Mari Kawanishi
geboren in Tokyo, Japan
Ballettausbildung
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 /// seit 2011 Staatsballett Berlin
Repertoire
Frederick Ashton: Cinderella (zwölf Sterne); Peter Wright: Der Nussknacker (Schneeflocke); Sir Kenneth McMillan: Romeo und Julia; David Dawson: Giselle; William Forsythe: Artifact Suite; George Balanchine: Coppélia (Vier Narren); Jewels (Diamonds und Emeralds) und Tarantella; Xenia Wiest: The Running System; Jeroen Verbruggen: Faltz
Repertoire in Berlin
William Forsythe: Herman Schmerman; Mauro Bigonzetti: Caravaggio; Vladimir Malakhov: La Péri und Die Bajadere; John Cranko: Onegin und Romeo und Julia; Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna; Angelin Preljocaj: The Nights; Itzik Galili: The Open Square; Patrice Bart: Schwanensee; Boris Eifman: Tchaikovsky; Vasily Medvedev und Yuri Burlaka: Der Nussknacker; Maurice Béjart: Ring um den 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, Bovary; Pina Bausch: Das Frühlingsopfer; Sharon Eyal: 2 Chapters Love; William Forsythe: One Flat Thing, reproduced, Blake Works I; Marcos Morau: Overture; Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas;
Wettbewerbe
2006 Youth America Grand Prix: Final Scholarship
Besonderes
2010 YAGP 10th Anniversary Gala, Tokio /// 2010 und 2011 Anaheim International Dance Festival /// 2012 Gastauftritt bei Artedanza Rossana in Dornröschen (Aurora) /// 2012 und 2014 Gala of the Stars in Kalifornien /// 2013 Gala Internazionale Di Danza Livorno