【Ballet Ensemble Gala 2026 Kansai Performance】A One-Day Program Packed with Passion for Ballet! Please Experience the 'Live' Stage That Moves the Heart at the Theater!

Ballet Ensemble Gala Performance・2026

Marti Corporation, a company specializing in ballet and dance products (Headquarters: 2-14-4 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Mita Keio Business 1F), will hold the Ballet Ensemble Gala 2026 Kanto performance on August 9, 2026 (Sun). This ballet performance features professional dancers from Japan and abroad, along with future professional dancers aiming for the professional world, performing together. This event is held every summer.

About the Ballet Ensemble Gala Performance

This performance features professional dancers from Japan and abroad, along with future professional dancers aiming for the professional world, performing together. The term 'ensemble' comes from the French word meaning 'together, unity, harmony.' The performance aims to bring together professional dancers and future professional dancers, creating a shared wonderful time with the audience.

In the second part of the performance, future dancers will perform together, challenging high-level curtain works. Professional dancers will also share their experiences while performing on the same stage, supporting the future professional dancers.

In the first part, we will perform a wide range of works, from 'Ballet Gala Concert・Pas de Deux' featuring famous scenes from classical ballets to original choreographed works performed by professional dancers abroad. This performance is recommended not only for ballet fans but also for those who are watching ballet for the first time.

Performance Program・Decided Works

Part 1 Ballet Gala Concert

'Don Quixote' Act 3 Grand Pas de Deux / Haruna Sakakibara・Shoma Ogasawara

'Romeo and Juliet' Balcony Pas de Deux / Kyoko Tomimura・Nobuo Fujino

'Sleeping Beauty' Grand Pas de Deux / Choreography: Fabrice Bourgeois / Mizuha Kawamoto・Maxime Mathieu Quiroga

'Hamlet' / Choreographer: Leo Muzitch / Emilie Tassinari・Kenta Yamamoto

'The Corsair' Act 1 Grand Pas de Deux / Natsumi Inoue・Takafumi Tamagawa

'The Fountain of Bakhchisarai' Act 1 Grand Pas de Deux / Yusa Hashimoto・Rafael Urazov

'Super Cinderella' Act 3 Adagio / Choreography: K. Simonov / Miwa Shibagaki・Kota Hirose

'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' / Balanchine Trust Authorized Work / Anya Ishii・Takahiro Nakajima

Part 2 Swan Lake Act 2・3

[Odette/Odile] Saya Narita

[Prince Siegfried] Kenta Yamamoto

[Rothbart] Nobuo Fujino

[Queen] Kyoko Tomimura

[Four Swans] Kaorin Inoue / Yuui Uematsu / Sumire Kojima / Hika Shimamura

[Three Swans] Hinako Okawa / Mikiko Nagi / Nanayo Honda

[Jester] Kota Hirose

Rio Kataoka / Chika Konishi / Mutsumi Naka / Sakina Nakaya

[Spain] Emilie Tassinari / Miwa Shibagaki

[Naples] Haruna Sakakibara / Shoma Ogasawara

Ai Ueno / Miho Tsujioka / Akari Miyazaki / Sakiharu Morioka

[Hungary]

Mizuha Kawamoto / Maxime Mathieu Quiroga

Rio Kataoka / Chika Konishi / Mutsumi Naka / Sakina Nakaya

[Russia] Yusa Hashimoto / Rafael Urazov

Hinako Okawa / Mikiko Nagi / Nanayo Honda

[Poland]

Natsumi Inoue / Takafumi Tamagawa

Kaorin Inoue / Yuui Uematsu / Sumire Kojima / Hika Shimamura

Ai Ueno / Miho Tsujioka / Akari Miyazaki / Sakiharu Morioka

Performance Details

Performance Flyer

Performance Flyer_Front

Performance Flyer_Back

Performance Overview [Kanto Performance]

Venue

Kobe Culture Hall Middle Hall

Date and Time

August 9, 2026 (Sat) Doors open at 15:30 / Performance starts at 16:15

Performance Content

Part 1 / Ballet Gala Concert

—A feast of professional ballet dancers from Japan and abroad

Part 2 / Act 2 and 3 from 'Swan Lake'

—A collaboration between professional ballet dancers and future dancers

HP

https://www.ballet-ensemble-gala-concert.com/%E5%85%AC%E6%BC%94%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1-vol-7%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA-2026%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%88/

Ticket Sales Site

https://teket.jp/3725/67045

Ticket Prices

S seat / 9,000 yen・A seat / 7,500 yen

Tickets

Performance Supervisors Introduction

Kyoko Tomimura

[Supervisor/Lead Dancer] Kyoko Tomimura

Former Principal of Hong Kong Ballet

Studied under Keiko Kawakami, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuko Egawa, and Hideo Fukagawa. Joined the Hong Kong Ballet in 1998.

2008 Principal Dancer of the same company. Starred in almost all of the ballet company's performances.

Repertoire

Choreography by Stephen Jeffries 'The Nutcracker' Choreography by Ronald Hynd 'The Merry Widow' 'Coppelia' Choreography by George Balanchine 'Rubies' 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' 'Concerto Barocco' and others

2010 Retired and returned to Japan

Began activities as an instructor at Studio Architanz. 2011 Participated in the Tokyo Citizens' Arts Festival organized by the Japan Ballet Association, performing 'Don Quixote'.

Performed Mercedes and the Queen of the Forest. 2012 Guest performance at the 'International Ballet Gala' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guest appearances at the Kanagawa Prefectural Arts Dance Association performances in 2015 and 2018.

Nobuo Fujino

[Supervisor/Lead Dancer] Nobuo Fujino

Former Principal of Hong Kong Ballet

Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture. Began ballet at the age of 12, studying under Nobuko Egawa and Masaaki Tsurumi. Won the Idemitsu Scholarship Award at the Asia Pacific Ballet Competition in 1995. Studied at the Australian Ballet School. Graduated as the top student in 1997 and joined the Hong Kong Ballet.

Promoted to Principal in 2002. Holds numerous leading roles in classical and contemporary dance works. During his tenure, he received the 'Newcomer Award' from the Hong Kong Dance Alliance and the 'Hong Kong Dance Award' from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Guest performances at the Miami International Ballet Festival, Shanghai International Ballet Competition Exhibition, 'Stars of the 21st Century' at the Champs-Elysées Theater in Paris, International Ballet Gala in Malaysia, and others. Nominated for the first Japanese 'Benois de la Danse' at the Bolshoi Theater and performed at the gala. Moved to the Australian Ballet as a Senior Soloist from 2005 to 2007.

2010 Moved the stage of activity to his home country. Played the role of the prince in the Inoue Ballet's 'The Nutcracker'. Assigned the roles of Basil in 'Don Quixote', Albrecht in 'Giselle', and Vronsky in 'Anna Karenina' at the Tokyo Citizens' Arts Festival organized by the Japan Ballet Association. Guest performances as the prince in the Philippine Ballet's 'Sleeping Beauty' (2011) and 'The Nutcracker' (2017).

2013 Presented Japan's first choreographed work 'Beautiful Inside' at Ballet Creation organized by the Japan Ballet Association. Choreographed at Inoue Ballet 'Annex Theater' and Kanagawa Prefectural Arts Dance Association 'Red Brick DanceArt' from 2015 to 2017. Presented 'A Grand Ball for Great Composers and Music' (2016) and 'THE Ballet Museum' (2017) produced by Nobuo Fujino at Chakoto. Currently a freelance dancer

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