25 Jun 2024
The 17th World Ballet Festival: Programs and Participating Artists
We are pleased to announce below Programs A and B to be performed at the 17th World Ballet. 

We are also delighted to announce the 10 additional participating artists: 
Silvia Azzoni (Hamburg Ballet), Alessandro Cavallo (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Alessandra Ferri, Gabriel Figueredo (The Stuttgart Ballet), Juichi Kobayashi (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Germain Louvet (Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris), Mari Ohashi (Béjart Ballet Lausanne), Alexandre Riabko (Hamburg Ballet), Madoka Sugai (Hamburg Ballet), Alexandr Trusch (Hamburg Ballet)

Mathias Heymann (Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris) has sadly had to withdraw from the Festival due to Injury. 

Program A  31 July, 1, 2, 3, 4 August 2024
(Repertoire order will be announced on the performance date.)
TBC
Silvia Azzoni | Alexandre Riabko

Lady of the Camellias - Pas de deux from Act 3
Choreography: John Neumeier, Music: Frédéric Chopin
Elisa Badenes | Friedemann Vogel

TBC
Mackenzie Brown | Gabriel Figueredo

After the Rain
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon, Music: Arvo Pärt
Alessandra Ferri | Roberto Bolle

En Sol
Choreography: Jerome Robbins, Music: Maurice Ravel
Dorothée Gilbert | Hugo Marchand

Manon - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Jules Massenet
Sarah Lamb | William Bracewell

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography: George Balanchine, Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May Nagahisa | Kimin Kim

Qualia
Choreography: Wayne McGregor, Music: Scanner
Yasmine Naghdi | Reece Clarke

Don Quixote
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Music: Léon Minkus
Marianela Nuñez | Vadim Muntagirov

Le Parc
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj, Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hannah O'Neill | Germain Louvet

Shadow of the Whale in the Sky
Choreography: Joost Vrouenraets, Music: Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Anthony and the Jonsons
Gil Roman | Juichi Kobayashi

Trois gnossiennes
Choreography: Hans van Manen, Music: Erik Satie
Olga Smirnova | Hugo Marchand

TBC
Madoka Sugai | Alexandr Trusch

Sinatra Suite
Choreography: Twyla Tharp, Music: Frank Sinatra
Diana Vishneva | Marcelo Gomes

TBC
Daniil Simkin | Partner TBC

Program B  7, 8, 9, 10 August 2024
(Repertoire order will be announced on the performance date.)
TBC
Silvia Azzoni | Alexandre Riabko

Mayerling
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Franz Liszt arranged by John Launchbery
Elisa Badenes | Friedemann Vogel

TBC
Mackenzie Brown | Gabriel Figueredo

Le Parc
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj, Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alessandra Ferri | Roberto Bolle

Onegin - Pas de deux from Act 3
Choreography: John Cranko, Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky arranged by Kurt-Heinz Stolze
Dorothée Gilbert | Hugo Marchand

Ami
Choreography: Marcelo Gomes, Music: Frédéric Chopin
Marcelo Gomes | Alexandre Riabko

Romeo and Juliet - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Sarah Lamb | William Bracewell

TBC
May Nagahisa | Kimin Kim

Manon - Pas de deux from Act 1
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Jules Massenet
Yasmine Naghdi | Reece Clarke

Le Corsaire
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Music: Riccardo Drigo
Marianela Nuñez | Vadim Muntagirov

Bhakti III 
Choreography: Maurice Béjart, Music: Traditional Indian music
Mari Ohashi | Alessandro Cavallo

Sonatine
Choreography: George Balanchine, Music: Maurice Ravel
Hannah O'Neill | Germain Louvet

TBC
Madoka Sugai | Alexandr Trusch

Ring um den Ring
Choreography: Maurice Béjart, Music: Richard Wagner
Diana Vishneva | Gil Roman

TBC
Daniil Simkin | Partner TBC

*Programs and casting as of 25 June 2024 are subject to change. Changes in the program or the cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)