NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The World Ballet Festival
Special Performances of La Bayadère
July 2024 ＠ Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

The World Ballet Festival
July/August 2024 ＠ Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

My First Ballet Series The Sleeping Beauty
August 2024 ＠ Meguro Persimmon Hall

The Tokyo Ballet's 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration
August／September 2024 ＠ NHK Hall

Béjart Ballet Lausanne Japan Tour 2024
September 2024 ＠ Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

The Tokyo Ballet The Kabuki
October 2024 ＠ Tokyo Bunka Kaikan／Takatsuki Arts Theatre - Torishima Hall

The 33rd NBS Premium Ballet Series
From February to November 2024

12 Jul 2024	The 17th World Ballet Festival UPDATES: Additional Artists and Programs A & B We are delighted to announce that 4 additional artists will perform in the Programs A and/or B: Maria Alexandrova (The Bolshoi Ballet), Victor Caixeta (Het Nationale Ballet, Program A), Maria Kochetkova (Program A), Vladislav Lantratov (The Bolshoi Ballet).Please see below the updates in Progra...
12 Jul 2024	Cast Change: 17th World Ballet Festival, La Bayadère It is with great regret that we announce that Kimin Kim has become unable to perform in the role of Solor in La Bayadère performance on Sunday 28 July due to the sudden schedule change of the Mariinsky Ballet which he dances with. However, please note that Kimin Kim will dance in Program A and Progr...
25 Jun 2024	The 17th World Ballet Festival: Programs and Participating Artists We are pleased to announce below Programs A and B to be performed at the 17th World Ballet. We are also delighted to announce the 10 additional participating artists: Silvia Azzoni (Hamburg Ballet), Alessandro Cavallo (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Alessandra Ferri, Gabriel Figueredo (The Stutt...
21 Jun 2024	Cast Change: The Royal Opera's Turandot with double casting Following the first announcement of the cast change in the role of Turandot, we have further discussed with Music Director Antonio Pappano to find the best possible artistic solution for audiences in this situation. The title role will now be sung by two sopranos, Maida Hundeling (on 23 and 26 ...
21 Jun 2024	Benjamin Bernheim in Concert (January 2025) .nameBox p, table tr td { font-size: 15px; text-align: normal; } We are delighted to present two performances of Benjamin Bernheim in Concert, on 14 January 2025 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and on 15 January 2025 at Santory Hall.One of the world's ...
21 Jun 2024	Wiener Staatsoper 2025 Japan Tour .nameBox p, table tr td { font-size: 15px; text-align: normal; } We are more than delighted to announce that the Wiener Staatsoper returns to Japan for the first time since 2016, after an unfortunate postponement of the Compa...
21 Jun 2024	Cancelled: Sondra Radvanovsky and Brian Jagde Duo Concert (6 July 2024) .nameBox p, table tr td { font-size: 15px; text-align: normal; } It is with great regret that we announce that Sondra Radvanovsky and Brian Jagde Duo Concert scheduled on 6 July 2024 has been cancelled because of Radvanovsky'...
18 Jun 2024	Cast Change: The Royal Opera's Turandot It is with great regret that Sondra Radvanovsky has had to withdraw from the title role of Turandot on The Royal Opera's Japan tour due to a severe ear infection and sinusitis. She will be replaced, at the recommendation of Music Director Antonio Pappano, by soprano Maida Hundeling who is ...
17 May 2024	The Stuttgart Ballet 2024 Japan Tour We are more than delighted to announce that The Stuttgart Ballet returns to Japan for the first time since 2018, after an unfortunate postponement of the full Company's tour due to the pandemic. The tour opens on Saturday 2 November 2024 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.The Stuttgart Ballet will bring two ever...
25 Apr 2024	Program Change and update: Béjart Ballet Lausanne 2024 Japan Tour (September - October 2024) After further discussions between Japan Performing Arts Foundation and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, there have been a change and an update in the programs of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne's Japan tour. Ballet for Life choreographed by Maurice Béjart to the music of the British band Queen and Mozart will...