Saturday 20 February 2021 | 14:00 |
Sunday 21 February 2021 | 13:00 |
Sunday 21 February 2021 | 18:30 |
Tuesday 23 February 2021 | 14:00 |
The Sleeping Beauty | Music: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography: Marius Petipa (Original), Wayne Eagling |
The National Ballet of Japan | |
Misato Tomita | Conductor |
Naoji Kawaguchi | Set Designer |
Toer van Schayk | Costume Designer |
Yuji Sawada | Lighting Designer |
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
This work is a grand ballet reworked for the opening of the National Ballet of Japan's 2014/15 Season. The staging has been praised as "simply luxurious"; combination of the choreography by Wayne Eagling that maintains a classical style while also employing modern sensibilities, with the sophisticated, colourful costumes perfected by Toer can Schayk which echoes his former career as a dancer, and the eminently tasteful and gorgeous artistry of Kawagychi Naoji. The leading dancers appear in successive solo performances, providing a sense of the ample dance talent at the National Ballet of Japan. Come and experience the true pleasure of ballet as a comprehensive art form with this classical masterpiece loved the world over as one of Tchaikovsky's three greatest works.