The Nutcracker and the Mouse King - The National Ballet of Japan | New National Theatre, Tokyo

Excerpts from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Wayne EAGLING at New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) on the 2nd of January 2022. Choreography by Wayne EAGLING Music by Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Set Designer: KAWAGUCHI Naoji Costume Designer: MAEDA Ayako Lighting Designer: SAWADA Yuji Conductor: Alexei BAKLAN Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy: SHIBAYAMA Saho Herr Drosselmeyer's nephew/ Nutcracker/Prince: WATANABE Takafumi Herr Drosselmeyer: NAKAJIMA Shunya The Mouse King: KINOSHITA Yoshito Louise: IINO Moeko 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.