NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The Tokyo Ballet Le Corsaire
September 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Béjart Ballet Lausanne Japan tour 2021
October 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

The Tokyo Ballet KAGUYAHIME
November 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan／RYUTOPIA Niigata

The Tokyo Ballet The Nutcracker
December 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

The 31th NBS Premium Ballet Series
From March 2021 to March 2022

The 10th NBS Opera Festival
From September 2020 to October 2021

11 Aug 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Program Updates and Cast Changes as of 11 Aug. Please find below updates in the programs A and B to be performed at the 16th World Ballet (Friday 13 - Sunday 22 August). We regret to announce that Hugo Marchand has become unable to participate in Program A. It has become impossible for him to enter Japan before the Festival begins because ...
11 Aug 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Important notice to the audience members The safety and comfort of our audiences, participating artists, staff and all the people concerned is of the utmost importance to us. To host the 16th World Ballet Festival, we are and will be strictly following the COVID-19 preventive measures imposed by the regional and national governments as wel...
31 Jul 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Program Updates and Cast Changes We are pleased to announce below updates in the programs A and B to be performed at the 16th World Ballet (Friday 13 - Sunday 22 August). We also announce that it has become necessary to make some cast changes. Under the influence of emigration and immigration restrictions in each country im...
9 Jul 2021	Partial suspension of ticket sales under a state of emergency In line with the declaration of a fourth state of emergency by the Japanese government, the ticked sales of below performances will be suspended from Monday 12 July because the number of tickets sold already surpasses the 50% of the hall capacity. We will keep preparing for all the scheduled p...
30 Jun 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Cancellation of the Gala on Aug. 25 It is with great regret that we announce that the World Ballet Festival Gala scheduled on Wednesday 25 August 2021 has been cancelled. It has become necessary to close the 16th World Ballet Festival on Sunday 22 August due to several reasons. As the global COVID-19 situation changes every day...
1 Jun 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Gala We are pleased to announce that The World Ballet Festival Gala will be held on Wednesday 25 August, 14:00 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. The program will be announced in the latter half of June. Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS) Ticket Prices S=￥33,000 A=￥30,000 B=￥27,000 ...
1 Jun 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival: Artists and Programs We are delighted to announce that Ekaterina Krysanova with The Bolshoi Ballet and Vladimir Shklyarov with the Mariinsky Ballet will participate in the 16th World Ballet Festival to be held in Tokyo in August 2021. It will be their first appearance at the Festival.Iana Salenko has regretfully withdra...
24 Apr 2021	Postponed: The Tokyo Ballet, Don Quixote's Dream, Carmen / Spring and Fall The Tokyo Ballet's Don Quixote's Dream performances scheduled on 29 April and 1 May, and Carmen / Spring and Fall performance scheduled on 2 May are postponed as the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan will be closed in line with the state of emergency announced on 23 April 2021 by the Japanese government. T...
10 Mar 2021	Cancelled: Wiener Staatsoper Japan tour 2021 It is with great regret that we announce the Wiener Staatsoper Japan tour scheduled in October / November 2021 has been cancelled because of unpredictability of restrictions due to the current COVID-19 situation worldwide. Japan Performing Arts Foundation and the Wiener Staatsoper have made o...
18 Feb 2021	The 16th World Ballet Festival to be held in August 2021 We are delighted to announce that the 16th World Ballet Festival will be held from Friday 13 until Sunday 22 August 2021, in Tokyo. When the World Ballet Festival was first introduced in 1976 under the leadership of the late Tadatsugu Sasaki, Founder of Japan Performing Arts Foundation, it wa...