Yu Kurihara

Born: Japan

Trained: Royal Ballet School

Joined: 2018, promoted to Soloist in 2021 and First Soloist in 2022.

Awards: First prize at the Youth America Grand Prix (2015),
The Ashton Award, Royal Ballet School (2018)

REPERTORY INCLUDES

Carlos Acosta: Don Quixote (Kitri)
Juanjo Arqués: Ignite
Frederick Ashton: La Fille mal gardée
George Balanchine: Apollo (Terpsichore)
David Bintley: Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella
Pontus Lidberg, Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches: Black Sabbath – The Ballet
Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)
Goyo Montero: Chacona
Juliano Nunes: Interlinked
Peter Wright: The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy), Swan Lake (Swan Maiden), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora)