That triple bill for the 2021/2022 season is entitled Yoshida Miyako's Selection, featuring three accomplished pieces, One of the new productions is 5 Tango's, choreographed by the great Hans van MANEN which was scheduled for the 2020/2021 season but did not make it to the stage. The other new production is William FORSYTHE's popular The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. The third piece is from the repertoire: Grand Café from La Chauve-souris. Be delighted by the masterful dancers!

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude is a plotless ballet by avant-garde choreographer William FORSYTHE in a nod to classical ballet. The work uses the form and techniques of classical ballet, but off-balance and distorted, requiring both extreme flexibility and rigidity from the dancers. Audiences will thrill to the sharp technique and exacting movements of the performance.

Utilising the soaring final movement from Franz Schubert’s 9^th Symphony in C Major, William Forsythe complements the music’s layered intricacies and thunderous bravura with sophisticated complexity and dynamic momentum. In its playful employment of the familiar components which we have grown accustomed to associating with classical ballet,The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude pays homage to a rich history of great dance achievement and choreographic precedent. This is achieved in a spirit of overall inclusion, rather than limitation.

As the piece delves relentlessly through a series of riveting solos, duets, trios and group constellations, the audience is offered timeless images well in keeping with traditional interactions between ballerinas and their male counterparts, while individual eccentricities and indulgences are maintained (if not encouraged). Showcasing five dancers (two men and three women), the swiftly unfurling choreography dares its participants to surmount the technical challenges posed by employing sheer pleasure and abandon. This continual manifestation of unbridled expertise pushes their artistic accomplishments to ever greater heights. The effect is invigorating, precarious, even dizzying. The balletThe Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude has been achieved considerable acclaim worldwide for its speed, brilliance and remarkable musicality. It received New York City’s “Best Ballet of the Season” critics’ choice award in 1998 and appears in the repertoires of some of the most world-renowned ballet companies. Insider circles have referred to it as “the most technically difficult ballet ever performed.” Others have found it “the most liberating experience of an entire career.” For the dancer, it is a triumph of euphoric perfection. For the audience, it is eleven elegant minutes of exhilarating excellence. 
Noah D. Gelber

5 Tango's
Choreographed to masterpieces from contemporary tango master Astor Piazzolla, this work was first performed in 1977 by the Dutch National Ballet. One of Hans van Manen's works that has been performed as part of many ballet companies' repertoires, this ballet brims with the passion of the tango.

In all the works of Hans Van Manron, "Five-section Tango" is the most frequently performed work. Through this work, Van Manron introduced the new tango music of Astor Piazzolla to the Dutch audience in 1977. The work consists of five dance segments. Between the mysterious and passionate tango and the rational and refined ballet, a pair of dancers unfolds a nightly duo.

New National Theatre Tokyo is delighted to present the coquettish Grand Café masquerade scene from the chic ballet "La Chauve-souris" by French choreographer Roland PETIT, with his distinct humour and charm. This ballet allows the individuality of the dancers to shine through, something that cannot be achieved with classical ballet alone. Savour this mellow PETIT ballet, with its sense of stylish fun and sophisticated humour for the grownups, at the NNTT.