Japan Tour / November 2018 (Day 12)

Our second Swan Lake performance took place yesterday before a full house. Not only our Kammertaenzer Alicia Amatriain und Friedemann Vogel, also the whole company provided an unforgettable performance. Highly concentrated and with great intensity John Cranko’s tragic love story was brought to life with dancing on the highest level. Bravo!

Photos: Roman Novitzky

With her crown already firmly in place, Alicia warms up

The company warms up

Alicia Torronteras and Miriam Kacerova warming up

Friedemann warming up before the performance

Alicia and Friedemann

Miriam

Alicia

Lovely swans

Alicia and Friedemann

Alicia and Friedemann

Alicia and Friedemann

Happy swans before the performance

Swans on break

Rocio Aleman and Miriam Kacerova just before the start of the fourth act

Swans!

Intense swans

Alicia and Friedemann

Lighthearted fun after the performance: Friedemann cuts up

Friedemann and Roman switch roles

Japan Tour / November 2018 (Day 11)

Our first Swan Lake performance was very special in several ways. Firstly because we performed exclusively for school children which meant that the house was full of about 2000 pupils. And also because our new principal dancer Ami Morita was dancing a leading role for the first time in her home country. Together with her handsome and most attentive prince David Moore as well as the whole company, Ami gave a stellar performance which is sure to inspire more than one young girl to follow Ami’s path and become a ballerina.

Photos: Roman Novitzky

Agnes Su, Rocio Aleman, Aiara Iturrioz Rico, Fernanda De Souza Lopes, Miriam Kacerova and David Moore dancing the pas de six

Siegfried’s friends: Noan Alves, Daniele Silingardi, Adhonay Soares da Silva, Adrian Oldenburger, Timoor Afshar

One beautiful swan: Paula Rezende

One beat of the wing later: Paula

Swans reign supreme

Our swans: grace and power

The magic of Swan Lake: the corps de ballet!

Ami Morita as Odette, David Moore as Prince Siegfried

Ami and David

Ami and David: Poetry and harmony

And this is what it looks like off stage!

Swans on the loose backstage

Alexander Mc Gowan getting ready for the role of the evil magician Rothbart, attended by dresser Alain Balloy

Sonia Santiago as the queen mother with her full court

Ami Morita in black before the third act grand pas de deux

Fernanda De Souza Lopes as the Russian princess

Japan Tour / November 2018 (Day 10)

Once again a full day in the Bunka Kaikan Theater: in the morning a stage rehearsal and in the evening the dress rehearsal, both for Swan Lake. Parallel to all that there are more interviews and photo shoots taking place; the media interest in the dancers is high! Elisa Badenes and Adhonay Soares da Silva dance the dress rehearsal. Adhonay will have his debut as Prince Siegfried on Saturday here in Tokyo, we all wish him the very best.

Photos: Roman Novitzky

Fraser Roach ready for the first act

Physiotherapist Gretus Mossig works on Aurora de Mori’s feet while Diana Ionescu prepares her pointes shoes

Adhonay: a new prince is born

Elisa Badenes on stage: magnificent

Our beautiful swans

Angelika Bulfinsky with all the supers

Angelika Bulfinsky with her young supers for the third act

Elisa has fun with/as Odile

Miriam Kacerova in her dressing room just before going onstage

Multitasking: Elisa Badenes in the expert hands of makeup artist Jenny Drechsler-Vogel and dresser Susanne Klein

Elisa Badenes: even swan queens need to take a break – and stay warm!

Lovely ladies

Swans on the wing, or rather in the wings

Room for improvement: corrections for the dancers

Martí Fernández Paixà checks to see if any corrections are for him

Japan Tour / November 2018 (Day 9)

We are rehearsing again! Onegin might be over but tomorrow we start with our Swan Lake performances here in Tokyo for which we are currently rehearsing in the studios of the Tokyo Ballet.

Photos: Roman Novitzky

Tamas Detrich, Andria Hall and Marc Ribaud in rehearsal for Swan Lake

Our physiotherapists Matthias Knop and Gretus Mossig watching rehearsal

Alicia Amatriain rehearsing her role as Odette/Odile

Friedemann Vogel as Prince Siegfried

Friedemann Vogel and Hyo-Jung Kang rehearsing the first act

Friedemann Vogel as Prince Siegfried with Miriam Kacerova, Hyo-Jung Kang, Angelina Zuccarini, Veronika Verterich and Diana Ionescu during the pas de six from the first act

David Moore during his appointment with physiotherapist Matthias Knop…

… who cares for our dancers physical health during the tour

Friedemann Vogel watching the swans

Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel

Alicia Amatriain, Friedemann Vogel and the corps de ballet ladies rehearsing the second act

The little swans Angelina Zuccarini, Fernanda De Souza Lopes, Aiara Iturrioz Rico and Paula Rezende

The big swans Miriam Kacerova and Rocio Aleman

Tamas Detrich, Andria Hall and Alicia Amatriain discussing after rehearsal

Yseult Lendvai and the corps de ballet ladies at the end of rehearsal

 

Japan Tour / November 2018 (Day 7 and 8)

We are back online with a recap of days 7 and 8 after yesterday‘s well deserved day off. On Sunday the Japanese audience in the completely sold out Bunka Kaikan Theatre rewarded our guest Mathieu Ganio and his Tatiana Elisa Badenes for their moving performance with standing ovations – and the enthusiastic autograph hunters defied the rain in front of the theatre. To make the day even more special, Adhonay Soares da Silva gave his debut as Lensky, next to Jessica Fyfe who performed the role of Olga for the first time with the Stuttgart Ballet.

On Monday most of the company enjoyed a most necessary day of rest – except some of the Principal Dancers and Miriam Kacerova and Roman Novitzky, who taught class and gave a workshop in contemporary choreography for students of the Tokyo Ballet School. See for yourself!

Photos: Roman Novitzky and Miriam Kacerova

Adhonay Soares da Silva warms up in his dressing room

The begining of the first act: Elisa Badenes as Tatiana is absorbed in her book

Our special guest, Mathieu Ganio, Étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, enters the scene: Tatiana meets Onegin for the first time…

… and falls in love

The corps de ballet men are ready for Tatiana‘s birthday party.

… as well as our ladies!

The high society

Mathieu Ganio as Onegin

Onegin is bored by the party

Onegin rejects Tatiana

Adhonay Soares da Silva gives his debut as Lensky

Onegin is desolate before his duel with Lensky

Mathieu Ganio gets his make-up done during the intermission by Samira Rädcher

And this is what it looks like on the other side if the camera: our Principal Dancer and photographer Roman Novitzky in action, photographed by Artistic Director Tamas Detrich.

Matteo Crockard-Villa double checks thst everything is perfect before his entrance as Prince Gremin

Onegin witnesses Tatiana‘s contented life

Tatiana and her husband Prince Gremin

Onegin tries one last time to win Tatiana‘s heart

Love lies in ruins

Applause for the whole cast!

Well deserved applause after an emotional final pas de deux

Applause and standing ovations in the sold out Bunka Kaikan Theatre

Elisa Badenes, Adhonay Soares da Silva and their fans

Selfie with Adhonay Soares da Silva

Jessica Fyfe and fans

Miriam Kacerova teaches class for some of the students of the Tokyo Ballet School.

Roman Novitzk teaching steps from one of his pieces with the students

A group photo at the end of the workshop…

… with Japanese greetings!