Meiri Maeda
born in Osaka, Japan
Ballet Education
1998–2006 Nobuko Okamoto Ballet Academy
2009–2014 Academie Princess Grace, Monte Carlo
2006–2009 Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington D.C.
Engagements
2014 Junior Ballett of Ballett Zürich /// 2016 Ballett Zürich /// 2023 Staatsballett Berlin
Repertory
Christian Spuck: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Marie), Messa da Requiem, Winterreise, Monteverdi, Anna Karenina, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet and more; William Forsythe: In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, The Second Detail, One Flat Thing, reproduced, Workwithinwork; Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas, Emergence; Alexei Ratmansky: Swan Lake (Four Little Swans); Jiří Kylián: Bella Figura, Gods and Dogs, Stepping Stones, Six Dances, Sweet Dreams; Johan Inger: Walking Mad; Marcos Morau: Nachtträume; Hans van Manen: On the Move; Marco Goecke: Nijinski, Petrushka; Edward Clug: Faust, Peer Gynt, Chamber Minds; Other Choreographers: Ohad Naharin, Patrice Bart, Jacopo Godani, Louis Steins
Repertory in Berlin
Christian Spuck: Bovary; Marcia Haydée: Sleeping Beauty (Fee der Beredsamkeit, Kätzchen); Patrice Bart: Giselle (Peasant Pas de Deux); William Forsythe: Blake Works I; Marcos Morau: Overture; Samantha Lynch: COME BACK (20 Years of Staatsballett Berlin);
Other Achievements
Danced «The Chosen One» in The Rite of Spring by Lucas Rodrigues Valente at Tonhalle in Zürich with live organ.