Anna Ishii
Principal Dancer and Artistic Assistant
Place of Birth
Kanagawa, Japan
BALLET DE BARCELONA
Founding Member of Ballet de Barcelona - May 2019
Promoted to Artistic Assistant in September 2021
Biography
Born in Japan, Anna began her dance training at the age of 5 at the Yamada Ballet Studio in her hometown. She also trained at the Australian Ballet School in Australia and the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp in Belgium, and attended several summer programs, such as American Ballet Theatre and P.A.R.T.S. headquarters of the company Rosas, in Belgium.
After graduating from the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Anna returned to Japan and joined Tokyo City Ballet where she danced Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Coppelia, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, and The Carnival of Animals, among others. She also danced leading roles in choreographies created exclusively for company.
After her 5 years with Tokyo City Ballet, she decided to return to Europe to join the Ballet de Catalunya, where she worked with Remi Wortmeyer and Larissa Lezhnina.
In 2019, she joined Ballet de Barcelona from its first day and made her debut in June 2019 at the Condal theater in Barcelona. She has performed Le Corsaire Pas de Deux and debuted as The Sugar Fairy in The Nutcracker in December 2019. In January 2020, she makes her debut as choreographer in the new production of Ballet de Barcelona with Peter and the Wolf.
Learn more about Anna Ishii
Your proudest moment as an artist.
"Every time I manage to push my limits and finish a show I can say 'yes!'. Struggling with the pressure of a stage, with the spotlight, is no easy task, and there is only one chance to entertain the audience in front of me at that moment."
Define a perfect day.
"Every day can be a perfect day, even if it rains or if it is very hot. Except when there is a full moon".
If you weren't a dancer, you'd be...
"I would continue to live outside my country and be a translator or something related to languages. I love the cultural exchange between people and how beautiful it is how different we are. It opens my mind. At the same time, learning new cultures from other countries makes me realize the beauty of Japanese culture. There is so much to learn in the world."
Anna Ishii, beauty and precision.
Norman Marsa
EN PLATEA 17/06/2019
An outstanding performance.
Marta Bieto
MON TERRASSA 20/12/2019
Repertory
Chronos - Main Role
pas de deux of El Corsario - Medora
Swan Lake - Odette
The Nutcracker - pas de deux of the Sugar Fairy
The Nutcracker - Harlequin / Doll
Together - Main Role
pas de deux Don Quixote - Kitri
Tongues - Cast and Soloist Role
Peter and the Wolf - choreographer*
Swan Lake - choreographer *
080 Barcelona Fashion Runway
It won't be long - Main Role
