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2026年5月11日

Casts: The Royal Ballet Japan Tour (July 2026)

We are delighted to announce the principal casts for La Fille mal gardée and Giselle of The Royal Ballet's Japan tour in July 2026.

La Fille mal gardée


Casts
Friday 3 July 2026, 18:30
Lise Marianela Nuñez
Colas Vadim Muntagirov
Widow Simone Thomas Whitehead
Alain Luca Acri 
Father Thomas Christopher Saunders

Saturday 4 July 2026, 13:00
Lise Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Colas Luca Acri
Widow Simone James Hay
Alain Liam Boswell 
Father Thomas Aiden O'Brien

Saturday 4 July 2026, 18:00
Lise Mayara Magri
Colas Matthew Ball
Widow Simone Thomas Whitehead 
Alain Taisuke Nakao
Father Thomas Christopher Saunders

Sunday 5 July 2026, 13:00 
Lise Akane Takada
Colas Calvin Richardson
Widow Simone Philip Mosley
Alain Marco Masciari
Father Thomas Christopher Saunders

Saturday 5 July 2026, 18:00 
Lise Francesca Hayward
Colas Marcelino Sambé
Widow Simone James Hay
Alain Joshua Junker
Father Thomas Aiden O'Brien


Conductor José Salazar
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Running Time Approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes including an intermission.


Giselle


Casts
Friday 10 July 2026, 18:30
Giselle Marianela Nuñez
Albrecht William Bracewell
Myrtha Leticia Dias
Hilarion Lukas B. Brændsrød
Pas de six lead couple Sae Maeda, Joonhyuk Jun

Saturday 11 July 2026, 13:30
Giselle Sarah Lamb
Albrecht Ryoichi Hirano 
Myrtha Annette Buvoli
Hilarion Valentino Zucchetti
Pas de six lead couple Mariko Sasaki, Leo Dixon

Saturday 11 July 2026, 18:30
Giselle Natalia Osipova
Albrecht Reece Clarke
Myrtha Leticia Dias
Hilarion Francisco Serrano
Pas de six lead couple Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Luca Acri

Sunday 12 July 2026, 12:00
Giselle Fumi Kaneko
Albrecht Vadim Muntagirov
Myrtha Annette Buvoli
Hilarion Téo Dubrueil
Pas de six lead couple Yuhui Choe, Taisuke Nakao

Sunday 12 July 2026, 17:00
Giselle Akane Takada
Albrecht Cesar Corrales
Myrtha Julia Roscoe
Hilarion Luca Acri
Pas de six lead couple Sae Maeda, Daichi Ikarashi

Conductor Martin Georgiev
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Running Time Approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes including an intermission.


Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

*Programmes and casting as of 11 May 2026 are subject to change.

2026年5月 7日

The Tokyo Ballet returns to Italy | December 2026

The Tokyo Ballet is delighted to be returning to Italy on tour in December 2026, following its successful tour in 2024. Since its Italian debut in 1973, the Company has toured to Italy for 18 times and to Turin three times, but this will be its first visit to the city in 40 years.   

The Tokyo Ballet presents a mixed program in six performances for the first time at the prestigious Teatro Regio Torino. The program will fully showcase the artistry and virtuosity of the Company's dancers: Prologue and Act I from KAGUYAHIME, The Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadère, and Le Sacre du Printemps.

KAGUYAHIME, ballet in a prologue and three acts, was choreographed for The Tokyo Ballet by Jo Kanamori, one of the most prominent Japanese choreographers, and world premiered in 2023. Inspired by the oldest Japanese surviving piece of prose fiction The Tale of Bamboo Cutter, Kanamori has wonderfully drawn universal themes, love and desire, to the music of Claude Debussy. The ballet's prologue and the first act will make its international debut at the Teatro Regio Torino. 

La Bayadère by Marius Petipa is one of the iconic works in The Tokyo Ballet's repertoire that showcases artistry and technique of both soloists and ensemble of the Company. On this occasion, one of the ballet's highlights, The Kingdom of the Shades, will be performed.

Having cherished exceptionally close relationship with Maurice Béjart, The Tokyo Ballet has 22 works by the choreographic giant in its repertoire, including two full-length ballets created for the Company, The Kabuki and M. Le Sacre du Printemps celebrates the primal power of life to the vibrant score of Igor Stravinsky that Maurice Béjart fantastically visualized through his audacious choreography.

The Tokyo Ballet has given 799 interntional performances in 158 cities across 33 countries and marks its 37th international tour and 800th overseas performance at the Teatro Regio Torino.

VENUE
Piazza Castello 215, 10124 Torino, Italy

Dates and Times
2026
Thursday 10 December, 20:00
Friday 11 December, 14:30
Friday 11 December, 20:00
Saturday 12 December 14:30
Saturday 12 December, 20:00
Sunday 13 December, 15:00

PROGRAM
Prologue and Act I from KAGUYAHIME
Ballet in a prologue and three acts
Music Claude Debussy 
Direction, Choreography and Space design Jo Kanamori
Costume design Tamae Hirokawa (SOMA DESIGN)
Woodwork Masaki Kondo
Video Ryu Endo
Lighting design Masakazu Ito (RYU), Jo Kanamori 
Assistant Director Sawako Iseki
Costume production Sonoko Takeda (Veronique)
World premiere 20 October 2023, The Tokyo Ballet, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
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photo: Shoko Matsuhashi

The Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadère
Music Ludwig Minkus
Choreography Marius Petipa
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photo: Shoko Matsuhashi

Le Sacre du Printemps
Choreography Maurice Béjart
Music Igor Stravinsky
Set and costumes Joëlle Roustand and Roger Bernard
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photo: Shoko Matsuhashi

The Tokyo Ballet
Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

*Information as of 7 May 2026 is subject to change.





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