Congregational, Buddhist, Muslim and other places of worship.
"Your faith leaders want you to know that we continue to stand with you as we all continue to deal with this great tragedy that has befallen our beloved community of Newtown," said the Rev. Jack Tanner, of Newtown Christian Church. "It is only the beginning of a long healing process that we will all go through."
A gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 and killed 20 first-grade students and six adult staff members. He also killed his mother before going on the school rampage and then committing suicide.
"We are your children, your hurting children from many faiths, many traditions, many cultures, from many parts of the Earth," said the Rev. Leo McIlrath, of the Lutheran Home of Southbury. "We cry out to you. We are in pain and we ask for your healing."
Vicky Truitt, who works at Newtown Congregational Church, said she had been feeling worn down before the service.
"Today it was helpful, the prayers that they gave, to hear all the different denominations all together as one," Truitt said. "Even the ones where you didn't understand the words, you could understand the feeling that was behind them."
The outpouring of grief from around the country is evident in Sandy Hook, a section of Newtown where memorials are filled with stuffed animals, flowers, candles and crosses. Tiny Christmas stockings with the names and ages of the victims hang from one memorial, and signs from South Carolina and Florida offer love and prayers.
Patti Raddock, of Fairfield, Conn., was among many out-of-towners in Newtown to pay their respects. She said the tragedy made her feel ill.
"It's still unfathomable," she said. "I don't know how we could have stopped this kind of craziness."
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Even as Hamas tries to sabotage talks
That picture was taken today. The Obama Administration is already making it very, very clear just how enmeshed in the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks—which kick off tonight with a White House banquet featuring Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Abbas, President Mubarak of Egypt, and King Abdullah II of Jordan—it plans to be. Never have I received so many press releases from those folks! Last night, U.S. envoy George Mitchell gave a detailed briefing; after Hamas' killing yesterday of four Israelis, the administration released a strong condemnatory statement, and Secretary of State Clinton appeared with Netanyahu to echo this; and Obama is meeting separately with the above four leaders throughout the day. Clinton will host the actual talks tomorrow. (Note: Laura Rozen Tweets that Netanyahu is getting the only meeting with Obama that will produce a joint statement, and it is deliberately being done in time for the evening news in Israel.)
David Sanger's analysis of how risky this is for Obama is must-read. And experienced negotiator Aaron David Miller tells Politico's Laura Rozen, "These talks aren't quite ready for prime time yet, and everyone should be slow-walking the process. If they get more ambitious now, it will collapse."
He adds,
What counts are only three things this round. One, that the Israelis and Americans work out (or toward) an agreement on a moratorium on settlements; two, that Benjamin Netanyahu, even while he pushes security, shows some movement in the Palestinian direction on one other issue—borders; three, that the Palestinians hang in there and not bolt the talks because they believe they're the key to an empty room.
(Remember that settling the question of the settlement moratorium, or freeze—which is currently scheduled to expire in September—must somehow be resolved before further progress can be made on other issues.)
Complicating matters further, of course, was Hamas's killing yesterday of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank. There is no mistaking the message it sent: Hamas—backed by Iran—does not want to see these talks happen. The Palestinian Authority fears Hamas's gambit could work, which helps to explain the hundreds of arrests carried out earlier today.
But all that is back in the Mideast. Today, in D.C., everyone will be making nice.
W.H. Kick-Starts Middle East Talks [Politico]
Trying To Buck Odds, Obama Takes On 3 Big Mideast Tasks [NYT]
Analysis: An Attempt to Torpedo Peace Talks [JPost]
Related: Religion of Yes [Tablet Magazine]
Earlier: Direct Peace Talk
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I try to relax about life, but I also tend to look at the future and wonder at what's to come. I seek to learn as much about everything as I can, though I tend not to be an expert in anything as a result. I know how lucky my life has been up to this point, so I try to be thankful for all that I have and all the awesome people with me now!
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BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—An official of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) said taping in Palaui Island in Sta. Ana, Cagayan, by the hit reality TV series "Survivor" has been approved by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) after consultations.
In a May 29 letter to the Inquirer, Joyce Jayme, Ceza public relations chief, also denied accusations that the show had displaced residents.
Jayme said the PAMB, a multisectoral body composed of representatives of religious groups, the local government and community leaders, discussed and approved the project through a resolution.
"The decision to allow this undertaking has been properly consulted with local groups and approved by the same. All issues and concerns … have been properly discussed during the consultations," Jayme said.
Locals, she said, were offered opportunities to work with the "Survivor" crew and earn from the taping.
The cast and crew of "Survivor" began shooting in the island on May 19, after being cleared by the PAMB.
The project had drawn opposition from some community members, who said that making popular island destinations, like Siwangag Cove, off limits deprived them of livelihood.
Jayme said four families directly affected in Siwangag Cove and Cape Engaño were offered P885,110 for their temporary relocation "and to compensate for their anticipated loss of harvest for two crop seasons."
The rest of the community has been earning, she said, citing the employment of 359 villagers in April and May.
These residents, she said, are direct beneficiaries of the project but local restaurants, sari-sari (variety) stores, seafood suppliers and market vendors had also benefited indirectly.
Jayme said 23 of 248 residents hired by the "Survivor" team in May are members of the Palaui San Vicente Motor Banca Association, which had expressed fears of losing income as tourists are barred from visiting the island off Sta. Ana town.
She said the TV crew "hires as the need arises" so jobs are "made available on a daily basis."
She said the Palaui Island Women's Catering Group, a subsidiary organization of the Palaui Island Environmental Protectors Association, has been serving the crew and posted a "1,300-percent increase in revenues."
"Initial feedback actually shows a very contented community, a condition that can be attributed to more livelihood opportunities and to promises that have not just been fulfilled but exceeded expectations," she said. Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
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