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Performance Dates & Tickets

Experience the height of Romantic ballet

Swan Lake

Ballet in four acts

Music Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography Vladimir Burmeister
Choreography of Act II Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky (Three Swans)
Set design Elena Kinkulskaya
Costume design Alexandre Sheshunov
Costume production TIMART PRODUCTION
Costume Coordinator Nikolay Fedorov

photo: Kiyonori Hasegawa

Swan Lake is synonymous with classical ballet. It is a timeless love story of Princess Odette transformed into a white swan during the day and Prince Siegfried who falls in love with her. The ballet is packed with dazzling highlights such as mystical Dance of Swans in the moonlight in Act II and dramatic grand pas de deux in Act III widely known as the 'Black Swan pas de deux' in which Odile, the daughter of an evil witch, seduces Prince Siegfried. A passionate sequence of national dances in Act III including Spanish dance, Neapolitan dance, Hungarian czardas and Polish dance is arguably a signature scene of this monumental ballet.

The Tokyo Ballet premiered an important version by Vladimir Burmeister in 2016, which received an enormous acclaim. It was Yukari Saito's one of the first projects as Artistic Director. Natalia Burmeister, the daughter of the great choreographer who attended The Tokyo Ballet's premiere said "it brought me back the memories of its world premiere". Two years later, it was revived with newly designed costumes, and in 2022, the sets were renewed by the Russian designer Elena Kinkulskaya to bring The Tokyo Ballet's Swan Lake project to perfection. At Ballet Holiday in Ueno no Mori 2024, The Tokyo Ballet will take Swan Lake to new heights.

Performance Dates and Cast

Friday 26 April 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette/Odile Kanako Oki
Prince Siegfried Arata Miyagawa

Saturday 27 April 2024, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette/Odile Eriko Nakajima
Prince Siegfried Ryunosuke Ubukata

Sunday 28 April 2024, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette/Odile Kanako Oki
Prince Siegfried Arata Miyagawa

Monday 29 April 2024, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette/Odile Yumie Sakaki
Prince Siegfried Dan Tsukamoto

Conductor Anton Grishanin
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Running Time About 3 hours including two intermissions.

*Program and casting as of 21 December 2023 are subject to change.

Venue

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

Tickets (tax included)
Category
S \14,500
A \12,000
B \9,000
C \7,000
D \5,000
E \3,000
25 and Under \2,000

●Children under 5 years old are not admitted to the auditorium.
●Program and casting as of 21 December 2023 are subject to change. Changes in the program or cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

Ticket Sale Dates

General ticket sales begin on Friday 26 January 2024 at 10:00a.m. Book now

Presales at "NBS WEB Ticket"
●For Categories S, A, B, C, D and E
Friday 19 January 2024 at 21:00--Thursday 25 January 2024 at 18:00

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

To purchase discount tickets at NBS WEB Ticket, you will need to register for a free membership of Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS) from here. (We regret that the form is only in Japanese.)
After registration, click here to buy tickets.

1. Parent and Child Tickets (Categories S, A & B)

Parent and Child Tickets (for children between 5 and 18 years old) will go on sale on Tuesday 13 February 2024 at 10:00 at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center (Phone 03-3791-8888). Child tickets are half the adult price. Up to two child tickets per one adult ticket can be purchased. You can select seat category but cannot select seats. Our system automatically allocates the "best available" seating to you for the price category you have selected.

2. 25 and Under Tickets

¥2,000 tickets for those aged 5 to 25 years go on sale on Thursday 27 March 2024, 21:00 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 Japan Performing Arts Foundation

Supported by The Association of Japanese Ballet Companies

2023年12月19日

The Tokyo Ballet: Principal Yasuomi Akimoto leaves the Company

The Tokyo Ballet announces that Principal Yasuomi Akimoto is to leave the Company at the end of March 2024 after eight and a half years. 

Akimoto joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2015, being the first male dancer to join the Company as Principal. He has made an incredible contribution to the artistic life of The Tokyo Ballet, starring in the great breadth of the Company's repertoire including Vladimir Bourmeister's Swan Lake, Anna-Marie Holmes's Le Corsaire, George Balanchine's Serenade, Jerome Robbins's In the Night, Jiří Kylián's Petite Mort, and in the world premieres of Saburo Teshigawara's Remains of a Cloud, Jo Kanamori's KAGUYAHIME and Yukari Saito's The Sleeping Beauty. In 2020, he received Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists. 

The opening night of The Nutcracker on Thursday 21 December at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan will be his final performance in a principal role during his tenure with The Tokyo Ballet. We hope you will enjoy the show.

The Tokyo Ballet
Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

2023年12月 8日

Cast Announcement: Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris 2024 Japan Tour (February 2024)

We are delighted to announce principal casting for the Japan tour of the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris in February 2024.



Le Lac des cygnes
Ballet in four acts
Music Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
Choreography Rudolf Noureev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Set design Ezio Frigerio
Costume design Franca Squarciapino
Lighting design Vinicio Cheli

Cast
Thursday 8 February 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette / Odile Hannah O'Neill
Prince Siegfried Germain Louvet
Rothbart Thomas Doquir

Friday 9 February 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette / Odile Sae Eun Park
Prince Siegfried Paul Marque
Rothbart Jack Gasztowtt

Saturday 10 February 2024, 13:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette / Odile Valentine Colasante
Prince Siegfried Guillaume Diop
Rothbart Antonio Conforti

Saturday 10 February 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette / Odile Hannah O'Neill
Prince Siegfried Germain Louvet
Rothbart Thomas Doquir

Sunday 11 February 2024, 13:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Odette / Odile Amandine Albisson
Prince Siegfried Jérémy-Loup Quer
Rothbart Jack Gastowtt

Conductor Vello Pähn
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra


L'Histoire de Manon
Ballet in three acts
Choreography and direction Kenneth MacMillan
Music Jules Massenet
Arrangement and orchestration Martin Yates
After L'abbé Prévost
L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Set and costume design Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting Designer John B. Read

Cast
Friday 16 February 2024, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Manon Dorothée Gilbert
Des Grieux Hugo Marchand
Lescaut Pablo Legasa
La Maîtraisse de Lescaut Roxane Stojanov

Saturday 17 February 2024, 13:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Manon Myriam Ould-Braham
Des Grieux Mathieu Ganio
Lescaut Andréa Sarri
La Maîtraisse de Lescaut Héloïse Bourdon

Saturday 17 February 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Manon Dorothée Gilbert
Des Grieux Hugo Marchand
Lescaut Pablo Legasa
La Maîtraisse de Lescaut Roxane Stojanov

Sunday 18 February 2024, 13:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Manon Ludmila Pagliero
Des Grieux Marc Moreau
Lescaut Francesco Mura
La Maîtraisse de Lescaut Silvia Saint-Martin

Sunday 18 February 2024, 18:30 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Manon Myriam Ould-Braham
Des Grieux Mathieu Ganio
Lescaut Andréa Sarri
La Maîtraisse de Lescaut Héloïse Bourdon

Conductor Pierre Dumoussaud
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

*Tour information as of 8 December 2023 is subject to change. 

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18:00 The World Ballet Festival <Program A>  [Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Ueno)]

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