Sponsors:

Shelley & Brett Shanaman

Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

Training: Australian Ballet School

Joined Ballet Memphis: 2017

Repertoire Highlights:

Princess Aurora, Sleeping Beauty

Sugar Plum, Clara, Dewdrop, Nutcracker

George Balanchine’s Donizetti variations,Theme and Variations, Divertimento no.15, Serenade, Allegro Brillante, Square Dance, Concerto Barocco

Fate from Gho Choo San’s Romeo and Juliet

Matthew Neenan’s Water of the Flowery Mill, Party of the Year

Steven McMahon’s Unapologetic

Trey McIntyre’s In Dreams, Memphis Suite, Patsy Cline Gets Her Heart Broken

Mark Godden’s Angels in the architecture, Midsummer Night’s Dream

Durante Verzola’s Many A New Day

Stanton Welch’s Maninyas

Val Caniparoli’s Chant

Edwaard Liang’s Age of Innocence

Julia Adam’s Dew Point

Garrett Ammon’s Short Trip Home

Colby Damon’s A Soldier's Tale

Charles Askegard’s Violin Sonata #1

Other Companies: Singapore Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, The Australian Ballet's Dancers Company,
National Choreographer Initiative, Idemitsu Kosan Scholarship award at The 10th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition

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