Yoshida Miyako was a Ballet superstar - the first Japanese ballerina to be made a Principal at The Royal Ballet.
More than two decades on from her final curtain call in Covent Garden, she's returned to her old London stomping ground - not as a dancer, but as the director.
The National Ballet of Japan becomes the first Asian dance company to perform on the main stage of the Royal Opera House in over 15 years.
Report by Gluszczykm.
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