The dancers' futuristic headgear glints under the lights at a top ballet show, but just two months ago their plastic costumes were sticky bottles tossed into a Tokyo recycling bin.
"Plastic," a new production by renowned Japanese company K-Ballet, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some unusual set and wardrobe design.
Tutus made from used bubble wrap, four huge recycled-bottle walls and 100 transparent umbrellas left behind in the capital all feature in the performance, which drew a full house to its first short run in Yokohama.