| Madoka Sugai 菅井円加 | |
| Birth Date: | 12 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Education: | Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy |
| Occupation: | ballet dancer |
| Years Active: | 2012-present |
| Current Group: | Hamburg Ballet |
Madoka Sugai (菅井円加, Sugai Madoka, born 1994) is a Japanese ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Hamburg Ballet.
Sugai was born in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture.[1] She trained at Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy in Yamato, Kanagawa.[2]
In 2012, Sugai won the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, for which Miyako Yoshida was a juror.[3] After her victory, she was offered an apprenticeship to The Hamburg Ballet's second company, National Youth Ballet,[4] and joined the main company in 2014. In 2016, she danced a pax de deux from Flower Festival in Genzano with colleague Christopher Evans at the Erik Bruhn Prize.[5] She became a soloist in the following year and principal dancer in 2019. Her repertoire includes works by John Neumeier, Rudolf Nureyev and Jerome Robbins, and she originated a role in Neumeier's Beethoven Project.[1] [6]
Sugai's repertoire with the Hamburg Ballet includes:[1]