Naomi M Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Casts are announced for RB's Japan Tour in Tokyo Romeo and Juliet 6/16 18:30 Cuthbertson, Bonneli 6/17 18:30 Osipova, Golding 6/18 13:00 Lamb, Muntagirov 6/18 18:00 Nuñez, Soares 6/19 13:00 Salenko, McRae Giselle 6/22 19:00 Nuñez, Muntagirov 6/24 19:00 Osipova, Golding 6/25 14:00 Lamb, McRae 6/26 14:00 Cuthbertson, Bonneli there are also performances in Hyogo, Nagoya and Fukuoka but cast not announced yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Is it only R&J and Giselle for the whole tour, do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 I think it will be only these two. Last time they did a gala but unlikely to do it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 What a shame that Japan won't get to see the absolute joy that is Naghdi/Ball in R&J. I understand why, but it's just a shame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Well The Romeo and Juliet casts in Nagoya are not announced yet so we can cross our fingers for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Please let us know when the casting is announced, Naomi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I understand why Naghdi/Ball may not have been cast but I wonder why Hayward could not have danced with McRae in R&J. [i may be risking opening a familiar can of worms here!!!!] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I don't know if the situation in Japan has changed but I understood many years ago that the contracts specify that principals will dance the leading roles. BRB (who were probably still SWRB) toured Swan Lake to Japan and Marion Tait became injured. I believe Miyako Yoshida was promoted to principal during the tour to fulfil the contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I understand why Naghdi/Ball may not have been cast but I wonder why Hayward could not have danced with McRae in R&J. [i may be risking opening a familiar can of worms here!!!!] I assume Naghdi/Ball will be given opportunities to dance R&J away from Tokyo where they demand to see Principals in lead roles. McRae & Salenko do seem to be "tied" together now but Naghdi as well as Hayward could be dancing R&J with McRae (don't know about the height differences). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Last year, promotions were made before the RB set off on tour!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 I don't know if the situation in Japan has changed but I understood many years ago that the contracts specify that principals will dance the leading roles. BRB (who were probably still SWRB) toured Swan Lake to Japan and Marion Tait became injured. I believe Miyako Yoshida was promoted to principal during the tour to fulfil the contract. Yes Janet's assumption is correct. However, last time when they brought Wheeldon's Alice, there was one performance by Stix-Brunell. And one performance added was by Choe. But that might be the case because it was Alice and also Cuthbertson withdrew because of her injury. I will inform you all about the casts outside Tokyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimi Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Last year, promotions were made before the RB set off on tour!!!!!!! They were, but they weren't announced to the public until after the tour was finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 There are some cast changes for Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet tour. Just the change of the dates. Romeo and Juliet6/16 18:30 Cuthbertson, Bonneli6/17 18:30 Salenko, McRae (originally Osipova, Golding) 6/18 13:00 Lamb, Muntagirov6/18 18:00 Osipova, Golding (originally Nuñez, Soares) 6/19 13:00 Nuñez, Soares (Originally Salenko, McRae) Also a few of the casts outside Tokyo are announced. Romeo and Juliet in Nagoya July 3rd Lamb, McRae Giselle in Fukuyama (Hiroshima) July 6th Morera, Kish Casts for Fukuoka and Hyogo Giselle are not announced yet, but it seems we are not getting a Naghdi/Ball pair or Hayward in R&J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I don't know if the situation in Japan has changed but I understood many years ago that the contracts specify that principals will dance the leading roles. BRB (who were probably still SWRB) toured Swan Lake to Japan and Marion Tait became injured. I believe Miyako Yoshida was promoted to principal during the tour to fulfil the contract. It seems to me that it is a bit of a cheek to have that specified in the contract of a touring company. What happens if more than one Principal gets injured? Does that mean that the company concerned has to give another dancer Principal status just to be able to fulfill the contract? It makes a bit of a nonsense of the whole issue of promotion. Supposing they don't deserve it, and would not have been promoted otherwise? If they didn't give a dancer that official status, would they have to cancel some/all of the scheduled performances and refund all the money? And in that particular instance, Yoshida was Japanese anyway, I wouldn't have thought they would have had any problems filling seats for her performances, not matter what her official status was. Just pondering in general here, not criticising the fact that Yoshida was promoted. I was a huge fan of hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Still don't know why RB does not tour the UK - Dutch National Ballet tour Holland.....just saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Well, it is rare for RB to tour Japan. On their last tour in 2013, they only performed in Tokyo. And their visit before, in 2010, their only performance was in Hyogo. So I am a little surprised they tour this much this time. As for Miyako Yoshida, things worked on the contrary for her in fact. When she was principal of the company, the promoter then thought the Japanese audience expects non-Asian dancers, so they tried not to focus on her. In their tour in 2005, she was only given one lead performance, in Cinderella. And in their next tour, she didn't have any appearance in Tokyo, just a brief appearance in the Osaka performance "Homage to the Queen." So her fans in Japan were very upset, they thought the Japanese promoter was a kind of racist. But then the promoter realized her name sells tickets, so she had her final performance as a RB principal in 2010 (in Romeo and Juliet in Tokyo) and she still participates in galas, dancing in top form while she is now 50. (Amazing) There is still a tendency of promoters here thinking that there will be demand for non-Japanese/non-Asian dancers than Japanese principals dancing abroad. Edited February 3, 2016 by Naomi M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I don't know if the situation in Japan has changed but I understood many years ago that the contracts specify that principals will dance the leading roles. BRB (who were probably still SWRB) toured Swan Lake to Japan and Marion Tait became injured. I believe Miyako Yoshida was promoted to principal during the tour to fulfil the contract. In Dancing Away, Deborah Bulll cites her own promotion to principal under those circumstances jumping in as Gaamzatti... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Still don't know why RB does not tour the UK - Dutch National Ballet tour Holland.....just saying. Because they can't charge supporters £10,000 to follow the company on tour in the UK. Anyway, the English National Ballet tours the UK... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Because they can't charge supporters £10,000 to follow the company on tour in the UK. Anyway, the English National Ballet tours the UK... As, of course, do BRB and NB and Scottish is venturing south of the border again too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yes but I find it almost an arrogance that Royal Ballet doesn't tour in the UK. They are tax payer supported after all and so should occasionally stick their noses outside the capital. It just really irks me. Of course we have ENB, BRB etc but RB would be nice as well.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Because they can't charge supporters £10,000 to follow the company on tour in the UK. How much OMG!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yes but I find it almost an arrogance that Royal Ballet doesn't tour in the UK. They are tax payer supported after all and so should occasionally stick their noses outside the capital. It just really irks me. Of course we have ENB, BRB etc but RB would be nice as well.... Nothing to do with arrogance... but with many other issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 How much OMG!!!!!! Agreed. It makes the wildly expensive ROH gala dinners seem almost budget fare by comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Has anyone got any further news about RB casting in Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 At this point no cast changes. As for the performances outside Tokyo, Giselle in Fukuoka June 29th Morera, Kish Giselle in Hyogo July 1st Nunez, Muntagirov Romeo and Juliet in Nagoya July 3rd Lamb, McRae Giselle in Fukuyama (Hiroshima) July 6th Morera, Kish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 By the way, nothing to do with the tour but there is a performance of Acri-Horimoto Ballet Academy in Saitama on July 17th, a school that Luca Acri's parents runs and has many alumni in companies all over. Several RB dancers are participating . Luca Acri, Fumi Kaneko, Matthew Ball, David Donnelly, Reece Clarke and Simon Acri(RBS student) Also Miki Mizutani and Mitsuru Itoh of BRB (those two are alumni) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 At this point no cast changes. As for the performances outside Tokyo, Giselle in Fukuoka June 29th Morera, Kish Giselle in Hyogo July 1st Nunez, Muntagirov Romeo and Juliet in Nagoya July 3rd Lamb, McRae Giselle in Fukuyama (Hiroshima) July 6th Morera, Kish Delighted that Morera will get her chance to revisit Giselle after the disappointment of her injury this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Delighted that Morera will get her chance to revisit Giselle after the disappointment of her injury this season. Yes, she would be wonderful. Shame she is not scheduled to dance Giselle in Tokyo but it might be worth travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 And the official press release: THE ROYAL BALLET TOUR TO JAPAN 2016 Tokyo 16 - 26 June / Fukuoka 29 June / Osaka 1 July / Nagoya 3 July/ Fukuyama 6 July The Royal Ballet tours to Japan this summer with Romeo and Juliet and Giselle, two iconic productions from the repertory showcasing the Company’s virtuosity and theatricality. Performing Thursday 16 June – Wednesday 6 July, the tour takes in five cities; Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuyama, returning to some of the venues first visited by The Royal Ballet during its inaugural tour to Japan in 1975. The Royal Ballet has toured Japan on a number of occasions, most recently in 2013 with Christopher Wheeldon’s production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Japanese members of the Company include First Soloists Ryoichi Hirano, Hikaru Kobayashi and Akane Takada; Soloists Luca Acri and Fumi Kaneko, and Artists Chisato Katsura and Mariko Sasaki, who will be performing in a variety of roles throughout the duration of the tour. Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet said “Touring to Japan is always a highlight for the Company, the audiences are so warm and receptive and I'm delighted that this summer we'll present two masterpieces from The Royal Ballet repertory Romeo and Juliet and Giselle, showcasing the breadth, artistry and talent of our world-class dancers." Kenneth MacMillan’s landmark production of Romeo and Juliet will be performed at the Bunka Kaikan Theatre, Tokyo from Thursday 16 June –Sunday 19 June and The Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya on Friday 3 July. Set to Sergei Prokofiev’s emotionally charged score and with sumptuous designs byNicholas Georgiadis, MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is regarded as a ballet masterpiece and has been a seminal production of The Royal Ballet repertory for over 50 years. It was last performed in Japan by The Royal Ballet in 2013. Peter Wright’s classic production of Giselle will also be performed at the Bunka Kaikan Theatre, Tokyo from Wednesday 22 June - Sunday 26 June, The Sun Palace Hall, Fukuoka on Wednesday 29 June, the Hyogo Performing ArtsCenter, Osaka on Friday 1 July and the Hall of Art & Culture in Fukuyama on Wednesday 6 July. Giselle is regarded as one of the great Romantic ballets and is amongst the most celebrated in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. This spellbinding production tells the story of Giselle, a gentle peasant girl who is driven to her death when deceived by her aristocratic lover Count Albrecht. Last performed by the Company in Japan in 1995, the production incorporates John Macfarlane’s evocative original design, and, this year, enjoyed an acclaimed revival at Covent Garden. Ends The Royal Opera House would like to thank all tour supporters and Aud Jebsen for her support of the Royal Ballet touring programme. Tour Dates and Performances (casting to be confirmed) Toyko Bunka Kaikan Theatre, Thursday 16 June- Sunday 19 JuneRomeo and Juliet 16 June 6.30pm / 17 June 1.30pm† & 6.30pm / 18 June 1pm & 6pm / 19 June 1pmGiselle22 June 7pm / 23 June 1.30pm†/ 24 June 7pm / 25 June 2pm /26 June 2pm Fukuoka Sun Palace HallGiselle Wednesday 29 June 6.30pm Hyogo Performing Arts CenterGiselle Friday 1 July 6.30pm Aichi Arts CenterRomeo and JulietSunday 3 July 1.30pmFukuyama Hall of Art & Culture GiselleWednesday 6 July 6.30pm † Schools Performance Romeo and Juliet CREATIVE TEAM Choreography Kenneth MacMillan Music Sergey Prokofiev Designer Nicholas Georgiadis Lighting Designer John B. Read Giselle CREATIVE TEAM Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot Music Adolphe Adam revised by Joseph Horovitz Scenario Théophile Gautier after Heinrich Heine Production Peter Wright Designer John Macfarlane Original Lighting Jennifer Tipton Lighting re-created by David Finn Additional choreography by Peter Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Detailed Casting for RB Japan Tour http://www.nbs.or.jp/blog/news/contents/topmenu/2016-11.html Romeo and Juliet 6/16 6：30p.m. Juliet : Cuthbertson, Romeo : Bonneli Mercutio : Campbell Tybalt : Avis Benvolio : Dyer 6/17 6：30p.m. Juliet : Salenko Romeo : McRae Mercutio : Campbell Tybalt : Avis Benvolio : Dyer 6/18 1：00p.m. Juliet : Lamb Romeo : Muntagirov Mercutio : Acri Tybalt : Whitehead Benvolio : Hay 6/18 6：00p.m. Juliet : Osipova Romeo : Golding Mercutio : Sambe Tybalt : Hirano Benvolio : Edmonds 6月19日(日)1：00p.m. Juliet : Nunez Romeo : Soares Mercutio : Zuchetti Tybalt : Gartside Benvolio : Hay Giselle 6/22 7：00p.m. Giselle：Nunez Albrecht： Muntagirov Hilarion ： Gartside Pas de Six （lead dancer）：Choe, Campbell Myrta： Mendizabal 6/24 7：00p.m. Giselle： Osipova Albrecht： Golding Hilarion ： Whitehead Pas de Six （lead dancer）：Takada, Hay Myrta： Calvert 6/25 2：00p.m. Giselle：Lamb Albrecht： McRae Hilarion ： Zuchetti Pas de Six （lead dancer）：Nagdhi, Sambe Myrta： Crawford 6/26 2：00p.m. Giselle：Cuthbertson Albrecht：Bonneli Hilarion ：Gartside Pas de Six （lead dancer）：Crawford, Zuchetti Myrta： Kobayashi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Japanese fans should not miss THE most FABULOUS Giselle pas-de-six cast danced by Yuhui Choe/Yasmine Naghdi/Francesca Hayward respectively partnered by Alexander Campbel/Marcelino Sambe/Lucca Acri. They are simply outstanding! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Assuming that's what they get: the subsidiary casting hasn't been announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Japanese fans should not miss THE most FABULOUS Giselle pas-de-six cast danced by Yuhui Choe/Yasmine Naghdi/Francesca Hayward respectively partnered by Alexander Campbel/Marcelino Sambe/Lucca Acri. They are simply outstanding! I will be seeing that cast! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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