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The performances I saw in 1989
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 ··· 2001 2002 2003 2004
Meaning of letter 5-1
5 very memorable performance for me
4 enjoyed very much
3 enjoyed
2 could not enjoy
1 could not accept !
| Mar | 25 | Sat (S) |
der Nussknacker (Neumeier Version) | das Hamburger Ballet | Gigi HYATT, Francois KLAUS, Chantal LEFEVRE, David NIXON | NHK Hall | 4 | Neumeier changes Christmas party into Marry's 12th birthday party. She was presented toe shoes and dreames to be a ballerina... |
| Mar | 26 (M) |
Sun | North Star / Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto K.622 | Lar Lubovitch Dance Company | Shinjuku Bunka Center | ? | Can not remember... Maybe it was not so impressive... | |
| Mar | 26 (S) |
Sun | Artus-Sage (choreographed by Neumeier) | das Hamburger Ballet | Francois KLAUS, Gigi HYATT, Andres HELLSTROM | NHK Hall | 4 | Ballet about legends of King Arthur. Very Interesting! |
| Apr | 24 | Mon | Serenade / Nocturno / Canto Vital / la Muerte del Cisne / Carmen Suite | Ballet del Teatro Lirico Nacional | (Cisne) Maya PLISETSKAYA, (Carmen) Carmen MOLINA, Ricardo FRANCO | Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | 3 | Legendary Plisetskaya's Dying Swan! (la Muerte del Cisne) |
| May | 3 (M) |
Hol | Swan Lake (Wright Version) | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | Marion TAIT Roland PRICE, Desmond KELLY, David YOW | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 4 | Peter Wright's staging was very dramatic and easy to understand. |
| May | 3 (S) |
Hol | Swan Lake (Wright Version) | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | Cynthia HARVEY, Peter JACOBSSON, Nicholas MILLINGTON, Iain WEBB | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 4 | YOSHIDA Miyako dansed Hungarian Princess. |
| May | 4 | Hol | the Sleeping Beauty | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | Miyako YOSHIDA, Joseph CIPOLLA, June HIGHWOOD, Samira SAIDI | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | Enjoyed the comical dialog by the Lilac Fairy and the Fairy Carabosse very much. |
| Jun | 29 | Thu | Flamenko / Bolero / Alborada del Gracioso / el Somberero de Tres Picos | Ballet Nacional de Espana | V.Durante, E.Pickford (Rhapsody) / S.Jefferies (Prometheus) | IZUMITI 21 | 3 | I saw Joaquin CORTES in his youth! |
| Aug | 30 | Wed | Giselle | American Ballet Theatre | Marianna TCHERKASSKY, Andris LIEPA, Cynthia ANDERSON, Michael OWEN | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 2 | Very confused... The performance by the one of most famous companies in the world was not beautiful... |
| Aug | 31 | Thu | [ABT Great Soiree] Ballet Imperial / Gaite Parisienne / Pillar of Fire | American Ballet Theatre | (Ballet Imperial) S.JAFFE
/ R.BUSTAMANTE (Pillar of Fire) L.BROWNE |
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | "Ballet Imperial" was gorgeous. The bustle of "Gaite Parisienne" surprised me. Browne in "Pillar of Fire" was very impressive, but I can not accept the plot. |
| Sep | 2 | Sat | [ABT New Soiree] Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes / Duets / Some Assembly Required / In tne Upper Room | American Ballet Theatre | (Some Assembly Required) Amanda McKERROW, John GARDNER |
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | Very excited by "In tne Upper Room"! Full of speed and energy and costumes by Norama Kamali were very cool! |
| Sep | 3 | Sun | Giselle | Matsuyama Ballet | MORISHITA Yoko, SHIMIZU Tetsutaro, KURATA Hiroko, KANEDA Kazuhiro | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 5 | Great PerFormance!! I was moved very very deeply. |
| Sep | 9 | Sat | Performance by Sendai Nouer Tanz Institute | Sendai Nouer Tanz Institute | Denryoku Hall | - | local modern dance institute's performance. NUNOYAMA Satomi is a good dancer. | |
| Oct | 7 | Sat | Fire / ST.Nick / Jungle sur la Planete Venus / | Ballett Frankfurt | Stadtische Buhnen Frankfurt am Main (Grosses Haus) | ? | Jet Lag made me sleep... | |
| Oct | 9 | Mon | Les Intermittences du Coeur ~Hommage a Proust~ (choreographed by Petit) | Ballet Deutsche Oper Berlin | Deutsche Oper Berlin | 4 | Enjoyed variety of beautiful scenes. But I hadn't read the original novel (A la recherche du temps perdu), so many "?" occured. | |
| Oct | 11 | Wed | Bugaku (Bejart) / Seven Haiku of the Moon (Neumeier) / Feuervogel (Bejart) | Tokyo Ballet | TAKAGISHI Naoki, SAITO Yukari, KIMURA Kazuo | Staatstheater Stuttgart (Kleines Haus) | 4 | "Feuervogel" and Takagishi (the title role) was very impressive. "Seven Haiku" was a tasteful ballet. |
| Oct | 12 | Thu | Giselle (Haydee Version) | Stuttgarter Ballet | Birgit KEIL, Tamas DETRICH, Richard CRAGUN, Melinda WITHAM | Staatstheater Stuttgart (Grosses Haus) | 2 | I thought Haydee's new choreography was a failure... |
| Oct | 13 | Fri | Giselle (Wright Version) | Ballet Bayerische Staatsoper | Anna VILLADOLID, Patrick ARMAND, Caroline CAMPO, Tomasz KAJDANSKI | Bayerische Staatsoper | 3 | I lprefer this orthodox production to a new challenge. |
| Oct | 14 | Sat | Fuego | Ballet Antonio Gades | Stella ARAUZO, Antonio GADES | Deutsches Theater (Munchen) | 3 | a little difficult to understand the story, but enjoyed. |
| Dec | 9 | Sat | Giselle (Ek Version) | Cullberg Ballet of Sweden | Ponpea SANTORO, Jorma ELO | U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall | 4 | I think this is a great work. I prefer this new challenge to the orthodox production. |
| Dec | 10 (M) |
Sun | Giselle (Ek Version) | Cullberg Ballet of Sweden | Ana LAGUNA, Patrick KING | U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall | 4 | But...possibly...if I had not know orthodox one, I could not be moved so much... |
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 ··· 2001 2002 2003 2004