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Kentaro Mitsumori

The Japanese Kentaro Mitsumori trained at a private ballet school in Japan and at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. In 2017, he joined the Royal Swedish Ballet, where he was promoted to First Soloist in 2021 and to Principal Dancer in 2022. 

His repertoire includes leading roles in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon and Romeo and Juliet, Rudolf Nureyev’s Swan Lake and Don Quixote, Tamara Rojo’s Cinderella, José Martinez’s Le Corsaire, Pär Isberg’s The Nutcracker, Marcia Haydée’s Sleeping Beauty, and Natalia Makarova’s Giselle. He has also performed in works by George Balanchine, Jean-Guillaume Bart, Maurice Béjart, Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman, William Forsythe, Serge Lifar, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon, among others.

His awards include first prize and the “Best Dancer” award at the All Japan Ballet Competition (2013), the Gallodier Award (2021), and the Mariane Orlando Scholarship (2023).

Kentaro Mitsumori joined the Vienna State Ballet as a Principal Dancer for the 2025/26 season.

Performances with Kentaro Mitsumori

Saison 2025-26
Number of events listed below: 1
Fri
08 May
20:00—22:15
Elena Tschernischova
Ballett Main Stage

with Margarita Fernandes, Kentaro Mitsumori, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino

Giselle

Cast on Friday 8. May 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie und Inszenierung

Musik

Adolphe Adam

mit einer Einlage von

Friedrich Burgmüller

Libretto

Théophile Gautier, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges & Jean Coralli nach Heinrich Heine

Coaching

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Abo 6

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

10. Oktober 2025Fin de partie
14. November 2025Falstaff
09. Jänner 2026Manon
08. Mai 2026Giselle (Ballett)
29. Mai 2026Les Pêcheurs de perles

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