Kentaro Mitsumori
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Kentaro Mitsumori
Kentaro (born in 1997) began dancing at the age of four at Zion Ballet and studied under Makiko Ouchi, Midori Ouchi, and Mitsuru Ouchi in Ibaraki. He won first prize overall in the all Japan ballet competition in 2013.
His journey took him to Stuttgart at the John Cranko School from 2014 to 2017.
After graduating from the school in 2017, he joined the Royal Swedish Ballet. He was promoted to First Soloist in 2021. In 2022, at the age of 25, he was appointed the first Japanese male principal dancer of the company.
He has been working as a model since 2021, and is attracting attention as a model who has introduced a new side to the apparel industry, including major brands such as NIKE, as well as Marc Jacobs, H&M, Puma, Filippa K and more.
Instagram：@kentaro_mitsumori
＜Performance information＞
BALLET TheNewClassic 2024
Venue: New National Theater playhouse
Date: August 2nd-3rd, 2024
【Appearance】
Shoko Nakamura, Madoka Sugai, Haruka Sassa, Kentaro Mitsumori, Haruo Niyama, Mizuki Nakajima, Takumi Miyake
【Creator】
Direction: Yoshio Wakatsuki
Costume: Chika Kisada
Makeup design: UDA
Hair design: Koichi Nishimura
Stylist: Tomoko Kojima
Dance supervision:Shohei Horiuchi
Music supervision: Dai Kanamori
Advertising art: Yuichi Ishii
Planning: Yumiko Inoue
Yokohama Ballet Festival 2024
Venue: Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Grand Hall
Date: 14:00- Sunday, August 4th, 2024
【Performing dancer】
Koike Mimoza, Madoka Sugai, Erina Takahashi, Yui Yonezawa, Shiori Kase, Rikako Shibamoto, Fukiko Takase, Elena Iseki, Kentaro Mitsumori, Haruo Niyama, James Streeter, Masahiro Nakaya, Erik Woolhouse, Masahiro Yanagimoto, Kensaku Sato
Kentaro Mitsumori
Principal of Royal Swedish Ballet
－What do you think is the significance of physical expression in contemporary society?
Dance is a wordless communication tool that allows me to express my emotions and identity. Through physical expression, I can convey joy, sorrow, love, and many other feelings and experiences, and I can also experience them, which I believe is very important and necessary in today's society.
－What do you want to convey to people through your physical expression?
A great dancer is great regardless of race, gender, or anything else. If the audience enjoys watching me dance and leaves the theater with a happy feeling, I believe that I have conveyed what I want to say.
－What do you think about lately?
Right now I am creating my own work for the first time, and my mind is occupied with that. I have a lot to think about, not only choreography, but also music, costumes, lighting, and so on.
I am always thinking about taking on new challenges, not only in ballet but also in my daily life.
I want to go to new places, meet new people, take in new sensations and ideas into my mind, and constantly update myself.