NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The Royal Opera
Faust / Gala
September 2019 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

The Royal Ballet
Don Quixote Gala
June 2019 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

Ferri, Bolle and Friends
Program A , B
July,August 2019 Venue: Bunkyo Civic Hall

The Tokyo Ballet
The 7th Meguro Ballet Festival
August 2019 Venue: Meguro Persimmon Hall

The 29th NBS Premium Ballet Series
From March 2019 to March 2020

22 May 2019	Cast Changes: The Royal Ballet Japan Tour 2019 We have just learned from The Royal Ballet that Steven McRae and Akane Takada will not take part in the Company's Japan tour in June due to injury. We are intensively discussing this matter with the Company. Details and a new cast will be announced as soon as they are confirmed. *Changes in the ca...
5 Mar 2019	Ballet for Life, legendary work by Maurice Béjart set to Queen's music, will return to Tokyo with Béjart Ballet Lausanne in May 2020! Béjart Ballet Lausanne will return to Tokyo in May 2020, bringing Ballet for Life, a legendary masterpiece created by Maurice Béjart in 1997 to commemorate Freddie Mercury and Jorge Donne, set to music by Queen and Mozart. Experience the "cultural phenomenon" with us! Tour date...
4 Mar 2019	Ferri, Bolle and Friends gala Roberto Bolle will finally bring his long-awaited gala production to Tokyo together with another Italian star dancer Alessandra Ferri and friends, outstanding dancers from around the world. Ferri, Bolle and Friends Wednesday 31 July 2019 @Bunkyo Civic Hall, Tokyo Thursday 1 August 2019 @Bunkyo Civic...
10 Dec 2018	The Royal Ballet Japan Tour 2019 The Royal Ballet returns to Japan for the first time since 2016. They will bring two programs, Don Quixote and a gala programme. The tour begins on Friday 21 June 2019. Don't miss it! Don Quixote Ballet in three acts Production and Choreography Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa Music Ludwig Minkus ...
10 Oct 2018	Le Corsaire, The Tokyo Ballet The Tokyo Ballet is proud to premiere one of the most thrilling masterpieces, Le Corsaire, in March 2019. Join us on an exciting journey with the pirates! Le Corsaire 【The Tokyo Ballet Premiere】Ballet in three acts with a prologue Music Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Peter ...
13 Sep 2018	The Royal Opera Japan Tour 2019 The Royal Opera lead by Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano returns to Japan for the first time since 2015. They will bring two operas, Otello and Faust. The tour begins on Friday 13 September 2018. Performance dates and ticket details will be announced shortly. Otello ...
14 Aug 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Sasaki GALA Program Updates Please see below for updates in the casting and the program of Sasaki GALA. - Myriam Ould-Braham has regretfully withdrawn from Sasaki Gala due to injury. Consequently, Mathias Haymann's partner in Grand Pas Classique will be Dorothée Gilbert. - Due to Cesar C...
27 Jul 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Program Changes Due to injury, it has become necessary to make some changes to Program A and B. We have just learned that Marijn Rademaker has regretfully withdrawn from the Festival due to injury. Consequently, Maria Eichwald's partner will instead be Alexandre Riabko to dance in Program A and ...
20 Jul 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Program Updates and Additional Artist We are pleased to announce that Daniel Proietto from The Norwegian National Ballet will join the festival to perform with Aurélie Dupont a ballet by Alan Lucien Øyen in Program A. At Sasaki GALA, there will be three special performances dedicated to the late Tadatsugu Sasaki, fou...
17 Jul 2018	Cast Change: Don Quixote on 28 July 2018【The 15th World Ballet Festival】 Cesar Corrales has regretfully withdrawn from his performance as Basilio in Don Quixote at the World ballet Festival on 28 July 2018, due to injury. After discussion with Alina Cojocaru who will dance as Kitri, Leonid Sarafanov will dance as Basilio. * Changes in the cast or the program do not enti...