Yuki Nonaka

Joined The Sarasota Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2019, promoted to Soloist in 2022.

Born: Japan

Training: Sarasota Ballet Studio Company, English National Ballet School, Mika Ballet School

Previous company:  None

Favorite quote: “Dancers are made, not born.” ~Mikhail Baryshnikov

Favorite role: Rhapsody. It is a masterpiece by Sir Fred, and I never expected to do that ballet as a main guy. It was one of my dream roles and one of the greatest challenges I’ve had in my career so far. I feel like I grew up a lot as a dancer by this experience.

Favorite costume: I don’t think I can decide on a specific costume I wish to wear or that I loved, but Rhapsody was definitely one of my favorites because 1: it’s beautiful and 2: it was made for Steven McRae. But one thing I can say is all the costumes always make me and happy, I have lots of respect for the people who made them.

Fun fact: I love eating food. I’m a glutton… I bet I can eat more than anyone in the whole Sarasota Ballet company.

Featured roles include: Ashton’s Dante Sonata, Façade, Les Patineurs, Rhapsody, Les Rendezvous, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Varii Capricci; Balanchine’s Emeralds, Theme and Variations, Tarantella, Western Symphony, Who Cares?; Bintley’s A Comedy of Errors; Bond’s Panoramic Score; de Valois’ The Rake’s Progress; Graziano’s Schubert Variations, Shostakovich Suite, Sonatina; Kobborg’s Salute; Lang’s Lyric Pieces, Shades of Spring; Liang’s The Art of War; MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations; Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty Act III Blue Bird Pas de Deux; Robbins’ Fancy Free; Taylor’s Brandenburgs, Company B; Tharp’s In The Upper Room; Wheeldon’s The American; Wright’s Giselle, Summertide