K-Ballet Opto's A Dance Remembered in Tohno: thrilling mix of genres

K-Ballet Opto and Akaji Maro as The Dead Man in A Dance Remembered in Tohno

Kaiji Moriyama's A Dance Remembered in Tohno with Shoya Ishibashi as The Pilot

Kaiji Moriyama's A Dance Remembered in Tohno for K-Ballet Opto

Maholo Onoe as the Boy K in Kaiji Moriyama's A Dance Remembered in Tohno

Saya Okubo as The Fiancée and Shoya Ishibashi as The Pilot in A Dance Remembered in Tohno

Akaji Maro as The Dead Man in Kaiji Moriyama's A Dance Remembered in Tohno

Von Naomi Mori, 09 Januar 2026

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“creating a mystical atmosphere of the district and the boundaries between life and death”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Tokyo Tatemono Brillia Hall, Tokyo, am 26 Dezember 2025

A Dance Remembered in Tohno (Kaiji Moriyama)

K-Ballet Opto

Takehiko Sanada, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Shoya Ishibashi, Tanz

Saya Okubo, Tanz

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly

K-Ballet Opto's A Dance Remembered in Tohno: thrilling mix of Japanese folklore, ballet, butoh and kabuki