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DAVID HALLBERG |
Two random shots…
The theatre in Tokyo, called Bunka Kaikan. We never figured out why the seats are different colors. Art? or Random placement?
Passed out or texting on on the subway, a Japanese past time.
jolene said,
My guess is that the different colored seats are purely for economic reasons when a chair had to be replaced (cheaper to find different colored chairs, or couldn’t find the right shade of color to match the other chairs) rather than for aesthetic ones..
The second picture is why I refuse to sleep in public situations! 
My friends will drop to sleep in a drop of a hat during classes but I never could. I’m always surprised to be reminded at how clean Japanese subways are. Happy travels!
QQ said,
passed out, definitely passed out, like me right now
Colleen said,
I took a trip to Japan in April, and one thing I found very surprising to me was how comfortable people were with sleeping on the trains. I would be worried if I was by myself sleeping, because might miss my stop!
naomi said,
I enjoyed your Rabbit and Rogue, La Bayadere, von Rothbart and Conrad in Tokyo. You were so beautiful and your acting was magical and seducting as von Rothbart.
I have heard that the reason why the color of the seats at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan is that they wanted to image a field of flowers, so they intended to change the scatter of seat colors.
But I suppose very few of the audience understands that concept.(laugh).
Anyway I look forward to see your James in La Sylphide!
Kat said,
Hi, David. The main reason of the diffrent colored seats at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan is in this way performer(s) on the stage less notice when those seats are unoccupied during performance. This is why different colored seats are mostly located far back from the stage. And choice of color for those seats are purly random.
Amy said,
Haha I can’t imagine falling asleep on the train. . .I’d be so worried about sleeping through my stop, or waking up so flustered that I’d forget my stuff. lol.
Wow. The trains are so clean =]
QQ said,
don Q red. 2D44. butterfly garden. susn….
Liffey said,
I wonder what are you seeing in Korea right now.
I surf the web to find the review of Don Quixote, but instead I find your blog..WOW..
I really like your performance in rabbit and rogue!
xtanzer said,
Japanese trains and subways are SO fascinating for foreigners. I like the famous Yamanote Line which takes us around Tokyo and has a station in Ueno for the Bunka Kaikan. When we’d go to the theater (or to NHK Hall, another stop on the line) for performances, it wasn’t unusual for people to fall asleep and have their head plop on the nexp person’s shoulder. I’ve certainly acted as a “pillow” to a passenger who’s nodded off. Their trains are so clean, so ON-TIME and so much fun to ride.
Hope the tour went well and hope your shoulder is all better.
Someday you should post a video on youtube. I can’t remember who mentioned it in an earlier post, but that was a really good idea. It’d be nice to see a Hallberg video.
Enjoy!
Liffey said,
“acted as a pillow”-I like to talk about that, but for me it’s hard to describe..
Being a someone’s pillow in subway is ok only for the first time.
I couldn’t find the review of Don Q on Sunday yet. However I found the article that you send a heart-warming and thoughtful birthday gift to Yena Kang, former ABT dancer.. so sweet..
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