Mari Kawanishi
born in Tokyo, Japan
Ballet Education
1998–2002 Tachibana Ballet School, Tokyo
2002–2007 Elmhurst School for Dance, London
2007–2010 The Royal Ballet School, London
Engagements
2010 Semperoper Ballett Dresden /// since 2011 Staatsballett Berlin
Repertory
Frederick Ashton: Cinderella (Twelve Stars); Peter Wright: The Nutcracker (Snowflake); Sir Kenneth McMillan: Romeo and Juliet; David Dawson: Giselle; William Forsythe: Artifact Suite; George Balanchine: Coppélia (Four jesters), Jewels (Diamonds and Emeralds) and Tarantella; Xenia Wiest: The Running System; Jeroen Verbruggen: Faltz
Repertory in Berlin
William Forsythe: Herman Schmerman; Mauro Bigonzetti: Caravaggio; Vladimir Malakhov: La Péri and La Bayadère; John Cranko: Onegin and Romeo and Juliet; Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna; Angelin Preljocaj: The Nights; Itzik Galili: The Open Square; Patrice Bart: Swan Lake; Boris Eifman: Tchaikovsky; Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka: The Nutcracker; Maurice Béjart: Ring around the Ring; Heinz Spoerli: Peer Gynt; Ohad Naharin: Secus (Duato | Kylián | Naharin); George Balanchine: Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds); Jean-Christophe Maillot: Altro Canto (Maillot | Millepied); Hofesh Shechter: The Art of Not Looking Back (Duato | Shechter); Gentian Doda: was bleibt (Doda | Goecke | Duato); Richard Siegal: Oval (Balanchine | Forsythe | Siegal); Sharon Eyal: Half Life (van Dijk | Eyal), STRONG (Ekman | Eyal); William Forsythe: The Second Detail (Balanchine | Forsythe | Siegal), Johnny McMillan: Parliament; David Dawson: Voices (Dawson); Vivian Assal Koohnavard: This Too Shall Pass (LAB_WORKS 2022); Mats Ek: A Sort of…; Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem; Pina Bausch: Das Frühlingsopfer;
Competitions | Awards
2006 Youth America Grand Prix: Final Scholarship
Other Achievements
2010 YAGP 10th Anniversary Gala, Tokyo /// 2010 and 2011 Anaheim International Dance Festival /// 2012 Guest performance in Artedanza Rossana: Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) /// 2012 and 2014 Gala of the Stars in California /// 2013 Gala International Di Danza Livorno