National Ballet of Japan's Cinderella returns successfully

Par Naomi Mori, 06 mai 2022

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“complicated footwork, changes of direction... Ono executed them with clarity and poise”

Critique faite à New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, le 30 avril 2022

Cinderella (Rostislav Zakharov, Sir Frederick Ashton)

National Ballet of Japan

Martin Yates, Direction

David Walker, Décors, Costumes

Yuji Sawada, Lumières

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Ayako Ono, Danse

Yudai Fukuoka, Danse

Yuri Kimura, Danse

Haruka Soutome, Danse

Moeko Iino, Danse

Risako Ikeda, Danse

Asako Terada, Danse

Kosuke Okumura, Danse

Yu Onodera, Danse

Yoshito Kinoshita, Danse

La Fille mal gardée, le ballet français le plus pittoresque

Laurine Mortha, 27th June

La Fille mal gardée est une comédie haute en couleur mais aussi ballet virtuose, où les variations s’enchaînent allègrement. Pour cette reprise, la performance théâtrale des interprètes de l’Opéra de Paris, particulièrement débridés dans les seconds rôles, est remarquable.

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Le romantisme d' Ashton à Garnier

Anne-Laure Faubert, 2nd July

Un ballet burlesque où l'on rit beaucoup servie par des danseurs de qualité mais une soirée où il manquait cette alchimie qui créé les belles soirées.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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