Triple bill with uplifting masterpieces to share HOPE

After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, Sylvie Guillem launched an initiative in Paris called HOPE JAPAN to help support the disaster victims and people in Japan. In the fall of the same year when the nation was still suffering in the aftermath, Guillem, with the same aim in mind, did a Japan tour titled HOPE JAPAN with The Tokyo Ballet, visiting cities including the most affected ones in the eastern Japan. She had to include Maurice Béjart's Boléro in the shows because she thought it was "The Power of HOPE". Last year, The Tokyo Ballet resumed the tour in the same spirit to share HOPE with the audiences through ballet in the time of difficulties with COVID-19.

This summer, The Tokyo Ballet brings again an uplifting triple bill composed of Maurice Béjart's two masterpieces, Boléro and 7 danses grecques set to music of the great Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis who sadly passed away in 2021, and the flamboyant classic Paquita. Béjart's positive and evolutional approach to people and lives on earth is probably much needed in these troubled times.

Program

Performance Dates and Venues

Monday 25 July 2022, 19:00 @Takasaki City Theatre, Takasaki (Gunma)
Wednesday 27 July 2022, 18:30 @Tomakomai Shiminkaikan, Tomakomai (Hokkaido)
Thursday 28 July 2022, 18:30 @Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru, Sapporo (Hokkaido)
Saturday 30 July 2022, 14:00 @Hachinohe City Public Hall, Hachinohe (Aomori)
Monday 1 August 2022, 18:30 @Iwate Prefectural Hall, Morioka (Iwate)
Tuesday 2 August 2022, 19:00 @Yamagin Kenmin Hall, Yamagata (Yamagata)
Wednesday 3 August 2022, 18:30 @Sano Culture Center, Sano (Tochigi)
Thursday 4 August 2022, 18:30 @Rose Theatre, Fuji (Shizuoka)

Running Time About 2 hours including an intermission..
Recorded music will be used.

Tickets (tax included)

Ticket Sale Dates (At NBS)