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

Par Naomi Mori, 05 mai 2023

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

Critique faite à New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, le 29 avril 2023

The Dream (Sir Frederick Ashton)

Macbeth (Will Tuckett)

National Ballet of Japan

Martin Yates, Direction

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Little Singers of Tokyo

Yudai Fukuoka, Danse

Yui Yonezawa, Danse

Takafumi Watanabe, Danse

Saho Shibayama, 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.

***11

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

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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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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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