Excerpts from Raymonda by Marius PETIPA performed at New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) on the 13th of June 2021.

Music by: Alexander GLAZUNOV
Choreography by: Marius PETIPA
Production by: MAKI Asami
Set and Costume Designer: Luisa SPINATELLI
Lighting Designer: SAWADA Yuji

Conductor: Alexei BAKLAN
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Raymonda: YONEZAWA Yui
Jean de Brienne: FUKUOKA Yudai
Abderachman: NAKAYA Masahiro

About the NNTT
The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan’s first and foremost national theatre for the performing arts of opera, ballet, dance and drama. Since the doors of our world-class, state-of-the-art theatre opened in 1997, we have staged an incredible array of productions, totaling more than 700.

About 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 principle dancers and corps de ballet.

Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 season, the Artistic Director is Yoshida Miyako, who was active in the United Kingdom for many years as a principal dancer. With this appointment, the NBJ is setting its sights on ever greater achievements.