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Hironao Takahashi
Premier Dancer
Hironao is from Hokkaido, Japan. He trained at the Hisatomi Ballet Studio; the Royal Ballet Upper School and Central School of Ballet, London. He has performed as a guest of Hisatomi Ballet Studio, Cape Town City Ballet, Lausanne Gala in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. He started dancing with Northern Ballet in 1992.
Learn more about Hironao
Favourite roles
Dracula, Dracula; Beast, Beauty & the Beast; Oberon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Romeo and Mercutio, Romeo & Juliet.
Career highlights
Winner of a professional prize at Prix de Lausanne (1992).
Guest performances
Hisatomi Ballet Studio dancing Tchaikovsky pas de deux and Paquita, and in Tokyo danced La Fille mal gardée pas de deux. Cape Town City Ballet 70th Anniversary Gala including pas de deux from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet. Lausanne Gala in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan 2004.
Where were you born and raised?
Hokkaido, Japan
Where did you do your dance training?
Hisatomi Ballet Studio; Royal Ballet Upper School; Central School of Ballet, London.
When did you join Northern Ballet?
1992
What made you want to be a dancer?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Who are your artistic influences?
Irek Mukhamedov
Describe your perfect Sunday morning...
Sunny, warm, great breakfast, watching favourite TV and knowing I don't have to do anything all day!
What was the first and last album you bought?
First was Chriss Rea, Road to Hell and the last was Greeeen, Ima Made no A Men, B Men Dest!?
What would be your luxury item on a desert island?
Air bed.
What are your favourite places in Yorkshire?
Las Iguanas... When it's quiet!
All our dancers
Pippa Moore (Premier Dancer)
Martha Leebolt (Premier Dancer)
Hironao Takahashi (Premier Dancer)
Kenneth Tindall (Premier Dancer)
Javier Torres (Premier Dancer)
Tobias Batley (Premier Dancer)
Darren Goldsmith (Principal Character Artist)
Hannah Bateman (Leading Soloist)
Julie Charlet (First Soloist)
Michela Paolacci (First Soloist)
Ashley Dixon (First Soloist)
Victoria Sibson (Soloist)
Dreda Blow (Soloist)
John Hull (Soloist)
Lori Gilchrist (Coryphée)
Sebastian Loe (Coryphée)
Giuliano Contadini (Coryphée)
Jessica Morgan (Dancer)
Rachael Gillespie (Dancer)
Benjamin Mitchell (Dancer)
Thomas Aragones (Dancer)
Graham Kotowich (Dancer)
Antoinette Brooks-Daw (Dancer)
Jeremy Curnier (Dancer)
Luisa Rocco (Dancer)
Nicola Gervasi (Dancer)
Joshua Barwick (Dancer)
Matthew Broadbent (Dancer)
Teresa Saavedra-Bordes (Dancer)
Abigail Prudames (Dancer)
Jessica Cohen (Dancer)
Kevin Poeung (Dancer)
Isaac Lee-Baker (Dancer)
Sean Bates (Dancer)
Olivia Holland (Apprentice)
Mariana Rodrigues (Apprentice)
Joseph Taylor (Apprentice)
Matthew Topliss (Apprentice)
