Erina Takahashi

Birthplace
Kushiro, Japan

Training
Kushiro Ballet Academy by Kou Yano, English National Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 1996, Principal Dancer 2000, Lead Principal 2007. From autumn 2024, Erina has joined the Artistic Team as Repetiteur alongside her Lead Principal role.

Repertoire
Lead roles in Inger’s Carmen; Rojo’s Raymonda; Ek’s The Rite of Spring; MacMillan’s Manon and Song of the Earth; The Sleeping Beauty (Deane’s and Wheeldon’s); Deane’s Swan Lake; Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet; Giselle (Skeaping’s and Khan’s); Corder’s Cinderella; Hynd’s Coppélia; Eagling’s Nutcracker; Holmes’s Le Corsaire; Lander’s Etudes; Cherkaoui’s Laid in Earth; Fosythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Approximate Sonata 2016; Dawson’s Four Last Songs; La Bayadère; Raymonda; Paquita; Double Concerto; Who Cares?; Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; The Rite of Spring and more. Created roles include Marie in Khan’s Creature; Medea in Wang’s M-Dao and Aurora in Deane’s Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Albert Hall. Performed in Akram Khan’s Dust on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival, and the leading role of The Woman in MacMillan’s Song of the Earth at the Royal Opera House