Ken Saruhashi

Birthplace
Hokkaido, Japan

Training
Harumi Shimoda Ballet School; English National Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 2011, promoted First Artist 2014, Junior Soloist 2016, Soloist 2017, First Soloist 2019.

Repertoire
Sugar Plum Cavalier and Drosselmeyer in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Ali and Lankendem in Holmes’s Le Corsaire; Siegfried in Deane’s Swan Lake; Albrecht in Skeaping’s Giselle; Hilarion in Khan’s Giselle; Nephew/Prince in Eagling’s Nutcracker; Mercutio in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet; The Messenger of Death in MacMillan’s Song of the Earth; Bluebird and Prince Désiré in MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty; Lescaut in MacMillan’s Manon; Benjamin in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Zuniga in Inger’s Carmen. Other repertoire includes Lander’s Etudes; the Mazurka from Lifar’s Suite en blanc; Kylián’s Petite Mort; Neumeier’s Spring and Fall; Barton’s Fantastic Beings; van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier; Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps; Smith’s Jolly Folly and Forsythe’s Playlist (Track 1, 2)