NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The Tokyo Ballet
The Giselle
February 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

L.v.Beethoven The Ninth Symphony Maurice Béjart
April／May 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Wiener Staatsoper
Der Rosenkavalier／Così fan tutte
October 2021 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ／Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

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

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

18 Jan 2021	Ticket Sales Postponed: The Ninth Symphony performances in April / May 2021 Following the state of emergency declared by the Japanese government for Tokyo on 7 January 2021, we have decided to postpone ticket sales for The Ninth Symphony performances which was due to start on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 21:00. The Ninth Symphony is to be performed by The Tokyo Ballet and the B...
14 Dec 2020	Hamburg Ballet Japan Tour in March 2021 Cancelled It is with great regret that we announce the Hamburg Ballet Japan tour in March 2021 has been postponed due to the current COVID-19 situation. As of 14 December 2020, many of the theaters in European countries are forced to close due to the second wave of COVID-19. Japan is struggling with the...
18 Nov 2020	The Tokyo Ballet streams "M" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Yukio Mishima's Death The Tokyo Ballet streams legendary ballet "M" choreographed by Maurice Béjart to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ritual suicide of Japan's most famous postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima. When Maurice Béjart set about choreographing a new ballet for The Tokyo Ballet in 1993, he chose Mishima as ...
4 Nov 2020	Program Change: Hamburg Ballet Japan Tour 2021, Ghost Light Japan Performing Arts Foundation would like to announce that there has been a change in the program of the Hamburg Ballet's Japan tour scheduled in March 2021. After active and thorough discussion with Director and Chief Choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, we have come to...
12 Oct 2020	Hamburg Ballet Japan Tour 2021 The Hamburg Ballet returns to Japan for the first time since 2018. They will bring three programs: Anna Karenina, a ballet inspired by Leo Tolstoy, Bernstein Dances, a ballet revue based on the music and spirit of Leonard Bernstein, and The World of John Neumeier, a gala which was performed in Japan...
12 Oct 2020	Rescheduled Dates for The Ninth Symphony performances in April/May 2021 We are pleased to announce next year's rescheduled dates for The Ninth Symphony performances that were originally scheduled to be performed in April 2020 by The Tokyo Ballet and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and postponed in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates begin on 29 April...
4 Sep 2020	Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Japan Tour in November 2020 Canceled It is with great regret that we announce Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Japan tour has been canceled because of the unpredictability of immigration restrictions due to on-going global coronavirus concerns. The tour was due to start on November 6 and conclude on November 8, 2020, with 4 shows of The Tami...
27 Aug 2020	Important Notice to Ticket Holders for The Tokyo Ballet's Don Quixote Performances in September 2020 We regret to inform all ticket holders for The Tokyo Ballet's Don Quixote Performances in September 2020 that we have to cancel all the tickets first and then restart selling tickets with a new seating capacity reduced to 50% of the theater. It is to meet the current Japanese government capacity res...
6 Aug 2020	The Tokyo Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty performances in August 2020 Postponed It is with great regret to announce that we have had to postpone all The Tokyo Ballet's performances of The Sleeping Beauty of My First Ballet Series at the 8th Meguro Ballet Festival because a case of COVID-19 was confirmed among the persons concerned with The Tokyo Ballet. We immediately took all ...
28 Jul 2020	Béjart Ballet Lausanne Japan Tour in September 2020 Canceled It is with great regret that we announce the Béjart Ballet Lausanne Japan tour has been canceled because of the unpredictability of immigration restrictions due to on-going global coronavirus concerns. The tour was due to start on September 11 and conclude on September 22, 2020, with total of 9 show...