Individual tickets :
A discount of 20% is offered to all our registered partners and is applicable to all 2010‐2011 season performances. Employees must mention their status when they call. Prices appear below.
Free ticket policy :
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens will offer one free ticket for a group of 10 people or more and if the group reaches 40, a pair of tickets will be offered to the group’s organizer. The 20% discount is still applicable.
Season description:
The 2010‐2011 season of Les Grands Ballets is rich with innovation, boldness and discovery. This year, Les Grands Ballets invites you on a magnificent voyage to Germany (three times no less!), Italy, Cuba, Paris… and let’s not forget a quick jaunt to the childhood land of dreams during the Holiday season with The Nutcracker! Once again, Les Grands Ballets offers your group an opportunity to benefit from exceptional discounts and to experience original creations, new pieces and great classics such as Leonce and Lena, Giselle, Moulin Rouge and Four Seasons. Visit our web site at
www.grandballets.com for more info!
LEONCE AND LENA
October 21st to November 6th, 2010
By Christian Spuck
Music by Strauss, Zimmermann, Donner, Schnittke, Ponchielli and Delibes
with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Orchestra
Leonce and Lena, is inspired by a satirical political comedy written in 1836 by Georg Büchner, author of Woyzeck. The destinies of two kingdoms, a runaway princess and a prince end up mixed together in a merry lovers’ web… That’s the setting for this masterpiece of buffoonery concocted by Christian Spuck. With a résumé listing some 30 creations, he continues to surprise with his instinctive musicality, the architectural intelligence of his compositions and the originality of his vocabulary. Leonce and Lena is a show that’s full of twists and turns, set against a backdrop of fantasy. Its North American premiere is not to be missed!
THE NUTCRACKER
prices
December 11th to 30th, 2010
By Fernand Nault Music by Tchaikovsky
with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Orchestra
The Nutcracker is a treat for the whole family! The young and young‐at‐heart always delight in following the amazing adventures of little Clara in the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets. The production is a true marvel: more than 150 characters, dazzling sets and costumes, exquisite pas de deux, entertaining scenes and the enchanting music of Tchaikovsky! Be warned… it gets better with every viewing! A guaranteed favourite, back for its 47th year.
GISELLE National Ballet of Cuba
February 17th, 18th and 19th, 2011
By Alicia Alonso, Inspired by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Music by Adam
The reputation of the National Ballet of Cuba is legendary. Cuban dancer and choreographer Alicia Alonso, a divine “prima ballerina assoluta”, founded the international company in 1948 and now appears in Montréal for the first time. An archetypal work of Romantic ballet, Giselle is her prized work. Giselle, an innocent country girl, is seduced by Albrecht, a prince who conceals both his rank and his betrothal to another woman. Exploring the powerful theme of absolute love, this unparalleled version of a mythical ballet is touching, moving, overwhelming. The commitment and passion of the National Ballet of Cuba dancers—to say nothing of their flawless technique—carry the show. Audiences will savour the magic suspense of the steps and leaps, with dancers almost seeming to hover in mid‐air. Splendid!
FOUR SEASONS
March 17th to 26th, 2011
By Mauro Bigonzetti / Music by Vivaldi
and CANTATA
By Mauro BigonzettI
Original music and traditional music of southern Italy by Gruppo Musicale Assurd
With Four Seasons, created for Les Grands Ballets, Mauro Bigonzetti successfully carries off the major challenge of expressing something new with the master of Venice’s well‐known score, evoking people’s internal seasons, their states of mind and their changes of heart… Set to traditional and popular Neapolitan songs performed a cappella by the four singers of Gruppo Musicale Assurd, Cantata, through instinctive and visceral dance with a strong southern Italian flavour, explores the multiple facets of relations between men and women, from seduction to passion and from quarrels to jealousy. A hymn to the atmosphere of Naples, it will bowl you over. Andiamo!
MOULIN ROUGE
April 14th, 15th and 16th, 2011
By Jorden Morris
with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet / Music by various composers
Paris at the turn of the 20th century. At the Moulin Rouge, cradle of the French Cancan, seductive dancers in alluring costumes set the hearts of Paris society aflutter. In the sulphurous, gas‐lit city, Mathieu, a painter, and Nathalie, a young laundress, are determined to enjoy total freedom and taste every forbidden fruit. Off to conquer the famous cabaret where the riffraff of Montmartre are up to no good, they meet famous figures such as painter Toulouse‐Lautrec, La Goulue, “Queen of the Moulin Rouge”, La Môme Fromage, the decadent Moulin Rouge owner Charles Zidler and many others. This superproduction by choreographer Jorden Morris marks the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 70th year with great flair by bringing us the effervescence of Belle Époque Paris. A masterpiece!
SEARCHING FOR HOME (HEIM SUCHEN)
May 12th to 21st, 2011
By Stephan Thoss / Music by Philip Glass
With music by Philip Glass, Searching for Home is an internal voyage into the multiplicity of the self. The German choreographer, Stephan Thoss, director of the Wiesbaden Ballet, presents a piece with a “fascinating aesthetic” –Wiesbadener Kurier/Tagblatt, and the marriage of classical ballet with German expressionist dance. Mysterious, evocative, magic. As part of the same evening, we will be discovering one of the rising stars of German dance: Marco Goecke, a resident choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet. Goecke has multiple awards to his name. He keeps audiences and critics alike on their toes, reinventing movement and rhythm in sombre, entrancing ballets that touch the viewer’s soul. Like nothing you’ve ever seen! In Montréal he is creating a new work for Les Grands Ballets.
The Nutcracker Weekdays
16 (m+s), 22 (s), 23 (s), 27 (m+s), 28 (m), 29 (m) et 30 (m) décembre 2010
(Salle Wilfrid‐Pelletier) |
Regular Price |
Adult 20% |
Children under 12
|
| Elite (Front Parterre or Front Corbeille) |
105 $ |
85 $ |
65 $ |
| Section A (Back Parterre or Back Corbeille) |
90 $ |
72 $ |
55 $ |
| Section B (Mezzanine) |
70 $ |
56 $ |
45 $ |
| Section C (Balcon-front) |
50 $ |
40 $ |
35 $ |
| Section D (Balcon-back) |
35 $ |
28 $ |
20 $ |
The Nutcracker WEEK‐END
December 11 (m + s), 12 (m), 18 (m + s), 19 (m), 26 (s) 2010
(Salle Wilfrid‐Pelletier) |
Regular Price |
Adult 20% |
Children under 12 |
| Elite (Front Parterre or Front Corbeille) |
$ 114 |
$ 92 |
$ 70 |
| Section A (Back Parterre or Back Corbeille) |
$ 99 |
$ 79 |
$ 59 |
| Section B (Mezzanine) |
$ 79 |
$ 63 |
$ 49 |
| Section C (Balcony ‐ front) |
$ 59 |
$ 47 |
$ 39 |
| Section D (Balcony ‐ back) |
$ 43 |
$ 34 |
$ 30 |
Léonce et Léna (Oct. 2010) MA
Giselle (Février 2011) WP
Quatre Saisons (Mars 2010) MA
Moulin Rouge (Avril 2011) WP
Searching for Home (Mai 2011) MA
(MA : Théâtre Maisonneuve ‐ 20h)
(WP: Wilfrid‐Pelletier ‐ 20h) |
Prix Réguliers |
Adulte
20% |
Children under 12 |
| Elite (Parterre avant ou Corbeille) |
110 $ |
88 $ |
N/A |
| Section A (Parterre arrière) |
90 $ |
72 $ |
54 $ |
Section B (Parterre côtés ou Corbeille côtés / Mezzanine pour Wilfrid‐Pelletier) |
70 $ |
56 $ |
42 $ |
| Section C (Balcon) |
50 $ |
40 $ |
30 $ |
Taxes incluses