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The Ninth Symphony Ballet – By Maurice Béjart

Showtime:
Sat Jun 11 at 1 PM

Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is the powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography. From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo 250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the word.” Maurice Béjart.

Ballet on Schiller’s Ode to Joy
Choreography & Staging by Maurice Béjart
Recorded in November 2014 at NHK Hall Tokyo

CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor – Zubin Metha, Director – Gil Roman, Stage Design and Costumes – Roger Bernard, Joëlle Roustan, & Henri Davila, Lights – Dominique Roman, Chorus Master – Fukiami Kuriyama

ARTISTIC TEAM
Béjart Ballet Lausanne Ensemble, The Tokyo Ballet, Kristin Lewis – Soprano, Mihoko Fujimura – Mezzo-soprano, Kei Fukui – Tenor, Alexander Vinogradov – Bass, Gil Roman – Narrator, JB Meier – Percussion, Thierry Hochstätter – Percussion, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Ritsuyukai Choir

Soloists dancers:
Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielhelm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Julien Favreau, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Alanna Archibald

Running Time: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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