Soy Planning Inc. (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative: Tomohiro Yoshida), which plans and produces high-quality ballet events, will hold the "Yokohama Ballet Festival 2026 in Kamakura" on Sunday, August 2, 2026, at the Kamakura Performing Arts Center Grand Hall. Yokohama Ballet Festival 2026 A Glamorous All-Star Gala Featuring Top Dancers from Around the World Gathering in Kamakura The "Yokohama Ballet Festival," one of Japan's largest ballet gala concerts, has been held in Yokohama for 10 years since its premiere in 2015. Starting in 2025, the venue will move to Kamakura, known as the birthplace of Japanese ballet, and this will be the second year the performance is held in Kamakura. Beyond the dazzling gala performance featuring top-tier dancers from around the globe, the festival's greatest appeal lies in the opportunity to enjoy cutting-edge works that reflect the "now" of the international ballet scene. Now in its 11th year since its start in 2015, the festival will further evolve as a beloved annual summer event for ballet fans. Following the closure of the Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, which had served as the venue, at the end of March 2025, the performance has moved to the Kamakura Performing Arts Center Grand Hall (nearest station: JR Ofuna Station) since last year. Kamakura: The Birthplace of Japanese Ballet Kamakura is known as the place where Elina Pavlova, an emigrant from Russia, settled in Shichirigahama in 1925 and opened Japan's first full-scale ballet school. Because dancers who would build the foundation of the Japanese ballet world were trained here, Kamakura is considered "the birthplace of Japanese ballet." Photo Credit: Photo Create (From Yokohama Ballet Festival 2025 in Kamakura, Yo Nakajima) Stars Active Both Domestically and Internationally Will Perform This year, dancers active both in Japan and abroad, including Mimosa Koike, Shiori Kase, Saho Shibayama, Akira Akiyama, Yo Nakajima, Yana Paneva, Haruo Niyama, Jae Yeon Ahn,