Legendary Japanese ballet first time in Poland
HIGAKI BALLET COMPANY
„TAIKO”
21 September 2006 (Thursday),7.00 pm, Teatr Narodowy / National Theatre, Plac Teatralny 3, Warsaw
22 September 2006 (Friday),7.00 pm, Śląski Teatr Tańca / Silesian Dance Theatre, ul. Żeromskiego 27, Bytom
Libretto: Yoshiki MUKAI
Artistic direction: Miyoko HIGAKI
Direction and choreography: Yukiko KONISHI
Assistant choreographer: Takuya HIGAKIv Lighting plan: Yoshikazu FUNASAKA
Lighting: Yasukazu MIYAJIMA
Stage manager: Tsunenori ISHIDA
Art. design: Mutsumasa HAKOZAKI
Costume design: Miyoko HIGAKI
Music: Georg Friedrich Händel, Georg Phillipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, KODO
Performers:
Wife: Yukiko Konishi
Husband: Masahiro Shimura
Lord: Hideyuki Tanaka
Retainer: Takuya Higaki
Villagers: Maki Arisato, Tsubasa Maeda, Hiroko Matsui
Inner palace maids: Hanano Yamazaki, Minako Mori, Sae Mikazuki, Akiko Maekawa, Akiko Kozuki, Azumi Hamaguchi
Honorary Patronage: Japan Embassy in Poland
The performance inaugurates Japan Culture Days in Poland
Premiere: 27 March 1991
Warsaw
Tickets:
5 PLN (with disscount 35), 35 PLN (30), 30 PLN (25), 25 PLN (20),
17 PLN National Theatre ticket offices, Plac Teatralny 3, Warszawa,
tel. (0 22) 69 20 604, 69 20 610, 69 20 664 EVENTIM ticket offices,
Al. Jerozolimskie 25, tel. (22) 621 94 54, www.eventim.pl Mały Theatre ticket offices, ul. Marszałkowska 104/122
(entrance near Pasaż Wiecha, opposite Kino Relax),
tel. (0 22) 827 50 22
www.ebilet.pl
Organisation:
- Ludwig van Beethoven Association
- Co-organisation: Higaki Ballet Company
- Co-operation: National Theatre
Sponsors:
- Lufthansa
- Wacoal
- SUNTORY
- NITTO
- The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kyoto
Bytom
Tickets:
30 PLN, 25 PLN, school tickets 15 PLN Silesian Dance Theatre ticket offices, ul. Żeromskiego 27, Bytom,
tel. (0 32) 281 82 53, 281 82 55
Organisation: Silesian Dance Theatre
Co-organization: Higaki Ballet Company
Co-operation: Ludwig van Beethoven Association
Sponsors:
- Bytom City
- Marshall’s Office in Katowice
- Śląski Teatr Tańca
- Lufthansa
- Wacoal
- SUNTORY
- NITTO
TAIKO
based on “Esugata Nyōbō” (“Portrait of a Wife”) is a Japanese folktale that has been influenced by foreign folklore. A feudal lord accidentally obtained a painting of a beautiful wife in the village. The wife was kidnapped for her beauty. She retained her virtue and became known as the woman without a smile. To save her, her husband came to the castle dressed as a vendor. He successfully retrieved his wife, taking advantage of dimwittedness of the feudal lord.
Higaki Ballet Company from Kyoto presents sophisticated Japanese ballet, mixing the world of ancient Japanese Noh theatre, literature and legends with modern dance forms. The ballet has received many awards such as the Grand Prix of National Art Festival 2004 by Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan. Higaki Ballet Company has got great reviews in Asia, New Zeland and Germany where it performed during Asia Pacific Week Berlin2005
Performers:
Wife: Yukiko Konishi
Husband: Masahiro Shimura
Lord: Hideyuki Tanaka
Retainer: Takuya Higaki
Villagers: Maki Arisato, Tsubasa Maeda, Hiroko Matsui
Inner palace maids: Hanano Yamazaki, Minako Mori, Sae Mikazuki, Akiko Maekawa, Akiko Kozuki, Azumi Hamaguchi
