Sumika Fujiwara
First Soloist
Joined The Sarasota Ballet in 2026 as a First Soloist
Born: Aichi, Japan
Training: Canada’s National Ballet School
Previous company: Tulsa Ballet
Favorite quote: “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” -Roy T. Bennett
Favorite Role: Kitri’s friend from Don Quixote
Favorite Costume: Derek Dane’s Rhapsody in Blue tutu. It’s 11 sets of big blue velvet tutu, so sparkly and beautiful that when the curtain opened up, the audience started clapping!
Fun Fact: I like to draw, paint and crochet! I always liked to create things with my hands since when I was little.
Lead and featured roles in previous companies include: Cong’s Flight of Fancy; Deane’s Strictly Gershwin; Ekman’s Cacti; Lopez Ochoa’s Vendetta A Mafia Story; Prossokov’s Classical Symphony; Stevenson’s Dracula; Tindal’s Casanove, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland