THE NATIONAL BALLET OF JAPAN
The National Ballet of Japan (NBJ), the first resident ballet company in Japan, launched in conjunction with the opening of the New National Theatre Tokyo in 1997.
The NBJ's repertoire is broad in scope, embracing classics such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker; 20th century works by choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Roland Petit and Kenneth MacMillan; as well as works by contemporary choreographers such as David Bintley, Nacho Duato and Christopher Wheeldon. The NBJ also commissions world-class choreographers to create original pieces for its repertoire.
The NBJ was awarded an Asahi Performing Arts Award in 2004 for its production of Raymonda. The company made its overseas debut in 2008 at the Kennedy Center in the United States, followed by an invitation to the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre in 2009, where it performed La Dame aux Camélias. The NBJ is highly rated internationally both for its much-praised principal dancers and corps de ballet.
From the 2020/2021 season, under the leadership of Miyako Yoshida, who was active in the United Kingdom for many years as principal dancer of two greatest companies, The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, the National Ballet of Japan continues to progress and promote ballet as one of Japan's leading ballet companies.
ARTISTIC DIRECTORYOSHIDA Miyako
Our goal is to become worthy of being the only ballet company affiliated with the national theatre in Japan.
DANCERS
Principals
First Soloists
PHOTO GALLERY
Swan Lake
Choreography by Marius PETIPA, Lev IVANOV and Sir Peter WRIGHT
Production by Sir Peter WRIGHT in association with Galina SAMSOVA
Aladdin
Choreography by Sir David BINTLEY
Cinderella
Choreography by Sir Frederick ASHTON
Production Directed, Supervised and Staged by Wendy Ellis SOMES and Malin THOORS
Don Quixote
Choreography by Marius PETIPA / Alexander GORSKY
Production by Alexei FADEYECHEV
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Raymonda
Choreography by Marius PETIPA
Production by MAKI Asami
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Choreography by Wayne EAGLING
Swan Lake
Choreography by Marius PETIPA, Lev IVANOV and Sir Peter WRIGHT
Production by Sir Peter WRIGHT in association with Galina SAMSOVA
Aladdin
Choreography by Sir David BINTLEY
Cinderella
Choreography by Sir Frederick ASHTON
Production Directed, Supervised and Staged by Wendy Ellis SOMES and Malin THOORS
Don Quixote
Choreography by Marius PETIPA / Alexander GORSKY
Production by Alexei FADEYECHEV
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Raymonda
Choreography by Marius PETIPA
Production by MAKI Asami
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Choreography by Wayne EAGLING
Swan Lake
Choreography by Marius PETIPA, Lev IVANOV and Sir Peter WRIGHT
Production by Sir Peter WRIGHT in association with Galina SAMSOVA
Aladdin
Choreography by Sir David BINTLEY
Cinderella
Choreography by Sir Frederick ASHTON
Production Directed, Supervised and Staged by Wendy Ellis SOMES and Malin THOORS
Don Quixote
Choreography by Marius PETIPA / Alexander GORSKY
Production by Alexei FADEYECHEV
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ©
Choreography by Christopher WHEELDON
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Giselle
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
Production by YOSHIDA Miyako
Raymonda
Choreography by Marius PETIPA
Production by MAKI Asami
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Choreography by Wayne EAGLING
VIDEO GALLERY
