Yu Kurihara

Born: Japan

Trained: Royal Ballet School

Joined: 2018, promoted to Soloist in 2021

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

Other companies: Asami Maki Ballet, Tokyo (Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty).

Proudest on-stage moment: Curtain calls, when I enjoy the results of all my work.

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
Ruth Brill: Peter and the Wolf
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)