yumiko 61 Posted October 8 Hikaru Kobayashi, former RB First Soloist, produces ballet shows in Tokyo on 31 January & 1 February. http://www.royal-ballet-stars.jp/ The contents are in Japanese language. Stylish promotion video is embedded in the front page. You’ll find 4 categories on the right top drop down list. Introduction by Hikaru Kobayashi Dates, venue address, ticket price etc. Dancers Programmes I might be able to translate the programmes later on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yumiko 61 Posted October 8 (edited) Part 1 (31 Jan&1 Feb matinee) Black Swan GPDD from Swan Lake Act3 Y Naghdi, V Muntagirov PDD from Corybantic Games M Magri, L Acri GPDD from Coppelia Act3 A Takada, W Bracewell GPDD from Raymonda Act 3 M Hamilton, R Hirano PDD from Chroma M Magri, L Acri Tchaikovsky pdd L Cuthbertson, F Bonelli Part 2 (31 Jan & 1 Feb evening) Balcony PDD from Romeo and Juliet Act1 Y Naghdi, W Bracewell 2 Solos from Requiem F Bonelli Two pieces for HET M Magri, L Acri Dance of the Blessed Spirits V Muntagirov La Luna M Hamilton Spring Water PDD A Takada, R Hirano Part3 (1 Feb matinee & evening) PDD from The Firebird M Magri, R Hirano Earth PDD from Homage to the Queen A Takada, L Acri PDD from Apollo M Hamilton, F Bonelli PDD from La Sylphide Y Naghdi, W Bracewell PDD from Sylvia L Cuthbertson, V Muntagirov Sorry about bold font. When I try copy/paste, this happens. Moderator Could you adjust the font? Edited October 8 by Jan McNulty To correct size of font, as requested by OP 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 17,537 Posted October 8 Thanks Yumiko - it looks fab! I've corrected the font. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sim 16,232 Posted October 8 Wow...I hope I win the Lottery before then!! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naomi M 677 Posted October 8 This is a gala produced by Hikaru Kobayashi. Here is an interview (in Japanese) with her, talking about her career and also about this gala. https://www.chacott-jp.com/news/worldreport/tokyo/detail014366.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alison 11,048 Posted October 8 Sounds great - lucky Tokyo! Thanks very much for posting, Yumiko. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard LH 2,334 Posted October 8 (edited) Lucky Tokyo indeed.....what a wonderful line-up! Very pleased for Akane Takada after she had to miss the RB Japan tour this summer. Edit.. I love her sideways slo-mo leap into Ryoichi Hirano's arms in the video! Further Edit...I also love the reference to Akane and William Bracewell dancing the "Grandpa de Do" from Act 3 of Coppelia! This sounds like a special tribute to people like me... Edited October 8 by Richard LH 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zxDaveM 6,064 Posted October 8 57 minutes ago, Sim said: Wow...I hope I win the Lottery before then!! I was so close last week - I had both stars and was only 4 numbers short... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capybara 9,876 Posted October 8 This is the kind of occasional programme the RB should mount in London and elsewhere. There are some nice novel partnerships here too. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yumiko 61 Posted October 8 3 hours ago, Jan McNulty said: Thanks Yumiko - it looks fab! I've corrected the font. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yumiko 61 Posted October 8 50 minutes ago, capybara said: This is the kind of occasional programme the RB should mount in London and elsewhere. There are some nice novel partnerships here too. Totally agree. Although RB gives more than 100 performances at Royal Opera House, this kind of show has been missing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmhopton 1,712 Posted October 8 2 hours ago, capybara said: This is the kind of occasional programme the RB should mount in London and elsewhere. There are some nice novel partnerships here too. I did suggest it to Kevin O'Hare in my letter to him. Although I had a polite acknowledgement of my letter he didn't address any of the points I raised including this one. I suppose this sort of performance takes a lot of organising and quite a lot of what they're doing is in the current rep. So it may not be thought suitable to do it in a gala type performance in London. Having said that some is new and would be great to see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizbie1 3,297 Posted October 8 In the last two seasons there have been the Fonteyn Gala, the ROH Spring Gala and the gala in Hull. So it does happen on occasion! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sim 16,232 Posted October 8 How I would love to see Naghdi/Muntagirov do the entire Swan Lake together.... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capybara 9,876 Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Sim said: How I would love to see Naghdi/Muntagirov do the entire Swan Lake together.... That's what I had in mind when I referred to "nice, novel partnerships", Sim. But it is not to be - well not just yet. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
