New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo
2007/2008 Season

CARMEN by Ishii Jun

PLAYHOUSE

Carmen	:	Sakai Hana (27th)
	:	Yukawa Mamiko (28th)
	:	Motojima Miwa (29th)
	:	Atsugi Mia (30th)
Don José	:	Yamamoto Ryuji (27th)
	:	Ilgiz Galimullin (28th)
	:	<TBA> (29th)
	:	Kaikawa Tetsuo (30th)
Micaëla	:	Matada Kumiko (27th)
	:	Kawamura Maki (28th)
	:	Nishiyama Yuko (29th)
	:	Sakai Asako (30th)
Escamillo	:	Maylen Tleubaev (27th, 29th, 30th)
	:	Ichikawa Toru (28th)
and the artists of the New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo

March 2008	27	28	29	30
	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
2:00				X
3:00			X
7:00	X	X

Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.

	S	A	B	Z
Price(yen)	8,400	5,250	3,150	1,500

The Emerald Project aims at developing new repertory for the New National Theatre Ballet Tokyo by encouraging choreographers in Japan and throughout the world to create new narrative ballets. This is a revival of the first of the project’s ballets, which was premiered in 2005. It won acclaim for the psychologically nuanced way in which Carmen and José’s encounters were depicted by the choreography, and for the fiery and passionate performance of the dancers. The revival promises to be an even deeper exploration of this drama.

The seductive Carmen is the focus of male attention. Having touched off a brawl, Carmen is arrested, but she throws a rose at her guard, José, who is smitten and allows her to escape, and even draws his sword on his superior officer. At first Carmen returns José’s feelings, but eventually her fickle heart is drawn to a famous toreador, and out of jealousy José stabs her to death.