2021年12月アーカイブ
2021年12月28日
Performance Dates & Tickets
John Cranko's iconic masterpiece enriches The Tokyo Ballet's repertoire
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet by John Cranko after William Shakespeare
Choreography John Cranko |
Music Sergei Prokofiev |
Sets and Costumes Jürgen Rose |
Staged by Jane Bourne |
Supervised by Reid Anderson |
Copyright Dieter Graefe |
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photo: The Stuttgart Ballet
In 2010, The Tokyo Ballet premiered John Cranko's signature ballet Onegin with critical acclaim.To enrich the Company's repertoire with another masterpiece by the great choreographer of narrative ballets, Artistic Director Yukari Saito chose Romeo and Juliet.
The premiere of John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet in 1962 made him and The Stuttgart Ballet famous worldwide, and it is arguably one of the monumental works among his masterpieces.
The theater-inspired choreography in every way, combined with the majestic sets by the great designer Jürgen Rose, tells Shakespeare's immortal star-crossed love story so vividly that the audiences cannot believe that the dancers are not verbally speaking. The audacious contrast between the aristocrats and commoners and between the two rival families spontaneously evokes the play's theme and the gravity of the young lovers. Every pas de deux of Romeo and Juliet, from the balcony, the secret wedding to the harrowing burial, engraves the breathtaking story on audiences' mind, which will linger a long time.
John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet promises you a profound experience of divine love and art.
Performance Dates and Scheduled Cast
Friday 29 April 2022, 16:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Juliet Kanako Oki
Romeo Dan Tsukamoto
Saturday 30 April 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Juliet Maria Adachi
Romeo Yasuomi Akimoto
Sunday 31 April 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Juliet Akira Akiyama
Romeo Shoma Ikemoto
Conductor Benjamin Hope
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
*Please note that the above scheduled cast as of 17 December 2021 is subject to change. It will be finalized after the auditions by the John Cranko Estate.
Venue
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
http://www.t-bunka.jp/en/access/index.html
Tickets (tax included)
For Tokyo performances
Category | |
S | \13,000 |
A | \11,000 |
B | \9,000 |
C | \7,000 |
D | \5,000 |
E | \3,000 |
●Please note that we are to present the performances with the utmost caution in line with national and regional guidelines for novel coronavirus infection prevention measures, and that the performance dates and details are subject to change depending on circumstances. We will be posting on our website a list of novel coronavirus precautions upon attending the performance. Audience members are kindly asked to read it before attending the performance.
●Children under 6 years old are not admitted to the auditorium.
●Program and casting as of 17 December 2021 are subject to change. Changes in the program and cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.
Ticket Sale Dates
All tickets go on sale on Friday 4 February 2022 at 10:00a.m. Book now
Presales at "NBS WEB Ticket"
●For Categories S, A, B, C, D and E
Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 21:00--Wednesday 2 February 2022 at 18:00
Presales and Discount Tickets at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center
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1. Family Tickets (Categories S, A, B and C)
Child tickets for children between 6 and 18 years old are half the adult price. Family Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 10:00 at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center (Phone 03-3791-8888). Up to two child tickets per one adult ticket can be purchased. You can select seat category but cannot select seat(s). Our system automatically allocates the "best available" seating to you for the price category you have selected.
2. 25 and Under Tickets
¥1,500 tickets for those aged 6 to 25 years go on sale on Thursday 31 March 2022, 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. Discount for two persons (Categories S, A & B)
Enjoy a discount of \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).
For more information, please contact us at +81-(0)3-3791-8888 (phone) or english@nbs.or.jp.
Presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs / Executive Committee of Ballet Holiday in Ueno no Mori
In Cooperation with Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Organized and Produced by Japan Performing Arts Foundation
2021年12月27日
Synopsis
Act I
Scene One
As day breaks in Verona, Romeo, son of Montague, is found declaring his love to the fair Rosaline. With the sunrise the market place fills with townspeople among whom are members of two rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Tempers flare and a quarrel develops. The Duke of Verona appears and warns the two factions that death will be the ultimate punishment if the feud does not stop. Romeo and his friends Benvolio and Mercutio make reluctant peace with Tybalt, a kinsman of the Capulets.
Scene Two
Juliet receives her first ball dress from her mother, Lady Capulet, and learns that she is to meet the nobleman Paris to whom she will be betrothed on the following day. Now she must bid farewell to her childhood.
Scene Three
Guests arrive at the Capulets' ball, among them Rosaline. Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio, masked, follow her to the ball.
Scene Four
Juliet is introduced to the guests and to Paris. While dancing with Paris, she and Romeo behold one another. It is love at first sight. Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet, suspects Romeo's identity and tries to incite a quarrel, but is prevented from doing so by Juliet's father who abides by the laws of hospitality.
Scene Five
On the balcony outside her bedroom Juliet dreams of Romeo. He appears below in the garden. They declare their eternal love.
Act II
Scene One
A carnival is in progress in the town square. Romeo, daydreaming, is indifferent to the gaiety around him. Juliet's nurse brings him a letter from Juliet asking him to meet her in the chapel of Friar Laurence.
Scene Two
In his cloister, Friar Laurence joins the young lovers in marriage.
Scene Three
At the height of the carnival, Romeo returns from his wedding to the square. Tybalt accosts him, but Romeo declines to fight. Mercutio, angered, engages in a duel with Tybalt, and dies at his hands. Romeo, stunned and distraught, turns on Tybalt and kills him.
Act III
Scene One
In Juliet's bedroom the lovers are awakened by the sunrise, and Romeo, who has been banished by the Duke, must leave Juliet and Verona. Lord and Lady Capulet enter with Paris, but Juliet rejects him.
Scene Two
Juliet, appealing for help to Friar Laurence, receives a potion from him that will place her in a death-like sleep. He explains that Romeo will find her in the family tomb and from there they can escape together.
Scene Three
Juliet's parents return and Juliet agrees to the marriage with Paris. Left alone, Juliet takes the sleeping potion and is thought to be dead when her family and friends discover her, on what was to have been her wedding day.
Scene Four
Romeo, who has not received Friar Laurence's message revealing the plan, believes Juliet to be dead and rushes to her tomb. There he finds the mourning Paris and kills him. Embracing Juliet for the last time, he plunges his dagger into his heart. Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead. Grief-stricken, she kills herself.
2021年12月11日
Performance Dates & Tickets
What is Choreographic Project?
Please kindly note that the performance date and venue for The Tokyo Ballet's Choreographic Project 2022 have been changed as below from the viewpoint of COVID-19 prevention measures. Accordingly, ticket prices have been also changed (They are lower than original prices). We apologize for our short notice and inconvenience, but would appreciate your kind understanding. (As of 6 January 2022)
Artistic Director Yukari Saito started the Project in 2017 aiming at further motivating The Tokyo Ballet's dancers as artists, by stimulating their creativity and developing artistry through their choreographing and performing their own ballets.
The program will be composed of both the ballets already staged in the past and new works to be premiered.
Performance Dates
New Date
Sunday 6 March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Program
Le Spectre de la rose
Choreography Kazuo Kimura
Dancers Shoma Ikemoto, Kurumi Kato, Maria Adachi, Nako Hiraki, Eriko Nakajima
【 】
Choreography Junya Okazaki
Rehearsal Assistants Eriko Nakazawa, Sou Toriumi
Dancers Akira Akiyama, Akimi Denda, Dan Tsukamoto, Shoma Ikemoto, Junya Okazaki
somewhere but not here.
Choreography Junya Okazaki
Dancers Momoko Takumi, Kanoko Tomita, Sou Toriumi, Riku Takashi
Urlicht
Choreography Braulio Arvarez
Dancers Haruka Uriu, Tsukasa Okazaki
Auferstehung - Part 1
Choreography Braulio Arvarez
Dancers Haruka Uriu, Tsukasa Okazaki
Akimi Denda, Kanako Nihei, Yurika Mikumo, Yumiko Takaura, Kotone Hasegawa, Yuka Otsubo, Chiri Matsunaga, Suguru Otsuka, Ryunosuke Ubukata, Kosuke Wada, Takahiro Tamagawa, Kentaro Goto, Yugo Yamashita
The sun rises
Choreography Hitomi Kaneko
Dancers Momoko Takumi, Yuki Higuchi
After Show
Choreography Shuntaro Ifuku
Dancers Shuntaro Ifuku, Takahiro Tamagawa, Eriko Nakazawa, Tomoya Nakajima
kakushaku
Choreography Yuma Yasui
Dancers Akira Akiyama, Shuntaro Ifuku, Mao Yamada, Kazunari Kaida, Kentaro Goto, Tomoya Nakajima, Sou Serizawa, Tsukasa Hoshino, Takaya Kako, Haruto Koizumi, Tomoki Takahashi, Hiroto Miyamura, Shotaro Yamanaka, Chiharu Horie, Nao Yamani
* Program and casting as of 7 February 2022 are subject to change.
Venue
New Venue
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
http://www.t-bunka.jp/en/access/index.html
Tickets (tax included)
New prices
Presale for Club Assemblé members | ¥2,000 |
General sale | ¥4,000 |
●Only one ticket per person can be purchased as the number of seats is limited due to the COVID-19 prevention measures.
●General sale begins should tickets have not been sold out during the presale for Club Assemblé members.
●Please note that we are to present the performances with the utmost caution in line with national and regional guidelines for novel coronavirus infection prevention measures, and that the performance dates and details are subject to change depending on circumstances. We will be posting on our website a list of novel coronavirus precautions upon attending the performance. Audience members are kindly asked to read it before attending the performance.
●Children under 6 years old are not admitted to the auditorium.
●Program and casting will be announced shortly. Changes in the program and cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.
Ticket Sale Dates
Presale for Club Assemblé members
- On website from Thursday 13 January 2022 at 21:00
- By telephone from Monday 17 January 2022 at 10:00
General ticket sale begins on Friday 21 January 2022 at 21:00 Book now
*General sale begins should tickets have not been sold out during the presale for Club Assemblé members.
If you are interested in joining the Club Assemblé of The Tokyo Ballet, please contact us at english@nbs.or.jp.
2021年12月 6日
Cancelled: The Stuttgart Ballet Japan tour 2022
It
is with great regret that we announce The Stuttgart Ballet Japan tour scheduled
in March 2022 has been cancelled.
We
received letters from Executive Director of the Staatstheater Stuttgart, Mr.
Marc-Oliver Hendriks, and Artistic Director of The Stuttgart Ballet, Mr. Tamas
Detrich, informing us that they had no choice but to cancel The Stuttgart
Ballet' tour to Japan. Currently, the situation in Germany is worse than at any
time since the beginning of the pandemic, and the theatre is in risk of being
shut down. Under such circumstances, traveling to Japan would not be authorized
by the German authorities. We discussed the matter thoroughly with the Company and
reached a conclusion that it would be impossible to make The Stuttgart Ballet
Japan tour 2022 happen.
The
Stuttgart Ballet had made every possible effort to realise the tour until the
last minute, and it is with heavy heart that we announce the cancellation.
Along with The Stuttgart Ballet, we do hope to reschedule the tour in the near
future. We apologise to our valued audiences who have been anticipating the
performances but appreciate everyone's kind understanding for the unavoidable
situation and your continued support.
Ticket
holders and subscribers to the 31st NBS Ballet Premium Series will
receive a letter or an email with ticket details. We would appreciate your
patience as it might take some time for you to receive it.
Thank
you very much for your continued support. We extend our best wishes for safety
and good health to you all.
Japan
Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)
Statement from Artistic Director Tamas Detrich
Due
to the current situation in Germany - the worst since the beginning of the
pandemic - the Stuttgart Ballet has been forced to cancel its upcoming tour to
Japan. The potential closure of our theater by the state government and the
consequences of this on planning in the coming months as well as concerns
raised by the theater's medical staff have caused the regulating body of the
State Theater Stuttgart to make this decision. Naturally the entire company is
devastated to not be able to perform two of our most beautiful signature works
- The Sleeping Beauty and Onegin - for our beloved Japanese
audiences. We deeply regret this cancellation. With no other country and with
no other presenter do we have such longstanding and heartfelt artistic and
cultural ties as with Japan and NBS."
Canceled
performances
The
Sleeping Beauty
Friday 11
March 2022, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
Saturday
12 March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
Sunday 13
March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
Onegin
Saturday
19 March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
Sunday 20
March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
Monday 21
March 2022, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)