Rikako Shibamoto

Country of origin: Japan

Education: Vienna State Ballet Academy, Megumi Ballet School

Previous employments with other companies: Vienna State Ballet (Demi Soloist), Royal Danish Theater

Employed at the Royal Swedish Ballet: 2022

Principal or soloist roles:  Sylvia (by Manuel Legris; Eine Najade soloist), Le Corsaire (Manuel Legris; Odalisque), Swan Lake (by Rudolf Nureyev; Pas de Cinq, Small Swans), The Nutcracker (by Rudolf Nureyev; Luisa, Spanish dance soloist), Raymonda (by Rudolf Nureyev; Grand Pas Classique soloist), Pas de Sept Et Folkesagn (by August Bournonville), Bedroom Folk (by Sharon Eyal), Psalmensymphonie (by Jiří Kylián), Artifact Suite (by William Forsythe), Peer Gynt (by Edward Clug), Jewels (by George Balanchine; Pas de trois), Don Quixote (by Nikolaj Hübbe;  Kitri's friend), Romeo and Juliet (by John Neumeyer; Emile Juliet’s cousin), Giselle (by Elena Tschernischova; Peasant Pas de deux, Moyna from two Willis).

Roles at the Royal Swedish Ballet: Queen of the Forest Nymphs, Kitri's friend and bridesmaid in Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev), Winter in Cinderella (Tamara Rojo), In the Night (Jerome Robbins), Theme and Variations (George Balanchine).