SHIBAYAMA SahoFirst Soloist

SHIBAYAMA Saho was born in Tokyo and trained under TANAKA Yoko, Svetlana Osiyeva, Dennis Marshall and Marjorie Grundvig. She studied at Ballet Studio DUO, the Harid Conservatory and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. She joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist in 2014 and has danced leading roles of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, La Bayadère and Cinderella. She was promoted to First Soloist in 2021.

SHIBAYAMA Saho

MAKI Asami's production: Raymonda (Raymonda)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING’s productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florina, Emerald, Fairy Grâce), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Clara, Louise / Butterfly)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Kitri, Street Dancer)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy), Swan Lake (Odette/Odile), La Bayadère (Nikiya), Raymonda (title role)
  • Konstantin SERGEYEV's production: Giselle (Peasant pas des deux)
  • Peter WRIGHT’s production: Swan Lake (Odette / Odile)
  • Frederick ASHTON:Cinderella (title role, Fairy Spring, Fairy Autumn)
  • George BALANCHINE: Symphony in C
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Diamond, Pearls), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Now Nothing)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia)
  • Nacho DUATO: Duende
  • Mikhail FOKINE: Petrouchka
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Courtesans), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet's friends)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (title role, ORIHIME (Vega))
  • OGURA Sachiko: Snow White (title role)