A spellbinding new Giselle for the National Ballet of Japan

Kosuke Okumura (Albrecht) and Ayako Ono (Giselle)

Ayako Ono (Giselle)

The Wilis, Act 2

Por Naomi Mori, 26 octubre 2022

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“the title role was danced by Ayako Ono, a delicate and versatile dancer”

Crítica hecha desde New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo el 21 octubre 2022

Giselle (Alastair Marriott, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa)

National Ballet of Japan

Alexei Baklan, Dirección

Misato Tomita, Dirección

Miyako Yoshida, Dirección de escena

Dick Bird, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Rick Fisher, Diseño de iluminación

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Ayako Ono, Bailarín

Kosuke Okumura, Bailarín

Keigo Fuduku, Bailarín

Asako Terada, Bailarín

Risako Ikeda, Bailarín

Shogo Hayami, Bailarín

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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