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The performances I saw in 1991

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The title in blue is the performance danced by Farukh RUZIMATOV, the best dancer I have seen. Yellow was danced by my favorite KOJIMA Naoya.

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 !

Jan 10 Thu Angel from the cosmos   CHIBA Mayumi, HATAKEYAMA Shinichi Sendai-shi Seinen Bunka Center - Local dancers challenged "the Sleeping Beaty" with music by the electric piano.
Jan 25 Fri Steptext / in the Middle, Somewhat Elevated / Enemy in the Figure Ballet Frankfurt   Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 4 Forsythe's company came to Japan at first time. sharp, strict and cool dances !
Jan

26

 Sat Impressing the Czar Ballet Frankfurt   Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 3 some scenes were beyond my understanding. Very astonished...
Jan

27

 Sun
(M)		 l'Apres Midi d'un Faune / Vaslav / pas de duex de "Corsaire" / la Somnanbule Ballet Francais de Nancy DUPOND, RAFFA / LEMIRE / SPADONI, DUPOND / HOROVITZ, KLEIN U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall 3 Dupond in "Faune" was very impressive. A little regretted, he did'nt dance "Vaslav". "Corsaire" was not so good, Maybe the two ballerinas were too young. I enjoyed "la Somnanbule" very much.
Jan 27 Sun

(S)		 l'Apres Midi d'un Faune / Vaslav / pas de duex de "Corsaire" / la Somnanbule Ballet Francais de Nancy DUPOND, RAFFA / LEMIRE / SCAEFER, DUPOND / HOROVITZ, KLEIN U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall 3
Apr

14

 Sun Swan Lake the Tokyo Ballet Sylvie GUILLEM, TAKAGISHI Naoki Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 3 Guillem was very beautiful. Takagishi was not so attractive as when he had danced Bejart.
Jun 7

Fri

 the Sleeping Beauty the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet A.ASYLMURATOVA, K.ZAKLINSKY, L.KUNAKOVA Kanagawa Kenmin Hall 5 Wonderful ! Splendid ! The perfect beauty moved me very much. It was the first time I weeped for happiness to see ballet.
Jun 8 Sat Swan Lake the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet O.CHENCHIKOVA, M.VAZIEV Kanagawa Kenmin Hall 4 Chenchikova and corps de ballet were great. Vaziev was not so good.
Jun 9 Sun le Corsaire the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet KUNAKOVA, NEFF, KULLIK, ZAKLINSKY, RUZIMATOV, BABANIN Kanagawa Kenmin Hall 5 Fell in love to Faruhk Ruzimatov at first sight...
Jun 30 Sun the 8th Japan Ballet Festival     Kanagawa Kenmin Hall 3 Saw Malakhov and Galimoulline at my first time. "Narsissus" by Malakhov was impressive.
Jul 5 Fri the Sleeping Beauty the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet T.TEREKHOVA, A.KURKOV, L.KUNAKOVA Festival Hall (Osaka) 4 I heard Ruzimatov was going to dance Prince Desire...
Jul 6 Sat le Corsaire the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet MAKHALINA, KURKOV, TARASOVA, TSVETKOV, ZELENSKY, KORNEEV Festival Hall (Osaka) 3 I heard Ruzimatov was going to dance Ali... Why did I come to Osaka ???
Jul 7 Sun Swan Lake the State Leningrad Kirov Ballet A.ASYLMURATOVA, K.ZAKLINSKY, Festival Hall (Osaka) 3 I felt Asylmuratova is much suitable for Aurora than Odette/Odile. Zaklinsuky was a dignified prince on both days.
Jul 8 Mon Maurice Bejart Program
the Firebird / Don Giovanni / Bolero		 the Tokyo Ballet KIMURA,TAKAGISHI / AIZU, TERAO, IWAKI, SANO, KATSUMATA, SAITO, TAKASUGI / TAKAGISHI Festival Hall (Osaka) 3 I met Ruzimativ near the Hall ! Maybe I came to Osaka for this lucky experience.
Jul 14 Sun Swan Lake
(Burmeister Version)		 Moscow Musical Theatre Ballet Lyudmila SHIPULINA, Viktor DIK Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan 4 Very good Production and Choreography. Easy to understand and Impressive.
Aug 3 Sat the 6th World Ballet Festival (Program B)   ANANIASHIVILI, EVDOKIMOVA, GDANIEC, HALLBERG, HART, HAYDEE, HYATT, IVANOVA, KHALFOUNI, LOUDIERES, MAYET, PAVANE, PIETRAGALLA, RYOM, SAITO, CRAGUN, DETRICH, DONN, DUPOND, GANIO, HARRINGTON, HILAIRE, HORSMAN, HUBBE, LEGRIS, LIEPA, LISKA, RUZIMATOV, SANDELL, SVALBERG, TAMASABURO, VERCHERE, VU-AN Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 5 Ruzimatov in "le Corsaire" was like blue flame... He occupied my heart...
Haydee/Cragun "Romeo and Juliet (Bedroom)", Ryom/Hubbe "Flower Festival", Loudieres/Legris "Manon", Pietragalla/Dupond "Don Quixote" were splendid.
Aug 4 Sun the 6th World Ballet Festival (Program B)   Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 5
Aug 6 Tue the 6th World Ballet Festival (Gala Performance)   Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 4 Evdokimova "la Sylphide", Hyatt/Liska "die Kameliendame", Ruzimatov "Tango", Loudieres/Legris "Esmeralda" were impressive.
Oct 2 Wed Nijinsky Clown de Dios   Jorge DONN, Cipe LINCOVSKY Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan 3 A little difficult to understand for me.
Oct 6 Sun Flamenco / Alborada del Cracioso / Bolero / Medea Ballet Nacional de Espana Antonio / Gonzales, Mata / Greco, Gomez, Gallardo, Alonso, Mata Izumiti 21 4 "Medea" was powerful and dramatic. Very moved. "Bolero" was very good.
Oct 12 Sta "Swan Lake" 2nd act etc. Sverdlovsk State Ballet   Sendai Shimin Kaikan 3 Enjoyed. In Particular, monologue and adagio from "Legend of Love" was impressive.
Oct 19 Sat le Palais de Cristal / Seven Haiku of the Moon / Bolero the Tokyo Ballet SAITO, TAKAGISHI, SANO, MORITA, KATSUMATA, KIMURA, AIZU, SHUTO / GUILLEM Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 3 the gorgeous "le Palais de Cristal" excited me. About "Bolero", I like Donn better.
Oct 20 Sun La Fille Mal Gardee Asami Maki Ballet OHATA Noriko, ZHANG Weigiang, NEGISHI Masanobu, MITANI Kyozo U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall 4 What a charming and pleasant Ballet it is ! Negishi (Alain) moved me very much.
Nov 29 Fri Ananiashivili and International Stars Ballet Gala   ANANIASHIVILI, TEREKHOVA, GAD, NIORADZE, DOROFEEVA, FADEETCHEV, RUZIMATOV, KOLPIN, PISAREV, POSOKHOV Orchard Hall 3 Enjoyed. But the partnership between Ananiashivili and Ruzimatov was not good. "le Spectre de la Rose" by Ruzimatov and "Black Swan pas de duex" by Terekhova and Posokhov were impressive.
Dec 1 Sun Ananiashivili and International Stars Ballet Gala   Kanagawa Kenmin Hall 3

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