Nouvelles du Japon / News from Japan

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Le site web de Dance Cube est mis à jour. Le contenu de ce numéro est:

De Paris :
Angelin Preljocaj Blanche-Neige, l'Opéra de Paris Les Enfants du Paradis, Antonio Gades et Carlos Saura Carmen

Les Enfants du Paradis

( Source: http://www.chacott-jp.com/magazine/around/pari_71_2.html )

From New York : BalletMet Columbus (mixed program - Audacious One (Warren Adams), Ad Infinitum (Jimmy Orrante), etc.), Ballet Hispanico, Rosas Steve Reich Evning at Next Wave Festival

From London : The Royal Ballet Swan Lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet Russian Steps - Raymonda act III (Noureev) - Concerto (MacMillan) - Firebird (Fokine), Mariinsky Ballet at Sadler's Wells Forsythe in Focus; Program 1: Steptext (Forsythe) - Approximate Sonata (Forsythe) - Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude - In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe), Program 2 : Apollon (Balanchine) - Tchaikovsky pas de deux (Balanchine) - Le Fils Prodigue (Balanchine) - Middle Duet (Ratmansky)

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From this weekend, three major ballet companies from Europe (España, Deutsch and Россия Russia) will start their Japan Tour. Each impresario has the promotional web site for these tours. Those are written in japanese but you can find some photos or video-clips. Here are the links and the latest information:

Nacho Duato La Compañía Nacional de Danza de España 22-24 novembre
Romeo y Julieta (chor. Nacho Duato)
Saturday 22 (18h00), Sunday 23 (15h00), Monday 24 (15h00) novembre 2008
- Venue: Saïnokuni Saïtama Geijutsu Gekijo, Saïtama (suburb of Tokyo)
- Ticket: categorie S-7,000 yen / A-5,000 yen
- Info: http://www.saf.or.jp/arthall/event/event_detail/2008/d1122.html Saïtama Arts Foundation
- Contact: tel. +81-48-858-5500, fax. +81-48-858-5515 Saïtama Geijutsu Gekijo / tel. +81-48-585-5511 Ticket Centre

- Video-clip on the web site above link represents
or Ticket Pia: http://t.pia.jp/feature/stage/nacho/nacho.html
(Please click this link under the photo of Romeo and Juliette at the bottom of the page)


Stuttgart Ballet 23-30 novembre
Sleeping Beauty (Haide)
- 23 novembre (13h00): Maria Eichwald (Aurora) / Friedemann Vogel (Prince) / Jason Reilly (Karabos)
- 24 novembre (15h00): Alicia Amatriain / Filip Barankiewicz / Jason Reilly
- 25 novembre (15h00): Anna Osadcenko / Marijn Rademaker / Filip Barankiewicz

Oneguin (Cranko)
- 28 novembre (18h30): Jirí Jelinek (oneguin) / Alicia Amatriain (Tachiana) / Friedemann Vogel (Rensky)
- 29 novembre (15h00): Jason Reilly / Sue Jin Kang / Marijn Rademaker
- 30 novembre (15h00): Filip Barankiewicz / Maria Eichwald / Alexander Zaitsev

- Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan
- Ticket: categorie-S 18,000 yen / A 16,000 yen / B 14,000 yen / C 11,000 yen / D 8,000 yen / E 5,000 yen
- Contact: e-mail to english@nbs.or.jp NBS
- Info in English: http://www.nbs.or.jp/english/index.html

- Latest news and photos: http://www.nbs.or.jp/blog/0811_stuttgart/
- Video-clips: http://www.nbs.or.jp/blog/0811_stuttgart/cat54/


Bolchoï Ballet

- à Mie Saturday 22 novembre (14h30)
Don Quixote (Natalia Osipova / Ivan Vasiliev)

- à Shiga Monday 24 novembre (14h00)
The Bright Stream (Yekaterina Krysanova / Andrei Merkuriev / Maria Alexandrova / Sergei Filin)

- à Nagoya Wednesday 26 novembre (18h30)
Swan Lake (Svetlana Zakharova / Andrei Uvarov / Dmitry Belogolovtsev)

- à Fukuoka Friday 28 novembre (18h30)
Don Quixote (Yekaterina Shipulina / Dmitry Belogolovtsev)

- à Ohita Saturday 29 novembre (14h00)
Swan Lake (Anna Antonicheva / Dmitry Gudanov)

- à Sapporo Monday 1 decembre (18h30)
Swan Lake (Svetlana Zakharova / Andrei Uvarov / Artem Shpilevsky)

- à Tokyo (Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan)

Don Quixote - 3, 4, 11 decembre
- Wednesday 3 decembre (18h30): Maria Alexandrova / Dmitry Belogolovtsev
- Thursday 4 decembre (18h30): Natalia Osipova / Ivan Vasiliev
- Thursday 11 decembre (18h30): Svetlana Zakharova / Andrei Uvarov

Swan Lake - 5-7 decembre
- Friday 5 decembre (18h30): Svetlana Zakharova / Andrei Uvarov / Artem Shpilevsky
- Saturday 6 decembre (12h00): Anna Antonicheva / Dmitry Gudanov / Yuri Baranov
- Saturday 6 decembre (18h30): Maria Alexandrova / Artem Shpilevsky / Pavel Dmitrichenko
- Sunday 7 decembre (12h00): Yekaterina Krysanova / Dmitry Gudanov / Yuri Baranov
- Sunday 7 decembre (18h30): Svetlana Zakharova / Andrei Uvarov / Dmitry Belogolovtsev

The Bright Stream - 9, 10 decembre
- Tuesday 9 decembre (18h30): Yekaterina Krysanova / Andrei Merkuriev / Maria Alexandrova / Sergei Filin
- Wednesday 10 decembre (19h00): Anastasia Goryacheva / Ivan Vasiliev / Natalia Osipova / Sergei Filin

- à Osaka Satureday 13 decembre (17h00)
Swan Lake (Maria Alexandrova / Artem Shpilevsky)

- à Osaka Sunday 14 decembre (14h00)
Don Quixote (Natalia Osipova / Ivan Vasiliev)

- Latest news and photos: http://bolshoi-ballet.seesaa.net/
- Video-clip of Bright Stream: http://bolshoi-ballet.seesaa.net/article/109616187.html
- Info in English: http://www.japanarts.co.jp/html/2008/ballet/bolshoi/english.htm

[sophia]

Sergeï Filin a repris du service?

[mizuko]

Il danse seulement pour cette tournée au Japon, uniquement dans The Bright Stream. Il avait été prévue, mais, plus tard retiré de Don Quichotte et Le Lac des cygnes.

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Les dernieres issues de la presse japonaise du mois de decembre 2008.

Dance Magazine janvier 2009


(Source: http://www.shinshokan.co.jp/dance/index_dance.html )

Couverture: Marie-Agnès Gillot dans le costume de Merry Widow (La Veuve Joyeuse)

Report:
- l'Opéra de Paris Les Enfants du Paradis avec plusieurs photos et interviews de Jose Martinez, Mathieu Ganio, Isabelle Ciaravola, Mathias Heymann, Alessio Carbone, Eve Grinsztajn, et le court article sur leçon ordinaire de l'Opéra de Paris
- K-Ballet Company Coppélia
- Malakhov & Friends à Berlin
etc.

* In the interviews
Jose Martinez says he will dance Bolero.
Isabelle Ciaravola says she will dance Tachiana in Onegin.


DANZA decembre 2008 - janvier 2009


(Source: http://www.mde.co.jp/danza/ )

Couverture: Andrei Uvarov (Bolchoï Ballet)

Il y a l'article spécial sur Etoile Gala 2008, qui comprend les interviews de Marie-Agnès Gillot, Mélanie Hurel, Mathias Heymann, Jiří Bubeníček, Benjamin Pech.

Egalment, les interviews de Svetlana Lunkina et Silvia Azzoni dans l'article de tête

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Karin Averty is invited to guest with NBA Ballet in coming February. It seems she is to appear in Les Biches of Nijinska with Maria Eichwald of Stuttgart Ballet.

NBA Ballet
Ballet Russes Gala

Saturday 21 (18h30), Sunday 22 (15h00) February 2009
at U-Port Hall, Tokyo

Programme:
Chopiniana (Fokine)
Les Biches (Nijinska) with Karin Averty and Maria Eichwald (Stuttgart Ballet)
The Polovtsian Dances (Fokine)

Ticket: categorie -SS 12,000 yen / -S 10,000 yen / -A 8,000 yen / -B 7,000 yen
Contact: NBA Ballet tel. +81-4-2924-7000 / fax. +81-4-2924-7772 / http://www.nbaballet.org/

Here are the link to Flyer 1 and Flyer 2

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Muriel Zusperrguy, Kar Paquette and Josua Hoffalt will be invited to guest with Ryuko Arima Ballet, of Kyoto, in Giselle (full-length) next August.

Ryuko Arima Ballet - The 60th Anniversary Ballet Performance

Giselle
with Muriel Zusperreguy (Giselle), Karl Paquette (Albrecht), Josua Hoffalt (Hilarion)

Concerto en Ré *Mme Claude Bessy will be invited as the teacher for this work.

- Date: Sunday 2 august 2009
- Venue: Biwako Hall, Shiga
- Info: http://www.kyoto-ballet-academy.com/news/index.html (japanese)

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À propos de la Tournée au Japon du Bolchoï, Zakharova a blessé son cou et retiré de la représentation de jeudi (11/12). Osipova et Vasiliev a remplacé le rôle titre de Don Quichotte.

La troupe est maintenant à Osaka, et représentra Le Lac de cygnes (Alexandrova/Shpilevsky) aujourd'hui, Don Quichotte (Osipova/Vasiliev) demain qui est la dernière représentation de cette tournée au Japon.

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En ce qui concerne Svetlana Zakharova Gala au Japon en avril-mai 2009, voici quelques plus d'informations, annoncé Japan Arts sur leur site web.

Svetlana Zakharova Gala avril-mai 2009

Mercredi 29 avril 2009 (16h00) - Programme A à Kanagawa-Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
Vendredi 1 mai 2009 (18h30) - Programme B à Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan, Tokyo
Samdi 2 mai 2009 (18h00) - Programme A à Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan, Tokyo
Dimanche 3 mai 2009 (16h00) - Programme B à Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan, Tokyo

<Programme A>

Part I

Carmen Suite (music: Bizet/Schedrin / chor.: Alonso, Plisetsky)
Svetlana Zakharova (Carmen), Andrei Uvarov (José), Artem Shupilevsky (Torero), avec Kiev Ballet

Part II

Le Corsaire (music: Dorigo / chor.: Petipa)
Nina Kaptsova, Ivan Vasiliev

Adagio (music: Bach / chor.: Miroshnichenko)
Andrei Merkuriev

Revelation (music: J. Williams ("Schindler's list") / chor.: Motoko Hirayama)
Svetlana Zakharova

Magrittomania (music: Beethoven / chor.: Possokhov)
Nelli Kobakhidze, Artem Shpilevsky

Crazy (music: Piazzolla / chor.: Sergei Bondur)
Ivan Vasiliev

Don Quichotte grand pas de deux (music: Minks / chor.: Petipa)
Svetlana Zakharova, Andrei Uvarov, avec deux danseuses de Kiev Ballet


<Programme B>

Part I

Carmen Suite (music: Bizet/Schedrin / chor.: Alonso, Plisetsky)
Svetlana Zakharova (Carmen), Andrei Uvarov (José), Artem Shupilevsky (Torero), avec Kiev Ballet

Part II

Flammes de Paris (music: Asafiev / chor. Vaïnonen)
Nina Kaptsova, Ivan Vasiliev

Tristan and Isolde (music: Wagner / chor. Pastor)
Svetlana Zakharova, Andrei Merkuriev

Black (music: Rene Aubry / chor.: Francesco Ventiglia)
Svetlana Zakharova, Andrei Merkuriev

Giselle (music: Adam / chor.: Coralli, Perrot, Petipa)
Nelli Kobakhidze, Artem Shpilevsky

Crazy (music: Piazzolla / chor.: Sergei Bondur)
Ivan Vasiliev

Voice (music: Verdi / chor. Pastor)
Svetlana Zakharova


Ticket: categorie-S 16,000 yen / A 13,000 yen / B 11,000 yen / C 9,000 yen / D 7,000 yen / E 5,000 yen
*en vente à partir du 9 novembre 2008

Info.: Japan Arts - tel. +81-3-5237-7711
http://www.japanarts.co.jp/html_e/2009_e/ballet_e/zakharova_e/index.htm (anglais)
http://www.japanarts.co.jp/html/2009/ballet/zakharova/index.htm (japonais)

* Info sur la représentation de 29 avril à Yokohama: Kanagawa Geijutsu Kyokai - tel. +81-45-453-5080
http://www.kanagawa-geikyo.com/
http://www.kanagawa-geikyo.com/hall/kenmin.html
Ticket: categorie-S 16,000 yen / A 13,000 yen / B 10,000 yen / C 7,000 yen / D 4,000 yen
*en vente à partir du 9 novembre 2008


( Source: http://www.japanarts.co.jp/html/2009/ballet/zakharova/index.htm )

Lien sur PDF de flyer:
http://www.japanarts.co.jp/html/2009/ballet/zakharova/images/flyer.pdf

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The Royal Danish Ballet will do the Japan Tour in May 2009. It's been 9 years since their last tour.

THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET JAPAN TOUR 2009

in Tokyo

Napoli (chor. Bournonville)
- Friday 15 May (18h30) Tina Højlund / Tomas Lund
- Saturday 16 May (15h00) Diana Cuni / Tim Matiakis
- Sunday 17 May (15h00) Tina Højlund / Tomas Lund

Roméo and Juliette (chor. Neumeier)
- Friday 22 May (18h30) Christina Michanek / Sebastian Kloborg
- Saturday 23 May (15h00) Femke Molbach Slot / Ulrik Birkkjær
- Sunday 24 May (15h00) Christina Michanek / Sebastian Kloborg

- Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaïkan
- Ticket: categorie-S 16,000 yen / A 14,000 yen / B 12,000 yen / C 10,000 yen / D 7,000 yen / E 5,000 yen *on sale from Saturday 31 January 2009 (JT)
- Contact: e-mail to english@nbs.or.jp NBS



in Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Roméo and Juliette (chor. Neumeier)
Saturday 30 (15h00) may 2009

Napoli (chor. Bournonville)
Sunday 31 (15h00) may 2009

- Venue: Hyogo Performing Arts Center
- Ticket: categorie-A 16,000 yen / B 13,000 yen / C 10,000 yen / D 8,000 yen / E 6,000 yen *on sale from 14 dicembre 2008
- Contact: tel. +81-798-68-0255

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After Lopatokina and Vishneva, these two DVD are to be released on 21 January 2009 from Creative Core.

Variation Lesson vol. 3 Somova & Tereshkina



Alina Somova : variation of Odette from Swan Lake / variation of Aurora from Sleeping Beauty act III
Viktoria Tereshkina : variation of Odile from Swan Lake / female variation from Grand Pas Classique


Variation Lesson vol. 4 Obraztsova & Novikova



Yevgenia Obraztsova : female variarion (Satanella) from Carnaval à Venise / female variation from Arlequinada
Olesia Novikova : variation of Giselle from Giselle act I / variation of Kitri from Don Quixote act III

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Notre amie Kyoko nous signale une série de photos qu'elle a réalisées lors de la récente tournée de Manuel Legris au Japon.

A cette occasion, Kyoko publie également chez Figaro Books un album consacré au danseur étoile de l'Opéra de Paris :

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À la fin de l'année 2008, il y a eu "Christmas gala" à Tokyo, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa Hiten pour la charitiè à Japanese RED CROSS SOCIETY.
On a vu les danses brillantes.

Ici-la, les dansueses et danseurs et Programme comprend un nouveau solo de Manel Legris, "The picture of..." par Patrick de Bana, Choregrape de Introdans.

L'Opera National de Paris
Eleonora Abbagnato / Manuel Legris / Benjamin Pech

Hamburg Ballet
Sylvia Azzoni / Alexandare Riabko

Introdans Chorégraphe
Patrick de Bana

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ensuite quelque reviews pour chaque programme.

Suivante en anglais, pardon.
Mais si je le ecrirais en fancais, sans nuances. Donc j'espere bien que vous sentiez quelque atomospheres.

et en japonais, ici the Art's Room ; mon forum principal.

◆Suite en Blanc
AS a starter, it was pretty good to have "Suite en Blanc", French style white ballet. There Eleonora left different impressions among her 3 programmes. Even the flexibility of her body, she danced with precise position and her warm elegant character put some lyrical atmosphere to this piece.

Benjamin was really distinctive as an etoile in this Adagio. Rather few dancing for male dancer, but he impressed his presence in solid lines and fine steps. I saw his steady support for Eleonora made her brilliant and stunning.

◆Ahmedo
A solo of P. de Bana with Kurd music. He showed his own way of dancing with Japanese Hakama; a bottom of Traditional cloth. Even he told most of his inspiration came from Kabuki, mainly Tamasaburo. but rather looked like Kung-fu, I felt... his sharp eye-sight on stage was really impressive as if that of Samurai.

◆La Shylphide
A beautiful pdd and a beautiful couple, Syliva and Riabko, they've just come from their home ground Hamburg Ballet, which had have its Premiere of this Lacotte's ballet.

Syliva looked very beautiful with her shylphe-like pose and in her position I saw the forum of E. Platel, who did re-mount this piece to this company. Riabko was perfect ! ; with very light, air-like steps as for James. His batterie was so brisk and steady. And they put very romantic air in this piece. Really looked PDD d'amour.

◆Slyvia
Eleonora and Manuel, looked much younger for this last scene, because without white powder on their hairs but of course they created the world of Neumeiere; a story of departing love.

Eleonora was very delicate to express her emotion to Aminta on her movement, really fine and beautiful. And as for Manuel, no word except perfect and beautiful. Soft and steady movement and well-balanced support made her beautiful and of course himself stunning. His drama longing for Syliva was so sincere that I saw a real drama in this short Pdd from Act Ⅲ.


◆Barnstine Dance
Riabko, really his step was amazing, very light and precise. Whenever I saw his Burnstain dance, I can't help but to image Balanchine not Neumeier with this up-tempo music. He looked as if being on town of America. Really he enjoyed dancing it and me as well really enjoyed it.

◆Romeo et Juliet
Neumeier version. There at the beginning, Romeo leaned against the bed located in the right side and woke up then remembered his murder of Tybalt the night before with looking his hands...

Each time I was moved by this scene. I've seen this pdd by Benjamin several times then felt he was free to express himself in this version. Apparently he has deepened his drama since last summer, Etoile Gala.

Sylvia, has an ideal feature for this role, Juliet, a lovely face wtih middle-high, she looked like as a teenager. And in such dramatic ballet, she devoted to the role, expressing her sorrow for departing.

And both of them from different companies, they had really good partnership. What's a beautiful pdd!!

◆Herman Schmerman
Myself, not so much familiar to Forsyth's; full of keen off-balance and swinging-like steps as for his dancing vocabulary. Even now we see such similar steps in many modern pieces, still those are Forsyth's. There Eleonora was free to express with her flexibly, really distinctive and beautiful.

On the other hand, Patrick de Bana didn't look as Forsyth dancer, I dared to say; a bit stiff in his lines. But his dance left different atmospheres with his partner Eleonora. His very mannish and steady body was well contrast by her flexibility and created two dimensions; light and dark, soft and hard so on. very interesting mood.

to be continued

[clara-anne]

At last a new solo of Manuel Legris.
According to his message to this Gala, he's been longing for a new solo for himself. We were very honored to see it here in Tokyo.