Profile　MIZUKA UENO

Guest Principal Dancer of The Tokyo Ballet.

Born in Kanagawa, Mizuka Ueno began her ballet studies at the age of 5.
In 1989, she won the first prize at the Japan dance competition in Saitama.
Having won the Prix de Lausanne Scholarship in 1993, she entered the Academie de Danse Classique Princess Grace in Monaco.
Upon graduation from the school at the top of the class, she joined Asami Maki Ballet in Tokyo in 1995.
She received the gold medal at the World Ballet and Modern Dance Competition in 1996.
She made her debut as Odette/Odile in "SWAN LAKE" in July 1999.
And she danced Roland Petit's pieces of "A L'italienne," "Notre-Dame de Paris," "DUKE ELLINGTON BALLET"(world premire) etc.
In 2004, she left Asami Maki Ballet and joined the Tokyo Ballet.
With the Tokyo Ballet, her repertory includes, "DON QUIXOTE," "SLEEPING BEAUTY," "THE NUTCRACKER," "SWAN LAKE," Balanchine's "THEME AND VARIATIONS" and "BALLET IMPERIAL," "ÉTUDES," as well as many leading roles in Maurice Béjart's ballets, including "BOLÉRO," "BHAKTI III," "M," and "DON GIOVANNI."
Especialy "BOLERO" and "BHAKTI III," she learned directly from Maurice Bejart.
Her partner includes V.Malakhov, M.Ganio, J.Martinez, R.Bolle, D.Hallberg, F.Vogel, L.Sarafanov, I.Kolb, M.Golding, J.Belingard, J.Carreno, N.Tsiskaridze, M.Murru, D.Camargo, I.Zelenski, and M.Gomes.
In 2014 and 2018, she produced the stage "Jewels from Mizuka"

GUEST PERFORMANCE

1999 "Roland Petit and stars" gala performance in Mexico

2002 Petit's "NOTRE DAME DE PARIS" with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

2002 "DUKE ELLINGTON BALLET" with the Teatro San Carlo in Naples

2007 "DON QUIXOTE" with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the company's Japan tour

2007 "BHAKTI III" gala performance with Ballet de Santiago

2008 "Youth America Grand Prix Gala" in New York

2008-2009 "Malakhov & Friends" with Berlin State Ballet

2009 "An Evening with Paloma Herrera" in Shingapore

2010 "Nijinsky Gala XXXVI" in Hamburg

2010 "International Ballet Star Gala" in Taipei

2010-2011 "Malakhov & Friends" with Berlin State Ballet

2011 Charity gala "SERATA SACRA" with Maggio Danza in Firenze

2011 Charity gala "Ballet Helps Japan" in Berlin

2012 "40th anniversary gala of the Prix de Lausanne" in Lausanne

2012 "3rd International Istanbul Ballet Competition Gala" in Istanbul

2012 "Australian Ballet 50th Anniversary Gala" in Melbourne

2014 "Malakhov & Friends" with Berlin State Ballet

2015 "David Hallberg Presents LEGACY" gala performance in New York

2015 "Kremlin Gala" in Moscow

2016 "Roberto Bolle and Friends" in Bologna

2016 "Spring for Dance Gala" in Virginia

2016 "International Ballet Star Gala" in Taipei

2016 "Malakhov & Friends" in Berlin

2019 "Global Ballet Holidays" in Moscow

2023 "50th anniversary gala of the Prix de Lausanne" in Lausanne

2023 "International Ballet Star Gala" in Taipei

REPERTORY

ALBERTO ALONSO　アルベルト・アロンソ

Carmen:(Carmen)

FREDERICK ASHTON　フレデリック・アシュトン

Birthday Offering
The Dream:(Titania)

VLADIMIR BOURMEISTER　ウラジーミル・ブルメイステル

Swan Lake:(Odetto/Odile)

GEORGE BALANCHINE　ジョージ・バランシン

Themes and Variation:(Principal)
Ballet Imperial:(Principal)

MAURICE BEJART　モーリス・ベジャール

Amor Di Poeta
Bolero:(Melody)
Bhakti III
Dance in the Mirror:(Heliogabale)
Don Giovanni:(Variation 6）
Danse Greques:(Hasapiko Pas de Deux)
The Kabuki:(Lady Kaoyo)
M:(La femme)
The NutCracker:(Grand Pas de Deux)
The Ninth Symphony:(First movement)
Faust:(Pas de Deux)

PETER DARREL　ピーター・ダレル

The Tales of Hoffman:(Antonia)

ANTON DOLIN　アントン・ドーリン

Pas de Quatre:(Gran)

PATRICK DE BANA　パトリック・ド・バナ

White Shadow
Creatures

WILLIAM FORSYTHE　ウィリアム・フォーサイス

In the Middle Somewhat Elevated

MICHAEL FOKINE　ミハイル・フォーキン

Pas de Quatre:(Gran)
Scheherazade

ANNA-MARIE HOLMES　アンナ・マリー・ホームズ

Le Corsaire:(Medora)

PIERRE LACOTTE　ピエール・ラコット

La Sylphide:(Sylphide)

HARALD LANDER　ハラルド・ランダー

Etudes:(Principal)

MANUEL LEGRIS　マニュエル・ルグリ

Donizetti Pas de Deux

SERGE LIFAR セルジュ・リファール

Suite en blanc

NATALIA MAKAROVA　ナタリア・マカロワ

La Bayadere:(Nikiya)

VLADIMIR MALAKHOV　ウラジーミル・マラホフ

The Sleeping Beauty:(Princess Aurora, Lilac fairy)

JOSE MARTINEZ　ジョゼ・マルティネズ

Delibe Suite

JOHN NEUMEIER　ジョン・ノイマイヤー

Seven Haiku of the Moon

VASLAV NIJINSKY　ワツラフ・ニジンスキー

Afternoon of a Faun:(Nymph)

RUDOLF NUREYEV　ルドルフ・ヌレエフ

Don Quixote:(Kitri)

MARIUS PETIPA マリウス・プティパ

Swan Lake:(Odetto/Odile)
The NutCracker:(Clara, Sugar Plum Fairy)
Sleeping Beauty:(Princess Aurora)
Giselle:(Giselle)

ROLAND PETIT　ローラン・プティ

Ma Pavrova:(Les Gymnopedies / Thais / Leda et le Cygne)
A L'italienne
Six Danses de Chabrier
Notre-Dame de Paris:(Esmeralda)
Duke Ellington Ballet
Tous Satie
Cheek to Cheek
Pink Floyd Ballet
L'Arlesienne
Bolero

AZALI PLISETSKY　アザーリ・プリセツキー

Romeo and Juliet:(Juliet)
Don Quixote:(Kitri)

JEROME ROBBINS　ジェローム・ロビンズ

In the night

HELGI TOMASSON　ヘルギー・トマソン

Con Brio

VLADIMIR VASILLIEV　ウラジミール・ワシリエフ

Don Quixote:(Kitri)

PRIZE

1993　Scholarship Prize at the Prix de Lausanne

1996　Gold Medal at the World Ballet and Modern Dance Competition in Nagoya

2000　Recommended Artists Prize in the category of “New artist of 2001” by the Minister of Education and Culture of Japan

2022　Recommended Artists Prize in the category of “Artist of 2022” by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

2023　Medal with Purple Ribbon of Japan