National Ballet of Japan thrills in Tuckett's The Tragedy of Macbeth

Yui Yonezawa as Lady Macbeth in Will Tuckett's The Tragedy of Macbeth

Yudai Fukuoka as Macbeth and Yui Yonezawa as Lady Macbeth in Will Tuckett's The Tragedy of Macbeth

Saho Shibayama as Titania and Takafumi Watanabe as Oberon in Frederick Ashton's The Dream

Yuki Yamada as Puck in Frederick Ashton's The Dream

Saho Shibayama as Titania and Yoshito Kinoshita as Bottom in Frederick Ashton's The Dream

Por Naomi Mori, 05 mayo 2023

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“this Macbeth was a thrilling, intense and bold performance with fabulous lead dance-actors”

Crítica hecha desde New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo el 29 abril 2023

The Dream (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Macbeth (Will Tuckett)

National Ballet of Japan

Martin Yates, Dirección

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Little Singers of Tokyo

Yudai Fukuoka, Bailarín

Yui Yonezawa, Bailarín

Takafumi Watanabe, Bailarín

Saho Shibayama, Bailarín

Yoshito Kinoshita, Bailarín

El brillante Lago del Royal Ballet: pureza, lirismo y frescura

Cintia Borges Carreras, 22nd July

El ingenio coreográfico de Scarlett encandila a los amantes de la danza. El cisne de Marianela Núñez y la elegancia aristocrática de Vadim Muntagirov trascienden lo técnico para contar desde la emoción.

*****

Glorious debuts in Ashton's La Fille mal gardée at The Royal Ballet

Deborah Weiss, 23rd May

Two vivid debuts as Colas, marked the second revival of La Fille mal gardée this season at The Royal Ballet.

****1

ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Ivy Lin, 25th October

ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet.

***11

Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: the most joyous of ballets

Amanda Jennings, 18th October

If you’re in need of a pick-me-up, get thee to the Royal Opera House and see La Fille mal gardée, a gem of a ballet. There’s a long roster of impressive casts to choose from.

****1

National Ballet of Japan revives Ashton's beloved Cinderella

Naomi Mori, 18th October

The National Ballet of Japan gave an excellent rendition of Sir Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, in spite of many new faces and role debuts.

****1

The Royal Ballet School: a triumphant display of excellence throughout

Jonathan Gray, 12th July

It was a wonderful, heartening afternoon – it’s no wonder nearly all the 2025 graduates have gained contracts with several major ballet companies.

*****

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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