Biography
Juri Hiraoka was born in Chiba,
Japan and trained at the Hiraki Ballet
School and Canada’s
National Ballet School.
She joined the company as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2003.
Ms. Hiraoka's repertoire includes The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin,
Don Quixote, The Taming of the Shrew,
Cinderella, Opus 19/The Dreamer,
The Four Temperaments, La Bayadère, Song of the Earth, Etudes,
Jewels, Serenade, Theme and Variations, Mozartiana and The Four Seasons.
Ms. Hiraoka danced in the world premieres
of Emergence, An Italian Straw Hat
and Monument. She also performed in the North American premieres of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Seagull and Carmen.
While at Canada’s National Ballet School,
she was the recipient of the Peter Dwyer Award.