pherank Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) The 15th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Japan is happening now - the festival has an impressive lineup of dancers: https://www.nbs.or.jp/english/stages/2018/wbf/program.html Program A 01-05 August 2018 Artists Maria Alexandrova Vladislav Lantratov The Pharao's Daughter Pierre Lacotte after Marius Petipa Silvia Azzoni Alexandre Riabko Don Juan John Neumeier Elisa Badenes Daniel Camargo Diana and Actaeon Agrippina Vaganova Léonore Baulac Germain Louvet The Nutcracker Rudolf Nureyev Ashley Bouder Leonid Sarafanov Tarantella George Balanchine Alina Cojocaru Johan Kobborg Scheherazade Pas de deux Liam Scarlett Aurélie Dupont Daniel Proietto ...and Carolyn Alan Lucien Øyen Maria Eichwald Alexandre Riabko Sonata Uwe Scholz Alessandra Ferri Marcelo Gomes After the Rain Christopher Wheeldon Dorothée Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Manon - Pas de deux from Act 1 Kenneth MacMillan Melissa Hamilton Roberto Bolle Caravaggio Mauro Bigonzetti Maria Kochetkova Daniil Simkin Giselle - Pas de deux from Act 2 Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot Sarah Lamb Federico Bonelli Coppélia Arthur Saint-Léon Anna Laudere Edvin Revazov Anna Karenina John Neumeier Olesya Novikova David Hallberg Apollo George Balanchine Myriam Ould-Braham Mathias Heymann Don Quixote Marius Petipa Tamara Rojo Isaac Hernández Carmen Suite Alberto Alonso Elisabet Ros La Luna Maurice Béjart Iana Salenko The Dying Swan Mikhail Fokine Polina Semionova Friedemann Vogel Herman Schmerman William Forsythe Program B 08-12 August 2018 Artists Maria Alexandrova Vladislav Lantratov Nureyev - Pas de deux Yuri Possokhov Alicia Amatriain Friedemann Vogel Lady of the Camellias - Pas de deux from Act 2 John Neumeier Silvia Azzoni Alexandre Riabko Orpheus John Neumeier Elisa Badenes Daniel Camargo The Taming of the Shrew John Cranko Léonore Baulac Germain Louvet Sonatine George Balanchine Ashley Bouder Leonid Sarafanov Swan Lake - Pas de deux from Act 3 Marius Petipa Alina Cojocaru Johan Kobborg Manon - Pas de deux from Act 3 Kenneth MacMillan Alina Cojocaru Cesar Corrales Roland Petit's Coppélia Roland Petit Maria Eichwald Alexandre Riabko Adagietto John Neumeier Alessandra Ferri Marcelo Gomes Onegin - Pas de deux from Act 3 John Cranko Dorothée Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Cinderella Rudolf Nureyev Melissa Hamilton Roberto Bolle Romeo and Juliet - Pas de deux from act 1 Kenneth MacMillan Maria Kochetkova Daniil Simkin Don Quixote Marius Petipa Sarah Lamb Federico Bonelli Apollo George Balanchine Anna Laudere Edvin Revazov Lady of the Camellias - Pas de deux from Act 3 John Neumeier Olesya Novikova David Hallberg The Sleeping Beauty Marius Petipa Myriam Ould-Braham Mathias Heymann Diamonds from Jewels George Balanchine Tamara Rojo Isaac Hernández Two Pieces for HET Hans van Manen Viengsay Valdés Daniel Camargo Muñecos Alberto Méndez Edited August 2, 2018 by pherank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherank Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) The forum interface doesn't like the Program B table, so I will have to work on that... Edited August 2, 2018 by pherank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABT Fan Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I wish this (or something like this) also happened in NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its the mom Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, ABT Fan said: I wish this (or something like this) also happened in NYC. I cannot even imagine what this costs the presenters of this gala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherank Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Daniil Simkin posted this backstage video from the Festival - many familiar faces... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_AjnnnmvE/?taken-by=daniil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherank Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Apparently at the end of the festival there was a "role reversal" gala: Roberto Bolle in pointe shoeshttps://www.instagram.com/p/Bmgp2jYBC2L/?taken-by=balletrusse Maria Kochetkova: "My beautiful princess Florine Edwin"https://www.instagram.com/p/BmgqH94hKbN/?taken-by=balletrusse Promenade of the dancers:https://www.instagram.com/p/BmhjD3fhlES/?taken-by=balletrusse Edited August 16, 2018 by pherank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubanmiamiboy Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Wow...al these veterans....Dupont, Cojocaru, Kobborg, Valdes, Alexandrova, Rojo, Ferri, Bolle...all in one gala. Indeed...quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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