Misa Kuranaga
Principal Dancer
Joined The Sarasota Ballet in 2025 as a Resident Guest Principal Dancer and joined the Company as a permanent Principal Dancer for 2026.
Born: Japan
Previous companies: San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet
Lead and featured roles in previous companies include: Ashton’s Cinderella, La Fille mal Gardée, Marguerite and Armand; Balanchine’s Apollo, Diamonds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rubies, Serenade, Symphony in C, Theme and Variations; Bournonville’s La Sylphide; Cranko’s Onegin, Romeo and Juliet; Nureyev’s Don Quixote; Petipa’s Le Corsaire, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake; Tomasson’s Caprice, Giselle, Harmony.
Lead and featured roles include: Ashton’s Birthday Offering; Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes; Fokine’s Les Sylphides