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 Stuttgart Ballet), Juichi Kobayashi (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Germain Louvet (Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris), Mari Ohashi (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Alexandre Riabko (Hamburg Ballet), Madoka Sugai (Hamburg Ballet), Alexandr Trusch (Hamburg Ballet)
Mathias Heymann (Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris) has sadly had to withdraw from the Festival due to Injury.
Program A 31 July, 1, 2, 3, 4 August 2024
(Repertoire order will be announced on the performance date.)
TBC
Silvia Azzoni | Alexandre Riabko
Lady of the Camellias - Pas de deux from Act 3
Choreography: John Neumeier, Music: Frédéric Chopin
Elisa Badenes | Friedemann Vogel
TBC
Mackenzie Brown | Gabriel Figueredo
After the Rain
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon, Music: Arvo Pärt
Alessandra Ferri | Roberto Bolle
En Sol
Choreography: Jerome Robbins, Music: Maurice Ravel
Dorothée Gilbert | Hugo Marchand
Manon - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Jules Massenet
Sarah Lamb | William Bracewell
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography: George Balanchine, Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May Nagahisa | Kimin Kim
Qualia
Choreography: Wayne McGregor, Music: Scanner
Yasmine Naghdi | Reece Clarke
Don Quixote
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Music: Léon Minkus
Marianela Nuñez | Vadim Muntagirov
Le Parc
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj, Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hannah O'Neill | Germain Louvet
Shadow of the Whale in the Sky
Choreography: Joost Vrouenraets, Music: Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Anthony and the Jonsons
Gil Roman | Juichi Kobayashi
Trois gnossiennes
Choreography: Hans van Manen, Music: Erik Satie
Olga Smirnova | Hugo Marchand
TBC
Madoka Sugai | Alexandr Trusch
Sinatra Suite
Choreography: Twyla Tharp, Music: Frank Sinatra
Diana Vishneva | Marcelo Gomes
TBC
Daniil Simkin | Partner TBC
Program B 7, 8, 9, 10 August 2024
(Repertoire order will be announced on the performance date.)
TBC
Silvia Azzoni | Alexandre Riabko
Mayerling
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Franz Liszt arranged by John Launchbery
Elisa Badenes | Friedemann Vogel
TBC
Mackenzie Brown | Gabriel Figueredo
Le Parc
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj, Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alessandra Ferri | Roberto Bolle
Onegin - Pas de deux from Act 3
Choreography: John Cranko, Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky arranged by Kurt-Heinz Stolze
Dorothée Gilbert | Hugo Marchand
Ami
Choreography: Marcelo Gomes, Music: Frédéric Chopin
Marcelo Gomes | Alexandre Riabko
Romeo and Juliet - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Sarah Lamb | William Bracewell
TBC
May Nagahisa | Kimin Kim
Manon - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Jules Massenet
Yasmine Naghdi | Reece Clarke
Le Corsaire
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Music: Riccardo Drigo
Marianela Nuñez | Vadim Muntagirov
Bhakti III
Choreography: Maurice Béjart, Music: Traditional Indian music
Mari Ohashi | Alessandro Cavallo
Sonatine
Choreography: George Balanchine, Music: Maurice Ravel
Hannah O'Neill | Germain Louvet
TBC
Madoka Sugai | Alexandr Trusch
Ring um den Ring
Choreography: Maurice Béjart, Music: Richard Wagner
Diana Vishneva | Gil Roman
TBC
Daniil Simkin | Partner TBC
*Programs and casting as of 25 June 2024 are subject to change. Changes in the program or the cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.
Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)
