Rentaro Nakaaki

Birthplace
Osaka, Japan

Training
Sadamatsu Hamada Ballet School and English National Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 2018. Promoted to First Artist 2022, Junior Soloist 2023. Roles with the Company include the title role in Akram Khan’s Creature, Nutcracker in Eagling’s Nutcracker, Abdur Rahman in Rojo’s Raymonda, one of the Four Fates in Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round.

Favourite role
Powerful roles, such as Basilio in Don Quixote, Ali in Le Corsaire as well as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet

Career highlight
Graduating from English National Ballet School

Other info
Awarded 1st place at English National Ballet Schools 2018 Choreographic Competition and 2nd place, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), Japan 2015. Likes shopping at the weekends and going to Sadler’s Wells to watch all the other dance companies perform. Was a finalist in Emerging Dancer 2019.