NAKAJIMA ShunyaSoloist

NAKAJIMA Shunya was born in Tokyo. He started ballet under his grandparents, Hisashi Nakajima and Kazue Uno, and joined the National Ballet of Japan as first artist in 2014. He performed Coppelius in Roland Petit's "Coppelia" in 2020 to great acclaim. His repertory includes Herr Drosselmeyer in Wayne Eagling's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", Gold in Sir David Bintrey's "Aladdin", the Keeper of Time in Moriyama Kaiji's "RYUUGUU", Lorenzo in "Don Quixote", Von Rothbart in Sir Peter Wright's "Swan Lake", and Magician/The Mad Hatter in Christopher Wheeldon's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". He was promoted to soloist in 2022.

NAKAJIMA Shunya

Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Mad Hatter)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Four Princes, The Wolf), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Herr Drosselmeyer, Arabia)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Lorenzo)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Baron von Rothbart)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (The Prince’s Friends)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Magician / The Mad Hatter)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Macduff)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Gold)
  • Robert NORTH: Troy Game
  • Roland PETIT: Coppélia (Coppelius)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (The Keeper of Time)