Casting posted for Romeo and Juliet

National Ballet of Japan closes 2010-2011 season with Kenneth MacMillan's timeless masterpiece of tragedy Romeo and Juliet. You can find the detailed casting as below.
We invites guest principal dancers from three great companies in UK and Russia. The Royal Ballet's principal Leanne Benjamin dances the role of Juliet on June 26 and July 1. She partners with César Morales, principal of Birmingham Roayl Ballet who recently performed to the audience in Tokyo on the company's tour to Japan. Denys Matviyenko, principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet, dances with NBJ's Ono Ayako on the first performance scheduled on June 25.

June 25 (Sat) 2:00p.m. / June 29 (Wed) 7:00p.m.
Juliet: Ono Ayako
Romeo: Denys Matviyenko
Mercutio: Yahata Akimitsu
Tybolt: Maylen Tleubaev
Benvolio: Haga Nozomu
Paris: Kaikawa Tetsuo
Lord Capulet: Morita Kentaro
Lady Capulet: Kusumoto Ikuko
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Naito Hiroshi
Rosaline: Terada Asako
Nurse: Horioka Mika
Friar Lawrence: Ishii Shiro

June 26 (Sun) 2:00p.m. / July 1 (Fri) 7:00p.m.
Juliet: Leanne Benjamin
Romeo: César Morales
Mercutio: Fukuda Keigo
Tybolt: Wajima Takuya
Benvolio: Sugano Hideo
Paris: Atsuji Yasuo
Lord Capulet: Morita Kentaro
Lady Capulet: Yukawa Mamiko
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Naito Hiroshi
Rosaline: Kawamura Maki
Nurse: Endo Mutsuko
Friar Laurence: Ishii Shiro

July 2 (Sat) 2:00p.m.
Juliet: Motojima Miwa
Romeo: Fukuoka Yudai
Mercutio: Yahata Akimitsu
Tybolt: Furukawa Kazunori
Benvolio: Atsuji Yasuo
Paris: Wajima Takuya
Lord Capulet: Maylen Tleubaev
Lady Capulet: Nishikawa Takako
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Morita Kentaro
Rosaline: Kawamura Maki
Nurse: Horioka Mika
Friar Laurence: Ishii Shiro

July 3 (Sun) 2:00p.m.
Juliet: Sakai Hana
Romeo: Yamamoto Ryuji
Mercutio: Fukuda Keigo
Tybolt: Furukawa Kazunori
Benvolio: Atsuji Yasuo
Paris: Wajima Takuya
Lord Capulet: Maylen Tleubaev
Lady Capulet: Nishikawa Takako
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Morita Kentaro
Rosaline: Kawamura Maki
Nurse: Endo Mutsuko
Friar Laurence: Ishii Shiro

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Top: Yamamoto Ryuji as Romeo and the artists of NBJ
Photograph by Seto Hidemi