Marina Kanno

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    born in Fujisawa, Japan

    Ballet Education

    Kimura-Kimika-Ballet School, Yokohama
    2003–2005 Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg

    Engagements

    2005 Ballet of Wiener Staatsoper /// 2007 Staatsballett Berlin /// since 2010 Demi-Soloist

    Repertory

    Elena Tschernischova: Giselle (friends of Giselle, Zylmé); Renato Zanella: The Nutcracker; John Neumeier: Wie es euch gefällt (Court Ladies); Gyula Harangozo: Coppelia (friends); Rudolf Nurejew: Swan Lake (princess, four little swans, solo waltz); Marius Petipa: Paquita (Solo); Frederick Ashton: La fille mal gardée (friends); John Cranko: Romeo and Juliet (lily girls)

    Repertory in Berlin

    Vladimir Malakhov: Sleeping Beauty (blue-bird-Pas de deux, Fairy ›Canari qui chante‹), Cinderella (spring fairy) and La Bayadère (Grand Pas); Frederick Ashton: Sylvia (little goats); Patrice Bart: Swan Lake (Pas de trois, Four Little Swans, Solo Tarantella), The Nutcracker (Luise, Chinese dance, Solo Marquise) and Giselle (Peasant-Pas-de-deux); Boris Eifman: Tschaikowsky (Girl); Pierre Lacotte: La Vivandiére; Mauro Bigonzetti: Caravaggio; John Cranko: Onegin (Olga) and Romeo and Juliet (Carnival, lilies); Angelin Preljocaj: The Nights; Nacho Duato: Sleeping Beauty (blue-bird-Pas de deux, Fairy ›Canari qui chante‹) and The Nutcracker (Chinese dance); Ohad Naharin: Secus (Duato | Kylián | Naharin); Jiři Kylián: Petite Mort (Duato | Kylián | Naharin); George Balanchine: Jewels (Rubies); Benjamin Millepied: Daphnis et Chloé (Quartett) (Maillot | Millepied); Hofesh Shechter: The Art of Not Looking Back (Duato | Shechter); Vìctor Ullate: Don Quixote (Kitri: friends); Vasily Medvedev/Yuri Burlaka: The Nutcracker (Prince's sister, Princess); Alexei Ratmansky: La Bayadère (Grand Pas d'action); William Forsythe: The Second Detail; Marcia Haydée: Dornröschen (Fee der Beredsamkeit, Princess Florine); Arshak Ghalumyan: Die Nacht; Mats Ek: A Sort of…; Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem, Bovary; Marco Goecke: Petruschka; William Forsythe: Blake Works I;

    Other Achievements

    2006 New Year´s Concert Wien (Choreography by John Neumeier) /// 2009 Giselle, Tokyo /// 2010 Don Quixote (Kitri), Tokyo /// 2010 Asteras Ballet-Gala, New National Theater, Japan /// 2016 Ballet Star Gala, Beijing /// 2019 Artistic Ballet Gala, Osaka /// 2022 Ballet The New Classic, Tokyo

    Since 2020 Certified Peak Pilates Trainer

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