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[Cancelled] New Year Ballet

BALLET & DANCE

[Cancelled] New Year Ballet

SCHEDULE

  • Sat, 9 January 2021, 14:00
  • Sun, 10 January 2021, 14:00
  • Mon, 11 January 2021, 14:00
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2020/2021 SEASON

OPERA PALACE

9 Jan - 11 Jan, 2021 ( 3 Performances )

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We have decided to cancel all performances of New Year Ballet. (Update on January 6)
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Running time is to be announced

PROGRAMME

Part I
"Paquita"

Part II
"Soirée de Ballet"

Selection from Dance to the Future
“Contact”
“Campanella"

Part III
"‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"

*We changed the programmes in the 2nd part from the initial plan. (Updated on 22 Oct.)
*Please note that the order of the programmes may be changed.

DETAILS

The curtain will open in the New Year with the dazzling New Year Ballet. The National Ballet of Japan (NBJ) stages a delightful selection, including the gorgeous classical ballet "Paquita" and long-awaited revival of D. BINTLEY's "'Still Life' at the Penguin Café".

In the second part of the programme, NBJ will present "Soirée de Ballet" as a memorial for the great Japanese dancer / choreographer FUKAGAWA Hideo who passed away in September 2020. Our original pieces "Contact" by KINOSHITA Yoshito and "Campanella" by KAIKAWA Tetsuo will be on the stage of Opera Palace for the first time. Both of the pieces were created in a project called "NBJ Choreographic Group" for nurturing new choreographers at the NBJ and were developed into the productions.

Let's celebrate the beginning of 2021 with the NBJ while finding out their many attractions.

"Paquita"
The ballet is a partial version of the original, revised by Marius PEPITA. This work showcases electrifying soloist performances, culminating in the grand pas in the final scene which is the joyous wedding of the leading character, Paquita. Portraying the love story of a gypsy girl in Spain, the original full length ballet was first performed at the Opéra National de Paris in 1846 in the age of romantic ballet.

"Soirée de Ballet"
"Soirée de Ballet" was choreographed in 1983 by FUKAGAWA Hideo who was internationally acclaimed as a dancer and a choreographer. We will perform the excerpt Pas de Deux which represents the emotional dances under a star-studded sky.

Selection from Dance to the Future
"Contact" by KINOSHITA Yoshito
"Campanella" by KAIKAWA Tetsuo

These works were choreographed for The National Ballet of Japan's original project "NBJ Choreographic Group" started in 2011 and developed into the productions for being performed in "Dance to the Future".

"Contact" by KINOSHITA Yoshito was supposed to be performed in "Dance to the Future 2020" in March 2020, however it was cancelled. The choreographer of "Campanella", KAIKAWA Tetsuo has been creating several interesting dance pieces for "Dance to the Future".

"'Still Life' at the Penguin Café"
Set to the disarming avant-pop music of the Penguin Café Orchestra, a world music ensemble that was a sensation in the 1980s, and performed by dancers in realistic animal masks, this work has an underlying message about modern environmental issues and a scathing criticism of civilisation.

NEWS & FEATURES

6TH January, 2021
Concerning COVID-19 infection in a person involved in the "New Year Ballet" and the cancellation of all performances
READ MORE
6TH January, 2021
[NOTICE] Ticket refund information of New Year Ballet
READ MORE

CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor: TOMITA Misato
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

"Paquita"
Music by: Léon MINKUS
Choreography by: Marius PETIPA
Set Designer: KAWAGUCHI Naoji
Costume Designer: OOI Masako
Lighting Designer: TATSUTA Yuji

"Soirée de Ballet"
Music by: Alexandr GLAZUNOV
Choreography by: FUKAGAWA Hideo

“Contact”
Music by:
Ólafur ARNALDS
Choreography by: KINOSHITA Yoshito

“Campanella”
Music by: Franz LISZT “La Campanella”
Choreography: KAIKAWA Tetsuo
Piano: YAMANAKA Atsushi

"‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
Music by: Simon JEFFES
Choreography by: David BINTLEY
Set and Costume Designer: Hayden GRIFFIN
Lighting Designer: John B. READ

CAST

"Paquita"
YONEZAWA Yui, WATANABE Takafumi (9,11 Jan.)
KIMURA Yuri, IZAWA Shun (10 Jan.)

"Contact"
ONO Ayako, KINOSHITA Yoshito (9,11 Jan.)
YONEZAWA Yui, WATANABE Takafumi (10 Jan.)

"Soirée de Ballet"
IKEDA Risako, NAKAYA Masahiro

“Campanella"
FUKUOKA Yudai (9,11 Jan.)
HAYAMI Shogo (10 Jan.)

"‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
The Great Auk: HIROSE Aoi
Utah Longhorn Ram: YONEZAWA Yui
Texan Kangaroo Rat: FUKUDA Keigo
Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk Flea: SOUTOME Haruka (9,11 Jan.) / OKUDA Kasumi (10 Jan.)
Southern Cape Zebra: OKUMURA Kosuke
Aboriginal Rainforest family: MOTOJIMA Miwa, KAIKAWA Tetsuo (9,11 Jan.) / ONO Ayako , NAKAYA Masahiro (10 Jan.)
Brazilian Woolly Monkey: FUKUOKA Yudai

  • CREATIVE TEAM
  • CAST
  • TOMITA Misato
    Conductor
    TOMITA Misato
    Marius PETIPA
    Marius PETIPA

    "Paquita"
    Choreography

    KINOSHITA Yoshito
    KINOSHITA Yoshito

    "Contact"
    Choreography

    FUKAGAWA Hideo
    FUKAGAWA Hideo

    "Soirée de Ballet"
    Choreography

    KAIKAWA Tetsuo
    KAIKAWA Tetsuo

    "Campanella"
    Choreography

    YAMANAKA Atsushi
    YAMANAKA Atsushi

    "La Campanella" Piano Photo:Shindo Ayane

    David BINTLEY
    David BINTLEY

    ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café
    Choreography

  • YONEZAWA Yui
    "Paquita" (1/9,11), "Contact"(1/10), "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
    YONEZAWA Yui
    WATANABE Takafumi
    "Paquita" (1/9,11), "Contact"(1/10)
    WATANABE Takafumi
    KIMURA Yuri
    "Paquita"(1/10)
    KIMURA Yuri
    IZAWA Shun
    "Paquita"(1/10)
    IZAWA Shun
    ONO Ayako
    "Contact"(1/9,11), "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/10)
    ONO Ayako
    KINOSHITA Yoshito
    "Contact"(1/9,11)
    KINOSHITA Yoshito
    IKEDA Risako
    "Soirée de Ballet"
    IKEDA Risako
    NAKAYA Masahiro
    "Soirée de Ballet", "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/10)
    NAKAYA Masahiro
    FUKUOKA Yudai
    “Campanella"(1/9,11), "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
    FUKUOKA Yudai
    HAYAMI Shogo
    “Campanella"(1/10)
    HAYAMI Shogo
    HIROSE Aoi
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
    HIROSE Aoi
    FUKUDA Keigo
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
    FUKUDA Keigo
    SOUTOME Haruka
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/9,11)
    SOUTOME Haruka
    OKUDA Kasumi
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/10)
    OKUDA Kasumi
    OKUMURA Kosuke
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"
    OKUMURA Kosuke
    MOTOJIMA Miwa
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/9,11)
    MOTOJIMA Miwa
    KAIKAWA Tetsuo
    "‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café"(1/9,11)
    KAIKAWA Tetsuo

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*Please note that further changes or cancellations may be required as the coronavirus situation develops or to comply with requests from the Government.

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