Aya Okumura

SOLOIST

born in Tokyo, Japan

BALLET EDUCATION

Rumiko Yamahi Ballet School, Tokio /// John Cranko Schule, Stuttgart

COMPETITION | AWARDS

2006 1st price NBA Ballet Competition

ENGAGEMENTS

2010 Het National Ballet // soloist as of 2017 /// since 2019 Staatsballett Berlin, soloist

REPERTORY

a.o. Frederick Ashton's The Dream, Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère, Alexei Ratmansky's Don Quijote  and Shostakovich Trilogy, Wayne Eagling's The Nutcracker, Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty, Rudi van Dantzig's Swan Lake, Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamente's Giselle