2017-English

Yokohama Ballet Festival 2017

～The Power of Ballet gathers at Kanagawa on June 9th and 10th

Organized by ：Soy Planning Inc., Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
Date：June 9th (Fri) Starts at 19:00, estimated to close at 21:30
June 10th (Sat) Starts at 16:00, estimated to close at 18:30
Venue: Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

The 2nd Yokohama Ballet Festival in 2016 was successful and we received many requests for another performance, so we decided to hold The 3rd Yokohama Ballet Festival, this time 2 performances, on June 9th (Fri) and 10th (Sat).

This festival aims to entertain diverse audiences, both people who have never seen ballet before and ballet fans. Ballet has many aspects and power; “Beauty, Fierceness, Movement, Speed and Simplicity” and we will bring a lineup and participants that make the audience feel its diversity and beauty.

Come and feel the essence of the ultimate treasures of Japan and world leading class ballet assembled in 2 and a half hours of performance.

Artistic Director：Yasuyuki Endo（Choreographer, former soloist of Ballet National de Marseille, France）
Producer：Tomohiro Yoshida

 

YOKOHAMA BALLET FESTIVAL 2016
★ ☆ ★【 Works to be Performed 】★ ☆ ★

6/9(Fri)19:00～
PROGRAM A

■Jeune Ballet Yokohama’s debut piece. World Premiere.
Choreography Yasuyuki Endo
Piano Ayumi Hirusaki
Auguste Palayer (Ecole Superieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower)
Matoi Kawamoto (Winner of 2015 audition)
Yo Nakajima　(Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Prize winner of 2016 audition)
Karen Nawata (Winner of 2016 audition)
Rizu Nakamura (3rd Place of 2015 audition)

■Variation from La Bayadere
Haruo Niyama　(Washington Ballet II)

■Grand Pas Classique
Ako Kondo（The Australian Ballet）
Chengwu Guo（The Australian Ballet）

■From 「Que Sera」Yanagimoto’s Case
New work from +81
Choreography: Masahiro Yanagimoto
Masahiro Yanagimoto（Contemporary dancer, leader of +81）
Hiroaki Kumagai

■Giselle
Misa Kuranaga　（Boston Ballet）
Kenta Shimizu　 (Los Angeles Ballet)

■Stars and Stripes
Choreography: George Balanchine
Hitomi Takeda (NBA Ballet Company)
Haruo Niyama　(Washington Ballet II)

■TBA
World Premiere choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Mikio Kato (Royal Ballet or Flanders)

■From “SOLI-TER”
Choreography: Jose Martinez
Auguste Palayer (Ecole Superieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower)

■Balcony Pas de duex from “Juliet and Romeo”
(Japan Premiere)
Choreography: Mats Ek
Ema Yuasa
Anton Valdbauer(Royal Swedish Ballet)

■TBA (Classical Ballet)
Nozomi Iijima (Ballet Zurich)
Akimitsu Yahata (National Ballet of Japan)

■TBA (variation)
Winners of Yokohama Ballet Festival 2017 Audition

6/10(Sat)16:00～
PROGRAM B

■TBA
＊Francesco Curci New Work Japan Premeire
Choreography:Francesco Curci
Auguste Palayer (Ecole Superieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower)

■From Soiree de Ballet
Choreography: Hideo Fukagawa
Reiko Hatato

■3 in Passacaglia
Choreography: Yasuyuki Endo
Nozomi Iijima (Ballet Zurich)
Akimitsu Yahata (National Ballet of Japan)
Yasuyuki Endo

■From 「Que Sera」Kumagai’s Case
New work from +81
Choreography: Masahiro Yanagimoto
Masahiro Yanagimoto（Contemporary dancer, leader of +81）
Hiroaki Kumagai

■Le Corsaire
Ako Kondo（The Australian Ballet）
Chengwu Guo（The Australian Ballet）

■Le Spectre de La Rose
Haruo Niyama　(Washington Ballet II)

■TBA
World Premiere choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Mikio Kato (Royal Ballet or Flanders)

■Balcony Pas de duex from “Juliet and Romeo”
(Japan Premiere)
Choreography: Mats Ek
Ema Yuasa
Anton Valdbauer (Royal Swedish Ballet)

■Giselle
Misa Kuranaga　（Boston Ballet）
Kenta Shimizu　 (Los Angeles Ballet)

■TBA
Solos by past winners of Yokohama Ballet Festival Audition

and more
【Notice about the repertoire at Program A and B】
Approximately 70% of the repertoire at Program A and B will be different.
Many of the dancers dancing classical ballet will dance a different work on each day.

 

【Ticket Prices】

Program A (June 9th)
Category S : 10,800 Yen (Advance Booking), 11,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Category A : 8,640 Yen (Advance Booking), 9,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Category B : 5,460 Yen (Advance Booking), 6,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Parent and Child ticket (Category B), 6,480 Yen (Advance Booking, 1 Adult and 1 Child ticket)

Program B (June 10th)
Category S : 11,880 Yen (Advance Booking), 12,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Category A : 9,720 Yen (Advance Booking), 10,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Category B : 6,480 Yen (Advance Booking), 7,000 Yen (Day of the performance)
Parent and Child ticket (Category B), 6,480 Yen (Advance Booking, 1 Adult and 1 Child ticket)

Student Tickets
Student Category A 3,000 Yen　Student Category B 2,000 Yen

Kanagawa Residents Seat Category S 5,400 Yen（Only for Kanagawa Prefecture residents）

※ Student tickets can only be retailed to students under 25 years of age and has proof of being a student such as IDs.
Student Category A tickets are only retailed at “Ticket Kanagawa”
Student Category B tickets are only retailed at Yokohama Ballet Festival Ticket Center (Ticket Pay)

※ Kanagawa Residents Seats, Category B and “Parent and Child” tickets are only retailed at “Ticket Kanagawa”

【How to purchase Tickets】

※ No children under 3 are allowed to enter the auditorium.
※ We may request presentation of IDs for “Parent and Child Ticket” holders and Student Ticket holders.

Ticket Agencies
◆ Yokohama Ballet Festival Ticket Center (please click the link to see details to purchase)
◆ Ticket Kanagawa　http://www.kanagawa-arts.or.jp/tc/ Tel 0570-015-415(10:00～18:00)
◆ eplus　　 http://eplus.jp/

The values we would like to provide to our audience.
We offer diverse programs, from classical ballet to contemporary dance in one performance, so the audience can find dances that match their taste and could enjoy.
The participating dancers are ranging from rising fresh stars to world class prima ballerinas/principal dancers.

The values we would like to provide to our dancers
We would like to offer an atmosphere so the participating dancers can communicate each other. Communication beyond companies, between the same generation and also between young dancers and experienced dancers, so this could be a valuable experience for them

The values we would like to provide to the ballet world
We are offering a diverse program and a diverse choice of participants, so the audience will not be just fans of specific dancers, but also people who experience ballet for the first time and also a diverse one. For instance, children learning classical ballet will know the fascination of contemporary dance, and many would feel such as “ballet is not just dancing in white tutus”, and their typical prejudice will change. We hope to contribute to the development of ballet culture in Japan, and there will be more people getting interested in the art of ballet.

Message from the producer Tomohiro Yoshida
Yokohama Ballet Festival

We have managed to carry out the 3rd Yokohama Ballet Festival, that inagurated in 2015. We have been so grateful to the audience that supported us, the dancers that came to perform from all over the world, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall that co-produces this gala, all the sponsors and collaboraters and would like to express our appreciation.

This time we have been able to have two performances Program A and Program B instead of just once.
We will try to show our audience the various charm of the dancers, diverse choreography, and stage directing that makes the gala look like a full length performance that would be even more emjoyable when the audience sees both programs.
So we would be so happy if the audience could attend both performances.

One of the main attractions of the “Fresher’s Gala” is the performance by Juene Ballet Yokohama, which is our young dancers nuturing project for the future. The winners of the 2015 and 2015 Audition have joined this project as well so we will be able to see how the dancers have grown.

At “World Premium”, not only the audience can enjoy top dancers of today, but also works from top choreographers rarely seen in Japan.

We have lovely memories of the smiling faces of the audience that seemed to truly enjoyed the performance while we greeted them after the gala last year. We, the artistic director and the whole team will work hard this year to aim to provide even more joy, emotion, excitement, and laughter than last year. We will do our best to make the performance day one of the best days of the year for our audience.

Message from Artistic Director Yasuyuki Endo
We are happy and proud that the Yokohama Ballet Festival launched in 2015 will have its third performance this year.
Carrying on gives us strength. It is my huge pleasure that the festival which aimed to evolve in a long span from the beginning is growing and expanding, and little by little our concept is turning into reality.
This year, Yokohama Ballet Festival will be held for 2 days, Program A and B.
We have invited attractive dancers with great choreography so that the audience can be dazzled by the wonder of dance on both dates.

Such luminaries join our gala, such as the refined Misa Kuranaga of Boston Ballet a dazzling star in USA, the virtuoso couple Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo from Australian Ballet. Ema Yuasa, former dancer at NDT and Anton Valdbauer of Royal Swedish Ballet who are trusted by the great choreographer Mats Ek will premiere his Juliet and Romeo in Japan. And Mikio Kato of Royal Flanders Ballet will dance Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s (he is one of the most popular choreographers today) world premiere.

Moreover,Jeune Ballet Yokohama, a project aimed to nuture global dancers of the future will be inagurated this year with a group of young and fresh, talented dancers.
I myself am enlightened with their infinite, youthful power and am very excited.There are still many announcements to be made.
We are looking forward seeing you all on June 9th and 10th at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, with the prospect of meeting a brand new excitement.