2017年1月アーカイブ

Mizuka Ueno Principal
(as Nikiya on 30 June and 2 July)

She joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2004. Ueno's repertoire includes leading roles of Don Quixote, Boléro, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Giselle. She was chosen to dance as Nikiya by Natalia Makarova at the premiere of The Tokyo Ballet's La Bayadère.

Daniel Camargo Guest dancer
(as Solor on 30 June and 2 July)

Brazilian dancer Daniel Camargo joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 2009 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in season 2013/14. With the company, he danced a wide range of leading roles of ballets such as Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Don Quijote, among others. In the summer of 2016, he came to Japan to perform at the Ballet Gala "Princes of Ballet". In August 2016, he joined Dutch National Ballet as a principal. A rising star with dynamism and virtuosity.

photo: Nobuhiko Hikiji

Haruka Nara First Soloist
(as Gamzatti on 30 June)

She joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2001. Nara's repertoire includes the leading and solo roles of The Kabuki, Le Sacre du printemps, Études, Paquita and Don Quixote. She also danced Gamzatti at the Company's premiere of La Bayadère.

photo: Nobuhiko Hikiji

Mamiko Kawashima Principal
(as Nikiya on 1 July, as Gamzatti on 2 July)

She joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2006. Kawashima's repertoire includes leading roles of Études, Spring and Fall, Vladimir Malakhov's The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Don Quixote.

photo: Nobuhiko Hikiji

Dan Tsukamoto Principal
(as Solor on 1 July)

He joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2008. Tsukamoto's repertoire includes leading roles of La Sylphide, The Kabuki, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, La Bayadère. He also danced as Escamillo of Mats Ek's Carmen with Sylvie Guilleme.

photo: Nobuhiko Hikiji

Akimi Denda Soloist
(as Gamzatti on 1 July)

She joined The Tokyo Ballet in 2008. Denda's repertoire includes solo roles such as Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty (The Tokyo Ballet's reconstruction version for children), Ursula in John Neumeier's Romeo and Juliet and In the Middle Somewhat Elevated. She also performs the Spanish Dance and Mazurka in Swan Lake.