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.


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Iana Salenko has regretfully withdrawn from the Festival due to personal issues.

 

We are pleased to announce below the Festival Programs A and B.

 

Program A   13, 14, 15, 16 August 2021

Artists

Program

Amandine Albisson

Mathieu Ganio

Diamonds from Jewels

by George Balanchine

Maria Alexandrova

Vladislav Lantratov

Raymonda - Pas de deux

by Marius Petipa

Elisa Badenes

Friedemann Vogel

Onegin - Pas de deux from Act 3

by John Cranko

Alessandra Ferri

Marcelo Gomes

Le Parc

by Angelin Preljocaj

Dorothée Gilbert

Hugo Marchand

Grand pas classique

by Victor Gsovsky

Ekaterina Krysanova

Kimin Kim

Le Corsaire

by Marius Petipa

Sarah Lamb

Partner TBA

TBA

 

Marianela Núñez

Vadim Muntagirov

Don Quixote

by Marius Petipa

Hannah O'Neill

Mathias Heymann

Other Dances

by Jerome Robbins

Tamara Rojo

Isaac Hernández

Giselle

by Akram Khan

Olga Smirnova

Vladimir Shklyarov

Romeo and Juliet - Pas de deux from Act 1

by Leonid Lavrovsky

Madoka Sugai

Alexandr Trusch

I Got Rhythm from Shall we dance?

by John Neumeier

Diana Vishneva

Marcelo Gomes

Marguerite and Armand - White Pas de deux

by Frederick Ashton

David Hallberg

Partner TBA

TBA

Gil Roman

 

Swan Song

by Giorgio Madia

Daniil Simkin

Partner TBA

TBA

 

 

Program B   19, 20, 21, 22 August 2021

Artists

Program

Amandine Albisson

Mathieu Ganio

Three Preludes

by Ben Stevenson

Maria Alexandrova

Vladislav Lantratov

TBA

Elisa Badenes

Friedemann Vogel

TBA

 

Alessandra Ferri

Gil Roman

Les Chaises

by Maurice Béjart

Dorothée Gilbert

Hugo Marchand

Romeo and Juliet - Pas de deux from Act 3

by Rudolf Nureyev

Ekaterina Krysanova

Kimin Kim

Don Quixote

by Marius Petipa

Sarah Lamb

Partner TBA

TBA

Marianela Núñez

Vadim Muntagirov

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux

by George Balanchine

Hannah O'Neill

Mathias Heymann

Le Corsaire

by Marius Petipa

Tamara Rojo

Isaac Hernández

No Man's Land

by Liam Scarlett

Olga Smirnova

Vladimir Shklyarov

Diamonds from Jewels

by George Balanchine

Madoka Sugai

Alexandr Trusch

Pas de deux and Solos from Sylvia

by John Neumeier

Diana Vishneva

Marcelo Gomes

Homage to Maya

by Alexei Ratmansky

David Hallberg

Partner TBA

TBA

Daniil Simkin

Partner TBA

TBA

 

*Programs and casting as of 1 June 2021 are subject to change. Changes in the program and cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

 

Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)