New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House1-1-1 Honmachi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0071, Japan
Dates/times in Tokyo time zone
| Wednesday 27 July 2022 | 12:30 |
| Thursday 28 July 2022 | 12:30 |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 12:30 |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 16:00 |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 12:30 |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 16:00 |
| Sunday 31 July 2022 | 12:30 |
| Sunday 31 July 2022 | 16:00 |
Programme
| 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café | Music: Jeffes, Simon (b. 1949) Choreography: David Bintley |
Performers
| National Ballet of Japan | |
| Hayden Griffin | Set Designer, Costume Designer |
| John B. Read | Lighting Designer |
Our 'Ballet for Children' for 2022 is David BINTLEY's 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café. Set to the disarming avant-pop music of the Penguin Café Orchestra, a world music ensemble that was a sensation in the 1980s, and performed by dancers in charming animal masks, this work has an underlying message about modern environmental issues and is a scathing criticism of the state of our civilisation.
This performance will be preceded by a pre-show talk about endangered animals and related topics, with the aim of encouraging people to think about the themes of the piece and, by extension, environmental issues.
