Noriko Ohara (ballet) explained

[1] is a Japanese artistic director and retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with the Scottish Ballet from 1976 to 1995. Since 2014, she has been the artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. Ohara was awarded an honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1997 and was named to Japan's Order of the Rising Sun in 2014.

Biography

Ohara was born in Tokyo in 1943.[2] She began training in ballet at the age of four years, under .[3] She also trained with Alexandra Danilova.[4] At age 18, she joined the Asami Maki Ballet. She moved to New York in 1971 to further her training, then to London in 1974 to join the New London Ballet.

After a season with the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), she joined the Scottish Ballet in 1976 as a principal dancer. She briefly danced with the Basel Ballet in 1977. She returned to the Scottish Ballet in 1978, where she remained until 1995. Ohara's roles included Juliet in Romeo and Juliet,[5] Carmen in Carmen,[6] Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina,[7] the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker,[8] Madge in Les Sylphides,[9] and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream.[10]

In 1999, Ohara joined the New National Theatre Ballet (now the National Ballet of Japan) as its ballet mistress. She was named assistant artistic director in 2010. In 2014, she was promoted to artistic director of the dance department, which includes the National Ballet of Japan and contemporary dance programming. In 2016, her term was renewed until August 31, 2020.[11] [12]

Awards and honours

In 1997, Ohara was awarded an honorary OBE by the Secretary of State of Scotland, Donald Dewar.[13] [14] In 2004, she was awarded the Government of Japan's Purple Ribbon. In 2014, she was named to Japan's Order of the Rising Sun.

References

  1. Book: Ogura, Shigeo. バレエ音楽百科 (Ballet Music Encyclopedia). 1997. 音楽之友社. 4-276-25031-5. 50. 675268190.
  2. Web site: 新国立劇場次期芸術監督、オペラ部門に大野和士、演劇部門に小川絵梨子. 安藤光夫. 2016-06-22. SPICE（スパイス). 2020-04-14.
  3. Web site: Artistic Director Dance. NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200430021243/https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/dance/artistic-director.html. 2020-04-30. 2020-04-30.
  4. News: Mehle. Aileen "Suzy". Precious stones for a precious legend. 1981-11-10. New York Daily News. 2020-04-30. 12.
  5. News: Oliver. Cordelia. Romeo and Juliet. 1988-04-15. The Guardian. 2020-04-30. 31.
  6. News: Oliver. Cordelia. Carmen. 1985-09-23. The Guardian. 2020-04-29. 10.
  7. News: Parry. Jann. A dram for Anna Karenina. 1993-09-12. The Observer. 2020-04-29. 48.
  8. News: The Nutcracker. 1984-12-20. BBC Two England. 2020-04-13. 3189. 59. en-GB. 0033-8060.
  9. News: Dromgoole. Nicholas. The royal bore. https://web.archive.org/web/20160226075636/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4708626/The-royal-bore.html. dead. 2016-02-26. 1997-05-09. Telegraph. 2020-04-29. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  10. News: Siskind. Jacob. Dance vision of dream play. 1993-06-15. The Ottawa Citizen. 2020-04-30. 18.
  11. Web site: 新国立劇場の次期芸術監督予定者に小川絵梨子、大野和士ら. 2016-06-21. ステージナタリー. ja. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702212155/http://natalie.mu/stage/news/191699. 2017-07-02. 2020-04-13.
  12. Web site: 新国立劇場：次期芸術監督に大野さんら. 毎日新聞. ja. 2020-04-30.
  13. News: OBE for ballet dancer. 1997-12-14. The Herald. 2020-04-13. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200413043240/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12348901.obe-for-ballet-dancer/. 2020-04-13.
  14. Web site: Debutante ups the drama to refresh 'Sleeping Beauty'. Kosaka. Kris. 2014-11-05. The Japan Times. en-US. 2020-04-29.

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