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Sae Maeda
Born
Yokohama, Japan
EducationThe Royal Ballet School
OccupationBallet dancer
Career
Current groupThe Royal Ballet

Sae Maeda (born in 1998) is a Japanese ballet dancer and is currently a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet.

Early Life

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Maeda was born in 1998 in Yokohama, Japan and started dancing ballet at the age of 7 at the Mayumi Kinouchi school of Ballet.[1]

Career

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sae Maeda". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ "A Q&A with the Royal Opera House's Sae Maeda". Art de Vivre. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Better Starts Now: Sae Maeda".
  4. ^ "Sae Maeda - Prix de Lausanne". Prix de Lausanne Recipients. Retrieved 25 September 2024.


Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:People educated at the Royal Ballet School Category:21st-century British ballet dancers