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Roland Petit's Coppelia a holiday week treat in Japan

By Naomi Mori, 05 May 2021
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“Nakajima’s expression of grief... left a bitter feeling of loneliness”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 2 May 2021
Programme
Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Performers
National Ballet of Japan
Misato Tomita, Conductor
Luigi Bonino, Director
Ezio Frigerio, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yui Yonezawa, Dancer
Shun Izawa, Dancer
Shunya Nakajima, Dancer
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National Ballet of Japan performed Roland Petit’s Coppélia in front of a live audience for the first time, showing the company to be in great form.
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A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.
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Naomi Mori
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