Ayako Nakano (dancer)

is a Japanese ballerina.

Career

• Studied at the Royal Ballet School in England from 1992.
• Joined Zürcher Ballett in 1994.
• Joined Tanz-Forum Köln as a soloist in 1996.
• Joined Euregio Tanz-Forum as a soloist in 1998.
• Joined Staatstheater Saarbrücken as a soloist in 1999.
• Joined Berlin Ballett as a soloist in 2000.
• Joined Theater Basel as a soloist in 2001.

Awards and honours

• 3rd Prize in the Junior Class at the 1991 Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition.
• Won the Scholarship prize of Prix de Lausanne (the International dance competition in Lausanne) in 1992.

External links

• Old Home Page
• Ayako Nakano > Prix de Lausanne
• Theater Basel