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Juri
Hiraoka | She was born
in Chiba, Japan, and began her training at the Hiraki Ballet
School there, graduating in 1999. She furthered her training
at Canada's National Ballet School, finishing in 2002. Juri became
an Apprentice with The National Ballet of Canada in 2002 and
joined the company as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2003.
Juri has danced a featured
role in Wolf's Court as well as roles in La Bayadère,
The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin,
The Sleeping Beauty, The Contract (The Pied Piper), Giselle,
The Taming of the Shrew, The Four Seasons, Song of the Earth,
Désir, Etudes and George Balanchine's Jewels, Serenade
and Theme and Variations.
Juri danced in the world premieres
of James Kudelka's An Italian Straw Hat (2005) and Matjash Mrozewski's
Monument (2003). She also performed in the company premieres
of Michel Fokine's Petrouchka (2006), Nikolaj Hübbe's restaging
of La Sylphide (2005) and Jerome Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer
(2004).
While at Canada's National
Ballet School, she was the recipient of the Peter Dwyer Award.
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