In winter 2010/11 the Mikhailovsky Ballet Company is heading to Japan. Th  tour will mark the 30th anniversary of the cooperation with the production management company Koransha.

The Mikhailovsky Ballet has had tours to Japan since 1981. The forthcoming ballet season in Japan will start on 2 December 2010 and finish on 17 January 2011. The company will visit Tokyo, Osaka and other cities of the country and will present the ballets The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake. The mesmerizing Farukh Ruzimatov will appear in Giselle, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake. To celebrate the anniversary on the best stage in Tokyo — Bunka Kaikan — the Mikhailovsky Theatre will present the new production of Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Oleg Vinogradov. It’s the ballet (in the earlier version by Oleg Vinogradov) was shown in Japan 30 years ago.
The tour includes the concerts by Mikhailovsky Symphonic Orchestra and a special Christmas present: The Evening of the Waltzes featuring the Mikhailovsky Orchestra and Opera soloists.

Ballet

December 2010
4 / Sat 17:00	The Nutcracker	Tochigi Tochigiken Sogo Bunka Center
5 / Sun 17:00		Gunma Gunma Kenmin Kaikan
8 / Wed 18:30	Romeo and Juliete	Tokyo Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
9 / Thu 18:30		Tokyo Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11 / Sat 15:00	The Nutcracker	Chiba Chibaken Bunka Kaikan
12 / Sun 15:00		Tokyo Parthenon Tama
14 / Tue 16:00		Chiba Seitoku Gakuen Kawnami Kinen Kodo
15 / Wed 18:30		Niigata Niigata Kenmin Kaikan
16 / Thu 18:30		Tokyo Nerima Bunka Center
18 / Sat 13:30		Kanagawa Green-Hall Sagami Ono
19 / Sun 15:00		Shizuoka Shizuoka Shimin Bunka Kaikan
20 / Mon 18:30		Shizuoka Act-City Hamamatsu
23 / Thu 12:30		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
23 / Thu 16:30		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
24 / Fri 18:30		Kanagawa Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
25 / Sat 12:30		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
26 / Sun 18:30	Swan Lake	Kanagawa Kamakura Geijutsukan
27 / Mon 18:30	Giselle	Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
28 / Tue 18:30		Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
January 2011
2 / Sun 15:00	Swan Lake	Saitama Omiya Sonic City
4 / Tue 12:00		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
4 / Tue 17:00		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
6 / Thu 18:30	Don Quixote	Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
7 / Fri 18:30		Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
8 / Sat 13:00	Swan Lake	Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
9 / Sun 13:00		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
10 / Mon 16:00		Miyagi Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan
12 / Wed 18:30	Don Quixote	Nagano Matsumoto Shimin Geijutsukan
14 / Fri 18:30	Swan Lake	Aichi Aichiken Geijutsu Gekijo
15 / Sat 15:00	Giselle	Hyogo Hyogoken Geijutsu Bunka Center
16 / Sun 15:00	Swan Lake	Hyogo Hyogoken Geijutsu Bunka Center

Orchestra

December 2010
18 / Sat 16:00	Christmas Special Classics	Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
19 / Sun 14:00		Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
24 / Fri 19:00		Kanagawa Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
25 / Sat 18:30		Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A
29 / Wed 14:00	Beethoven Symphony No. 9	Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall
30 / Thu 14:00		Tokyo Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
January 2011
3 / Mon 14:00	New Year Concert	Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A