The dancers discover Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan theatre, the technicians try to make themselves understood by their Japanese colleagues, and time is running out as the premiere of Swan Lake approaches.

^{This documentary is supported by Lexus, official car of the Opéra national de Paris, the Orange Foundation, patron of the Opéra's audiovisual broadcasts, and the Cercle POP, patron of the Opéra's audiovisual and digital projects.}