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Shiori Kase

Lead Principal
The company Dancers Shiori Kase
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Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Training
Hirose Kato Ballet School, Royal Ballet School

Age started to dance
Three

English National Ballet
Joined 2009, promoted to Soloist 2013, First Soloist 2014, Principal 2016, Lead Principal 2022

Repertoire                                                                                                                                                                Lead roles include Odette/Odile, Swan Lake (Deane); Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker (Eagling); Aurora and Lilac Fairy, The Sleeping Beauty (MacMillan); Medora and Gulnare, Le Corsaire (Holmes); Ballerina, Etudes (Lander); Polyhymnia, Apollo (Balanchine);  Cinderella and Sister Clementine, Cinderella (Wheeldon); The Sylph, La Sylphide (Bournonville/Andersen); Flute and Pas de Trois, Suite en blanc (Lifar); Lead Couple, No Man’s Land (Scarlett); Swanilda, Coppélia (Hynd); Opening and Rhapsody in Blue lead couple, Strictly Gershwin (Deane)

Guest Appearances
K-Ballet Company, Macedonian National Ballet

Career Highlights
Being promoted to Principal on the stage of the Palais Garnier in June 2016. Winning the Gold Medal at the 2014 USA International Ballet Competition and winning the Emerging Dancer Award in 2011

Her dancing is beautifully accomplished – speedy and dazzling in her intricate solos.
The Sunday Times

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Precious Adams and Gareth Haw in rehearsals for David Dawson's Four Last Songs © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Four Last Songs in rehearsals
Raymonda: Act 1 variation (extract) | English National Ballet
Shiori Kase in the title role of Raymonda performing the variation from Act 1.
Raymonda: Act 1 variation (extract)
Nutcracker: Photoshoot with Shiori Kase | English National Ballet
Nutcracker: Photoshoot
Angela Wood in Take Five Blues by Stina Quagebeur part of Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Take Five Blues
Rhys Antoni Yeomans and Georgia Bould in Arielle Smith's Joly Folly as part of ENB's Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
On Stage: Reunion at Sadler's Wells
Coppélia: Shiori Kase as Swanilda (extract) | English National Ballet
Shiori Kase as Swanilda in Coppelia
Coppelia: extract
Flames of Paris (extract) | English National Ballet
Shiori Kase and Daniel McCormick performing Flames of Paris by Vasily Vainonen for Emerging Dancer: A Celebration.
Flames of Paris (extract)
Emerging Dancer: A Celebration – Mentorship in the Competition | English National Ballet
Hear from Julia Conway and Shiori Kase on the value of having mentors for Emerging Dancer.
The Value of Mentorship with Emerging Dancer
Emma Hawes & Aitor Arrieta in Blake Works I for The Forsythe Evening © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: THE FORSYTHE EVENING
Raymonda: Trailer | English National Ballet
Raymonda: Trailer
Angela Wood and Daniel McCormick in rehearsal for Playlist (EP) © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: THE FORSYTHE EVENING in Rehearsals
English National Ballet dancers in Tamara Rojo's Raymonda © Johan Persson
In Pictures: Raymonda
Francesco Gabriele Frola as Conrad in Le Corsaire © Laurent Liotardo
Le Corsaire Production Photography
Le Corsaire: Odalisque with Shiori Kase (extract) | English National Ballet
Shiori Kase during the variation of the Odalisque pas de trois in Le Corsaire.
Extract from Le Corsaire: Shiori Kase as an Odalisque
Alina Cojocaru as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty © Laurent Liotardo.
The Sleeping Beauty production images
Our Voices, September 2023, Four Last Songs rehearsal images