JAPAN // NOVEMBER 2015 (Day 11)

Dear everybody!

Today is our first Onegin performance at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. We’re hoping for a full house and that the audience will enjoy the performance with Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana and Friedemann Vogel as Onegin. But first we proudly present to you some photos from yesterday: the rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet in the studios of the Tokyo Ballet and the dress rehearsal for Onegin in the theatre last night. For the performance today we wish everybody a huge TOI TOI TOI!!!

Rehersal of Romeo and Juliet: Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio, Louis Stiens al Benvolio, Robert Robinson as Tybalt and Constantine Allen as Romeo

Rehersal of Romeo and Juliet: Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio, Robert Robinson as Tybalt and Constantine Allen as Romeo

Rehersal of Romeo and Juliet: Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio, Robert Robinson as Tybalt

Mercutio’s death: Rehersal of Romeo and Juliet: Louis Stiens as Benvolio, Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio and Constantine Allen as Romeo

Mercutio’s death: Rehersal of Romeo and Juliet: Louis Stiens as Benvolio, Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio and Constantine Allen as Romeo

Romeo rehearsal with all our Ballet Masters: Thierry Michel, Reid Anderson, Tamas Detrich, Krzysztof Nowogrodzki and Rolando D’Alesio with the dancers

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Friedemann Vogel as Onegin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Friedemann Vogel as Onegin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Robert Robinson as Gremin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Robert Robinson as Gremin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Robert Robinson as Gremin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Friedemann Vogel as Onegin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Friedemann Vogel as Onegin

Dress rehearsal for Onegin: Alicia Amatriain as Tatjana, Friedemann Vogel as Onegin

JAPAN // NOVEMBER 2015 (Day 3)

Dear tour diary readers,

More than making up for the lack of photos yesterday, Roman Novitzky has brought us many wonderful photos from the last two days….

Elisa Badenes and Daniel Camargo rehearse Romeo and Juliet

Elisa Badenes and Daniel Camargo rehearse Romeo and Juliet with balletmaster Krzysztof Nowogrodzky in the Tokyo Ballet studios

class in the Bunka Kaikan Theater

The auditorium of the Bunka Kaikan Theater

Friedemann Vogel and Jason Reilly in their dressing room

Anna Osadcenko and Alicia Amatriain in their dressing room

Louis Stiens being made up as the Duke of Verona

the tools of the makeup artists …

Makeup artist Roman Rädcher prepares Daniel Camargo for the role of Mercutio

The legendary backstage area of the Bunka Kaikan Theater: here hang inumerable autographed posters from all the famous companies from around the world which have danced here. Including ours….

our poster from 2005

our poster from 2012

our poster from 2008!

When the swords come out it means it is time for Romeo and Juliet….

makeup artist Beate Wagner prepares Alicia Amatriain for the second act

Alicia Amatriain displays her famous sense of humor

Reid Anderson and Alicia Amatriain have a laugh during the intermission of the first performance

Friedemann Vogel during the intermission, reapplying make up and drying his hair

Constantine Allen prepares for third act in the quick change booth with Louis Stiens and dresser Alain Balloy

The last minutes of Romeo and Juliet up close!!!

Romeo takes his life for love of Juliet

Romeo’s last moment

Alicia Amatriain, Friedemann Vogel receive the beginning of the applause

Alicia Amatriain signing autographs after the performance

what they have been waiting for: a selfie with Friedemann Vogel

Friedemann Vogel signing autographs

Friedemann Vogel, Alicia Amatriain, Daniel Camargo signing autographs

Friedemann Vogel with his fans

Friedemann Vogel with his fans

Thank you Roman, who was also dancing Tybalt at the first performance!!!!

See you soon!!!

JAPAN // NOVEMBER 2015 (Day 3)

Tonight at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Dear everybody!

The last two days have been very full of rehearsals as tonight is our opening night in Japan. It is always very exciting to be dancing here because the Japanese audience is so very knowledgeable and appreciative of dance and dancers. This also means that everyone is very focused and even a little serious right now. However, with such a brilliant cast as we have tonight: Alicia Amatriain as Juliet, Friedemann Vogel as Romeo, Daniel Camargo as Mercutio, Roman Novitzky as Tybalt and Pablo von Sternenfels as Benvolio we are all really looking forward to the performance. Wishing everybody a huge TOI TOI TOI!

Today we don’t have any photos as Roman Novitzky who danced every performance in Korea and is dancing tonight really needed to rest and prepare for tonight’s performance. We’re thanking Roman for all his hard work and great photos and there will surely be more pictures soon …