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National Ballet of Japan's Swan Lake: tragic but mesmerising

National Ballet of Japan in Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake
© Takashi Shikama
National Ballet of Japan in Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake
© Takashi Shikama
Moeko Iino and Haruka Sootome with Kosuke Okumura in Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake
© Takashi Shikama
Ayako Ono as Odette and Kosuke Okumura as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
© Takashi Shikama
Ayako Ono as Odile and Kosuke Okumura as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
© Takashi Shikama
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“the mesmerising corps de ballet of Swans are the artists that deserve the highest praise”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 5 June 2026
Swan Lake (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Sir Peter Wright)
Paul Murphy, Conductor
Sir Peter Wright, Director
Philip Prowse, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Peter Teigen, Lighting Designer
Ayako Ono, Dancer
Kosuke Okumura, Dancer
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