The Don Tours Tokyo

The company may only be a few years old, but we are already sharing our Australian spirit and warmth with Japanese audiences in 1968 during our first tour across Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. The company performs Raymonda, Swan Lake Act II, The Display and Elektra.

It’s over 20 years before we have the opportunity to return to Japan, and the company ensures the 1987 tour is one to remember. We perform across Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Hiroshima and Osaka, with a repertoire including Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Forgotten Land, Divertissements and Les Sylphides.

In the early nineties, The Australian Ballet showed off its extensive repertoire in Nagoya, Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama with performances of Giselle, Symphony in C, Return to the Strange Land, The Sleeping Beauty and a Gala Performance of favourite pieces.

The 1996 Japanese tour includes performances of Coppélia and Manon across Tokyo, Fuchunomori, Utsunomiya, Nagoya and Amagasaki.

The company performs Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake and Stanton Welch’s The Sleeping Beauty in Tokyo.

Guest artists Marilyn Jones, Colin Peasley, Shane Carroll, Kathleen Geldard, Audrey Nicholls, Robert Olup, Andris Toppe and Kurumi Shibadaira joined the company dancers on the tour that included Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker—The Story of Clara.

For the first time in our shared history, The Australian Ballet was able to host the Tokyo Ballet in a stunning performance of Giselle at the State Theatre in Melbourne.

The Australian Ballet returns to Japan after 15 years with the magnificent production of Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote. The production represents an important part of our company’s history dating back to the 1970s.