Noriko Ohara (ballet)

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<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> is a Japanese artistic director and retired [[ballet dancer]]. She was a [[principal dancer]] with the [[Scottish Ballet]] from 1976 to 1995. Since 2014, she has been the artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan at the [[New National Theatre Tokyo|New National Theatre, Tokyo]]. Ohara was awarded an honourary [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1997 and was named to Japan's [[Order of the Rising Sun]] in 2014.

== Biography ==
Ohara was born in Tokyo in 1943.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She began training in ballet at the age of four years, under .<ref name=":1"> Dance|last=|first=|date=|website=NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430021243/https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/dance/artistic-director.html|archive-date=2020-04-30|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> She also trained with [[Alexandra Danilova]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> At age 18, she joined the Asami Maki Ballet. She moved to New York in 1971 to further her training, then to London in 1974 to join the New London Ballet.<ref name=":1" />

After a season with the [[English National Ballet|London Festival Ballet]] (now the English National Ballet), she joined the [[Scottish Ballet]] in 1976 as a principal dancer. She briefly danced with the [[Theater Basel|Basel Ballet]] in 1977. She returned to the Scottish Ballet in 1978, where she remained until 1995.<ref name=":0" /> Ohara's roles included Juliet in ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)|Romeo and Juliet]]'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Carmen in ''[[Carmen (ballet)|Carmen]]'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Anna Karenina in ''[[Anna Karenina]]'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> the Snow Queen in ''[[The Nutcracker]]'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Madge in ''[[Les Sylphides]]''[[Les Sylphides|,]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and Hippolyta in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

In 1999, Ohara joined the New National Theatre Ballet (now the National Ballet of Japan) as its [[Ballet master|ballet mistress]].<ref name=":0" /> She was named assistant artistic director in 2010. In 2014, she was promoted to artistic director of the dance department, which includes the National Ballet of Japan and contemporary dance programming.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 2016, her term was renewed until August 31, 2020.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref>

== Awards and honours ==
In 1997, Ohara was awarded an honourary OBE by the [[Secretary of State for Scotland|Secretary of State of Scotland]], [[Donald Dewar]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2004, she was awarded the Government of Japan's [[Medals of Honor (Japan)#Purple|Purple Ribbon]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2014, she was named to Japan's [[Order of the Rising Sun]].<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese ballet dancers]]
[[Category:Scottish Ballet principal dancers]]
[[Category:English National Ballet dancers]]
[[Category:20th-century ballet dancers]]

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