WATANABE AtauSoloist

WATANABE Atau was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and trained under TACHIBANA Shizuko, TANAKA Yoko, Lisa PAVANE and LI Cunxin. She studied at TACHIBANA Shizuko Ballet School, Ballet Studio DUO and the Australian Ballet School. She won first prize at the Valenciennes International Ballet Competition and attended the Finals of 2011 Youth America Grand Prix in New York City. She joined the Queensland Ballet and then joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist in 2017. Her repertory includes Arabian in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Fairy Summer in Ashton's Cinderella, Hermia in Ashton's The Dream and Gamzatti in La Bayadère and Silver in David Bintley's Aladdin.

WATANABE Atau

Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse, The White Cat), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Spanish, Arabian)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's productions: Don Quixote (Melcedes)
  • MAKI Asami's production: La Bayadère (Gamzatti), Raymonda (Saracen)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Bathilde, Zulme)
  • Peter WRIGHT's productions: Swan Lake (Spanish Dance)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Fairy Summer), The Dream (Hermia)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Cook)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Lady Macduff)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Silver)
  • Roland PETIT: Coppélia (Swanilda's friends)
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Romeo and Juliet (Rosaline)