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The performances I saw in 1993
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 ··· 2001 2002 2003 2004
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 | 15 | Hol | Swan Lake | the Leningrad State Ballet | Lyubov KUNAKOVA, Farukh RUZIMATOV | Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall | 3 | I could see Ruzimatov's Prince Siegfried ! His support in Grand Adagio was as if he was touching fragile. |
| Jan | 16 | Sat | Swan Lake | the Leningrad State Ballet | Lyudmila SEMENYAKA, Yuri PETUKHOV | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | Semenyaka was not so good as I expected. Petukhov showed persuasive acting. |
| Jan | 19 | Sun | Swan Lake | the Leningrad State Ballet | Lyubov KUNAKOVA, Farukh RUZIMATOV | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | I knew Ruzimatov was not a perfect Siegfried. But he was attractive enough to me. |
| Jan | 29 | Fri | le Carnaval des Animaux / Interferences / la Folle de Chaillot | Theatre Choregraphique de Rennes de Bretagne | Maiya PLISETSKAYA, Ruxandra RACOVITZA, Gigi CACIULEANU | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 2 | Well...could not enjoy so much... |
| Jan | 30 | Sat | Paquita / Pas de Quatre (ch. by Atsugi) / Grand pas Classique / Simple Symphony / the Green Table | Star Dancers Ballet | KOBIRA Hiroko, LI Bo / ARAI Sakiko, NAGASE Nobuo / ATSUGI Mia, MORITA Kentaro / KOBIRA Hiroko, KOJIMA Naoya / KATAOKA Michito | Mielparque Hall | 3 | A famous antiwar ballet "the Green Table" was good. Kojima danced new ballet "Simple Symphony" by Ib Andersen with Kobira as a guest dancer. |
| Feb | 21 | Sun | the Loss of Small Detail | Ballet Frankfurt | Orchard Hall | 2 | More play, less dance. I didn't like it so much... | |
| Mar | 17 | Wed | chaff 2 | DAHA | Sendai-shi Seinen Bunka Center | 3 | Local dancers (classic and modern) got together and had a performance. Enjoyed. | |
| Mar | 28 | Sun | Farukh Ruzimativ and Russian Ballet Stars '93 | F.RUZIMATOV, N.DOLGUSHIN, O.CHENCHIKOVA, E.EVTEEVA, M.KULLIK, L.KUNAKOVA, I.KIRSANOVA, M.VASIEV, S.VIKHAREV, Y.PETUKHOV, S.EFREMOVA | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | Nikita Dolgushin choreographed "a la Memorie d'un Grand Artiste" for Ruzimatov and 3 Ballerinas. Music was Tchaikovsky. I thought it was not a great work. Ruzimatov in "the Moor's Pavane" was impressive. "Russian Dance" by Chenchikova, "the Death of Romeo and Juliet" (ch. by Dolgushin) by Kirsanova and Petukhov was good. | |
| Apr | 3 | Sat | Farukh Ruzimativ and Russian Ballet Stars '93 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | |||
| Apr | 5 | Mon | Farukh Ruzimativ and Russian Ballet Stars '93 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | |||
| Apr | 11 | Sat | Paquita, les Sylphides, etc. | Sendai Classic Ballet Conference | *guest dancer* NATSUYAMA, KURETAKE, etc. |
Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | - | 4 local ballet institutes had this performance together. |
| May | 1 | Sat | le Palais de Cristal / Episodes / le Sacre de Printemps | the Tokyo Ballet | KATSUMATA, GOTO, YOSHIOKA, KIMURA, AIZU, SHUTO, SANO, MORITA / GUILLEM, HILAIRE | Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | 4 | "Episodes" was a ballet that Bejart had choreographed for Guillem and Hilaire. It moved me very deeply. Shuto's ballon in "le Palais de Cristal" was impressive. |
| May | 4 | Hol | Romeo and Juliet | the Matsuyama Ballet | MORISHITA Yoko, SHIMIZU Tetsutaro | Orchard Hall | 3 | Morishita danced impressively. But I felt that, the stage was too crowded with sets and dancers, male dancers were not good enough to perform this ballet. |
| May | 23 | Sun | the Conservatoire / pas de deux from "the Flower Festival in Genzano" / la Sylphide | the Royal Danish Ballet | O.GAD, C.OLSSON, N.BALLE / C.CAVALLO, J.KOBBORG / H.RYOM, L.RIGGINS, M.RINDHOLT, A.KOLPIN | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | Kobborg in "the
Flower Festival" was very good. I saw "la Sylphide" at first time and was surpresed the aftertaste was bad. Anyway, the performance was very beautiful. Ryom was charming and moving. |
| Jun | 1 | Tue | Bach Concerto / Igorot / Desert Passages / Roll Over Beethoven / Encantada | Ballet Philippines | Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | 3 | Not suitable for me. | |
| Jun | 18 | Fri | Kaguyahime | Nederlands Dans Theater | Fiona LUMMIS, Paul LIGHTFOOT | Orchard Hall | 4 | Very good. Poetic, beautiful and easy to understand the story. |
| Jun | 19 | Sat | Kaguyahime | Nederlands Dans Theater | Elke SCHEPERS, Paul LIGHTFOOT | Orchard Hall | 4 | the same impression as the previous day. Kylian is a splendid choreographer. |
| Jun | 20 | Sun | the Sleeping Beaty | the Matsuyama Ballet | MORISHITA Yoko, SHIMIZU Tetsutaro | Shinjuku Bunka Center | 3 | I don't like Nureyev Version... |
| Jul | 10 | Sat | Visions of India Detached / Pianissimo / Jungle Book |
Star Dancers Ballet | Mielparque Hall | 3 | 3 new ballet related India. "Detached" and "Pianissimo" choreographed by Atsugi were too modern for me. I thought "Jungle Book" was not good. | |
| Jul | 11 | Sun | Nina Ananiashvili & International Stars '93 | ANANIASHIVILI, DOROFEEVA, GAD, PLATEL, TRREKHOVA, FADEECHEV, KOLPIN, Le RICHE, PISAREV, POSOHOV, RUZIMATOV | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | Ananiasivili and Ruzimatov danced "le Corsaire" pas de duex. I couldn't think they were good pair... | |
| Jul | 17 | Sat | Nina Ananiashvili & International Stars '93 | Orchard Hall | 3 | Enjoyed. But Ruzimatov didn't come to the stage in the final curtain call, so I was unhappy. | ||
| Jul | 22 | Thu | Swan Lake (Burmeister Version) |
Moscow Musical Theatre Ballet | Ludomila SHIPULINA, Viktor DIk | Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | 3 | Good. But why the same cast as in '91? Yanin's Jester showed fine technic and charm. |
| Aug | 3 | Tue | a Midsummer Night's Dream | Lindsay Kemp Company | Lindsay Kemp, Marco BERRIEL | Koriyama Shimin Bunka Center | 3 | Good. But I couldn't enjoy so much as I saw it at first time. |
| Aug | 6 | Fri | Nina Ananiashvili & International Stars '93 | ANANIASHIVILI, AYUPOVA, DOROFEEVA, GAD, KISTLER, PLATEL, TRREKHOVA, FADEECHEV, KOLPIN, Le RICHE, LIEPA, MARTINS, PISAREV, POSOHOV | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | After the July performances, Ruzimatov went to London to dance with Kiriv and didn't come back to Japan. Sad... | |
| Aug | 7 | Sat | Nina Ananiashvili & International Stars '93 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | Le Riche was a premire danseur in July. And he was a new Etoile in August. It is a valuable experience for me. | ||
| Sep | 3 | Fri | Swan Lake | the State Bolshoi Ballet | Galina STEPANENKO, Sergei FILIN | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 3 | Stepanenko danced very well. But I thought she was not lyric enough. |
| Sep | 4 | Sat | Romeo and Juliet (Grigorovich Version) |
the State Bolshoi Ballet | Inna PETROVA, Andrei UVAROV, Aleksandr VETROV, Nikolai TSISKARIDZE | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 5 | Tybalt (Vetrov) and Mercutio (Tsiskaridze) were very impressive. Petrova was beautiful. Uvarov was not good at lift, but it made him very serious Romeo. |
| Sep | 5 | Sun | la Bayadere | the State Bolshoi Ballet | Nadezhda GRACHOVA, Aleksandr VETROV | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall | 5 | Corps de ballet in 'the Shadow Kingdom' was very very Very beautiful... Bravo ! |
| Sep | 15 | Hol | Ballet Cristina Hoyos | Cristina HOYOS | Sendai Sunplaza | 2 | After this perforemance, I stopped seeing Flamenco. | |
| Oct | 15 | Fri | Maddalena / Sheherazade | Tokyo Komaki Ballet | MATSUI Keiko / IYOKU Takako, NATSUYAMA Chikahisa | Shinjuku Bunka Center | 2 | Not so bad. I could see Sheherazade at my first time. |
| Oct | 16 | Sat | Romeo and Juliet (Grigorovich Version) |
the State Bolshoi Ballet | Nadezhda GRACHOVA, Yuri KLEVTSOV, Aleksandr VETROV, Mikhail SHARKOV | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 4 | I like Grigorovich Version very well. Everything was expressed by dances. I felt Grachova was a little too mature Juliet. Vetrov's Tybolt again was the happiest thing for me. |
| Oct | 17 | Sun | Romeo and Juliet (Grigorovich Version) |
the State Bolshoi Ballet | Inna PETROVA, Andrei UVAROV, Aleksandr VETROV, Nikolai TSISKARIDZE | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 5 | The same cast as Yokohama ! I was very Happy to see them again. Tsiskaridze's legs opened about 200 degree in grand jete. |
| Oct | 23 | Sat | the Three Musketeers | Asami Maki Ballet | Ilgiz GALIMOULLINE, IWAMOTO Kei, TANAKA Yuko, KUSAKARI Tamiyo | U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall | 3 | Enjoyed very much. But the ending gave me a badtaste. Kojima was scheduled to dance d'Artagnan, but he couldn't because of injury. A little regreted. |
| Oct | 24 | Sun | the Three Musketeers | Asami Maki Ballet | Ilgiz GALIMOULLINE, IWAMOTO Kei, SASAKI Sobi, KUSAKARI Tamiyo | U-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall | 3 | Kojima danced Porthos cheerfully. I was relieved and sayisfied. Sasaki danced the evil woman Milady splendidly. |
| Nov | 21 | Sun | Giselle | the Australian Ballet | Lisa PAVANE, Greg HORSMAN, Jane FINNIE | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | The Company was too small to perform "Giselle". The shortage of Wilis prevented me enjoying the performance. |
| Nov | 28 | Sun | Cinderella (Anastos Vresion) |
Ballet van Vlaanderen (the Royal Ballet of Flanders) | Aysem SUNAl, Rinat IMAEV | Izumiti 21 | 3 | The company came to Japan at first time with "Cinderella" and "Dracula". I enjoyed, but would like to see "Dracula" if possible. |
| Dec | 2 | Thu | Nutcracker | the Kirov Ballet | Larisa LEZHNINA, Farukh RUZIMATOV | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 3 | Kirov's Vainonen production was beautiful but a little dull. Ruzimatov was not in best condition, but beautiful enough. |
| Dec | 4 | Sat | Nutcracker | the Kirov Ballet | Larisa LEZHNINA, Farukh RUZIMATOV | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan | 4 | Ruzimatov danced more beautiful than on 2th. Lezhnina was pretty and lively Masha. |
| Dec | 20 | Mon | Swan Lake 2nd Act, etc. | Moscow Festival Ballet | Lyubov KUNAKOVA, and... | Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan | 3 | Atmosphere in the hall was not good. Too little audience... |
| Dec | 25 | Sat | All Star Ballet Gala | PLISETSKAYA, SEMENYAKA, RUZIMATOV, SMIRNOVA, VASYUCHENKO, ISII, MYASNIKOV, KHABIBULINA, BATALOV, ZARHAROV, DUSHKEVICH, TAN, CHAPURSKAYA, VARYKIN | Yamanashi Kenritsu Kenmin Hall | 4 | Ruzimatov danced "Don Quixote" pas de duex with Semenyaka. In Yamanashi, He appeared with a mustache! "albinoni's Adagio" moved me again. Tan's "Esmeralda" variation was glittering. "Sleeping beaty" pas de duex by Semenyaka and Vasyuchenko was elegant. Dushkevich from Belarus was a emotional ballerina. | |
| Dec | 26 | Sun | All Star Ballet Gala | Ichikawa-shi Bunka kaikan | 4 |
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 ··· 2001 2002 2003 2004