October 31st was our travel, of which we spent most time in airplanes and buses – our arrival in Bejing was just in time for rush hour …
On the next day our technical staff arrived early at the theatre to unload the boxes and began working on the stage and the costume department set up the dressing rooms in this huge theatre, the National Center for the Performing Arts.
Most of our dancers were able to enjoy a free day yesterday to explore the city – at chilly temperatures, but in bright sunshine!
Today we send you a snowy “hello” from Sapporo … After our last performance in Toyko (the third Onegin with the dream couple Anna Osadcenko and Jason Reilly in the lead roles!) we traveled to the Island Hokkaido in the north of Japan. The journey took longer than we all thought, as nobody expected it to snow so much! Sapproro is covered in almost 50 centimetres of snow …
We only have a short “stopover” in Sapporo. Tonight is already the performance of Romeo and Juliet – with some exciting debuts: Miriam Kacerova and Constantine Allen will dance the star-crossed lovers Juliet and Romeo for the first time; the other debuts are Robert Robinson as Tybalt and Martí Fernandez Paixa as Paris. So a huge toi toi toi for all of them!
Tomorrow we will travel on to Osaka, our last stop for this tour …
Last rehearsal in Tokyo before their Romeo and Juliet-debuts: Miriam Kacerova and Constantine Allen
Last rehearsal in Tokyo before their Romeo and Juliet-debuts: Miriam Kacerova and Constantine Allen
Jason Reilly as Onegin
Agnes Su and Matteo Crockard-Villa
Anna Osadcenko and Jason Reilly as Tatiana and Onegin
Daniel Camargo as Lensky challenging Onegin to the duel
Just before the curtain falls: Anna Osadcenko as Tatiana
Our Olga and Lensky in the third performance were Elisa Badenes and Daniel Camargo
Right before the last performance in Tokyo: Rocio Aleman and Ami Morita
Greetings from Stuttgart!
The “old people” in the second act
Jason Reilly as Onegin in the third act with Anna Osadcenko and Robert Robinson
Entering the “Bunka Kaikan Hall of Fame”: Our frame of the Japan Tour 2015
Last rehearsal in Tokyo before their Romeo and Juliet-debuts: Miriam Kacerova and Constantine Allen
The bows: Robert Robinson, conductor James Tuggle, Anna Osadcenko, Jason Reilly, Elisa Badenes, Daniel Camargo
Jason Reilly as Onegin
Writing the famous letter to Onegin: Anna Osadcenko as Tatiana
Departure to Sapporo
The corps de ballet during the biws
The heartbreaking final pas de deux of Tatiana and Onegin
Nach einem langen Flug: Reid Anderson und Tamas Detrich im Bus zum Hotel
Goodbye Tokyo!
Receiving enthusiastic applause after the performance: Anna Osadcenko ans Jason Reilly
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