The Tokyo Ballet is delighted to announce that the Company will tour to Italy from 12 to 29 November 2024. It will be the Company's 36th international tour to present 13 performances in four cities: Cagliari, Bari, Bologna and Rimini. The programs will be selected from five beautiful masterpieces representing the Company's vast repertoire: The Kingdom of the Shades from Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère, two works by Maurice Béjart, Roméo et Juliette Pas de deux and Le Sacre du Printemps, and two works by Jiří Kylián, Petite Mort and Dream Time.

Since its first international tour in 1967, only three years after its foundation, The Tokyo Ballet has given 786 performances at theaters abroad in 156 cities in 33 countries, including the Palais Garnier, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, and Royal Opera House. At the end of the upcoming Italian tour, the Company will mark 799 performances abroad in 158 cities in 33 countries.