NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation: 2019年10月アーカイブ

Maurice Béjart's The Ninth Symphony by Béjart Ballet Lausanne and The Tokyo Ballet, April 2020

Maurice Béjart's The Ninth Symphony will be co-performed by the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and The Tokyo Ballet in Tokyo at the "Ballet Festival in Ueno no Mori" in April 2020, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven. The performances will be concentration of the artistry of about 350 artists.

Don't miss the large-scale, miraculous spectacle.

English webpage

The Ninth Symphony

Choreography Maurice Béjart

Texts Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich von Shiller

Music Ludwig van Beethoven
Citypercussion - Thierry Hochstätter and jB Meier

Performance Dates

Saturday 25 April 2020, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Sunday 26 April 2020, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Tuesday 28 April 2020, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Wednesday 29 April 2020, 16:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Conductor Toshiaki Umeda
Orchestra Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Chorus Tokyo Opera Singers

*Program and casting as of 24 October 2019 are subject to change.

Performance Dates & Tickets

Welcome to the mystical forest of the Sylphide

La Sylphide

Ballet in two acts

Music Jean-Madeleine Schneizthoeffer

Choreography Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni

photo: Kiyonori Hasegawa

La Sylphide, choreographed by Fillippo Taglioni, was premiered at the Paris Opera in 1832 amid the Romantic movement in Europe. It became a synonymous with Romantic ballet. It introduced many of the elements that dominated the Romantic movement--poetic scene with female dancers as supernatural beings in white tule, called 'ballet blanc'.

The Tokyo Ballet brings Pierre Lacotte's version of La Sylphide. Based on the Taglioni version, it was choreographed for the Paris Opera Ballet by Lacotte who brought new life to a masterpiece by collecting and assembling the pieces of the original sources.

Pierre Lacotte himself has had much confidence in Artistic Director Yukari Saito as repetiteur of La Sylphide, and the ballet has been an essential part of The Tokyo Ballet's repertoire. La Sylphide will close the 55th Anniversary of The Tokyo Ballet.

Performance Dates and Cast

Saturday 21 March 2020, 14:00

La Sylphide
Kanako Oki

James
Yasuomi Akimoto

Sunday 22 March 2020, 14:00

La Sylphide
Mamiko Kawashima

James
Arata Miyagawa

Conductor Valery Ovsyanikov
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

*Program and casting as of 24 September 2019 are subject to change. Changes in the program or the cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

Venue

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Ueno)
http://www.t-bunka.jp/en/access/index.html

Tickets (tax included)

Category
S	\10,000
A	\8,000
B	\6,000
C	\5,000
D	\4,000
E	\3,000

●Children under 6 years old are not admitted to the auditorium.
●Program and casting as of 24 September 2019 are subject to change. Changes in the program and cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

Presales and Discount Tickets at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center

1. Discount for two persons (Categories S, A & B)

Enjoy discount by ¥1,000 for two persons. Tickets will be on sale during the periods of presales and the general sales at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center (Phone 03-3791-8888).

2. Youth Tickets

¥1,000 tickets for those aged 6 to 25 years go on sale on Friday 21 February, 2020, 20:00 at NBS WEB Ticket. You must bring identity documents with proof of age to pick up your tickets at the venue on the performance day.

3. Parent and Child Tickets (Categories S & A)

Parent and Child Tickets (for children between 6 and 18 years old, from elementary school students to senior high school students) will go on sale on Tuesday 26 November at 10:00 at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center (Phone 03-3791-8888). Up to two child tickets per one parent ticket can be purchased. Child tickets are half the adult price.

Ticket Sale Dates

All tickets go on sale on Saturday 16 November at 10:00a.m. Book now

Presales at "NBS WEB Ticket"
●For Categories S, A, B, C & D
Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 21:00--Thursday 14 November 2019 at 18:00

For more information, please contact us at 03-3791-8888(phone) or english@nbs.or.jp

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Synopsis

Act I

In a Scottish cottage, James awaits the dawning of the day of his wedding to Effie. A winged spirit, the Sylphide, gazes at him lovingly.
Effie, her mother and the neighbors arrive to prepare for the wedding. An old witch, Madge, appears and reads their palms. The Sylphide reappears. James follows her into the forest, leaving Effie alone.

Act II

In the mystical forest, James is enchanted by the Sylphide. James gets a magic scarf from Madge, whishing to catch hold of the Sylphide. As he places it around her however, she dies. Madge shows sorrowful James the scene from the marriage between Effie and Gurn, a friend of James who has been in love with her.