Info

Senior Principal dancer

Birthplace
Hokkaido, Japan

Training
Kushiro Ballet Academy, English National Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 1996, Principal dancer 2000, Senior Principal dancer 2007

Favourite roles
Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and Principal in Voluntaries

Career highlight
Creating role of Aurora in Derek Deane's The Sleeping Beauty

Other info
Best Female Newcomer in 2002 Critics' Circle Awards

Personal info
Enjoys reading in English and Japanese and doing yoga

" ... dances with beautiful butterfly clarity..."
The Daily Telegraph

Casting

The Sleeping Beauty - Princess Aurora
Oxford New Theatre
Erina Takahashi and Esteban Berlanga**– 16 October 2pm

Southampton Mayflower
Erina Takahashi and Esteban Berlanga – 29, 31 October 7.30pm

Liverpool Empire
Erina Takahashi and Esteban Berlanga – 28 November 7.30pm

London Coliseum
Erina Takahashi and Zdenek Konvalina - 10, 13 December 7.30pm

Manon - Manon
Bristol Hippodrome
Erina Takahashi**, Esteban Berlanga**, Arionel Vargas** – 23, 26 October 2.30pm

Manchester Palace
Erina Takahashi, Esteban Berlanga, Daniel Kraus** – 13 November 2pm
Erina Takahashi, Esteban Berlanga, Fabian Reimair – 15 November 7.30pm

London Coliseum
Erina Takahashi, Zdenek Konvalina, Zhanat Atymtayev - 8 January 7.30pm
Erina Takahashi, Zdenek Konvalina, Dmitri Gruzdyev - 10 January 7.30pm