Richard LH Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 World premiere of the new work "Cinderella" by former British Royal Ballet principal Johan Kobborg.Akane Takada, the principal of the Royal Ballet in the UK, will appear as a guest in the role of Cinderella! (February 6th) * February 7th Cinderella: Nao Nokubo https://www.nbaballet.org/performance/2020/cinderella/ Forum Members based in Japan may be particularly interested - good to see there is at least some live ballet elsewhere! Very pleased for Akane too.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I saw from a Japanese tweet that Akane Takada is replacing Francesca Hayward who was scheduled to dance Cinderella but Japanese COVID restrictions rather kaiboshed arrangements. Here’s the translation: “Francesca Hayward, who was scheduled to appear as a guest of the February performance Cinderella, was unable to enter the country due to the government's suspension of new entry from the UK, so on Saturday, February 6th The role of Cinderella will be changed to Akane Takada, the principal of the Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Yes it was originally intended to have Francesca Hayward as Cinderella, but as it is now impossible to have guests from overseas other than Japanese citizens they have invited Akane Takada instead. Kobborg has already entered Japan just in time and currently is in quarantine. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJsp5x9AerZ/ (Kobborg's Instagram) They have funded some of the fees for this world premiere by crowd funding. NBA Ballet is also inviting Ryoichi Hirano and Sarah Lamb for their Dracula (Michael Pink production) this summer. It was supposed to be performed last August but it was postponed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Richard LH said: World premiere of the new work "Cinderella" by former British Royal Ballet principal Johan Kobborg.Akane Takada, the principal of the Royal Ballet in the UK, will appear as a guest in the role of Cinderella! (February 6th) * February 7th Cinderella: Nao Nokubo https://www.nbaballet.org/performance/2020/cinderella/ Forum Members based in Japan may be particularly interested - good to see there is at least some live ballet elsewhere! Very pleased for Akane too.... Now I’d gladly pay for a stream of this! 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 45 minutes ago, Jeannette said: Now I’d gladly pay for a stream of this! 😉 私も！ 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 16:40, Jeannette said: Now I’d gladly pay for a stream of this! 😉 me too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 13:19, Naomi M said: Yes it was originally intended to have Francesca Hayward as Cinderella, but as it is now impossible to have guests from overseas other than Japanese citizens they have invited Akane Takada instead. Kobborg has already entered Japan just in time and currently is in quarantine. she will be brilliant! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 A tantalising clip from the premiere, and some lovely still photos, can be found on this webpage: https://www.kobborg.uk/visuals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 13:19, Naomi M said: Yes it was originally intended to have Francesca Hayward as Cinderella, but as it is now impossible to have guests from overseas other than Japanese citizens they have invited Akane Takada instead. Naomi did you get to see this? We would love a review, if you did.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 27 minutes ago, Richard LH said: Naomi did you get to see this? We would love a review, if you did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Oops, sorry! I thought I had seen her review but couldn't find it and I forget there was a "performance seen" thread for this.!...lockdown fatigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just now, Richard LH said: Oops, sorry! I thought I had seen her review but couldn't find it and I forget there was a "performance seen" thread for this.!...lockdown fatigue. I also thought I'd seen it and took me a bit to find it. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Richard LH said: A tantalising clip from the premiere, and some lovely still photos, can be found on this webpage: https://www.kobborg.uk/visuals Now there is also a 29 minute extract on the same webpage......wonderful! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 13:19, Naomi M said: NBA Ballet is also inviting Ryoichi Hirano and Sarah Lamb for their Dracula (Michael Pink production) this summer. It was supposed to be performed last August but it was postponed. Akane Takada is now cast for this (August 7th and 8th 2021) instead of Sarah Lamb. https://www.nbaballet.org/performance/2021/dracula/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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