Sae Maeda
Sae Maeda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yokohama, Japan |
| Education | The Royal Ballet School |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Career | |
| Current group | The Royal Ballet |
Sae Maeda (born in 1998) is a Japanese ballet dancer and is currently a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet.
Early Life
[edit]Maeda was born in 1998 in Yokohama, Japan and started dancing ballet at the age of 7 at the Mayumi Kinuchi school of Ballet.[1]
Career
[edit]Maeda received a 3 year long scholarship to train at The Royal Ballet's Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme from the start of the 2017/18 Season when she was 15 years old.[1][2] She has been promoted to Artist in 2018, First Artist in 2022, Soloist in 2023 and First Soloist (current title), in 2024.[1]
Awards
[edit]She has won the Prix de Lausanne, the MET competition and the Critic's Circle National Dance 2023 for emerging dancers.[1][3][4]
Selected repertoire
[edit]Maeda's repertoire with the Royal Ballet includes:[1]
- Clara and Mirliton in The Nutcracker
- Perdita in The Winter’s Tale
- Kitri’s Friend in Don Quixote
- The Fairy Spring in Cinderella
- Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty
- Prince Siegfrieds Sister and Cygnet in Swan Lake
- Juliet’s Friend in Romeo and Juliet
- Pas de Six in Giselle
- Lead role in Rhapsody
Created roles
- Jessica Lang's Twinkle and Untitled, 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Sae Maeda". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "A Q&A with the Royal Opera House's Sae Maeda". Art de Vivre. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Better Starts Now: Sae Maeda".
- ^ "Sae Maeda - Prix de Lausanne". Prix de Lausanne Recipients. Retrieved 25 September 2024.