Biography
Naoya Ebe was born in Tokyo, Japan and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School. He joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2006 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2011.
Mr. Ebe has danced in The Sleeping Beauty,The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Onegin, Don Quixote, The Taming of the Shrew, The Four Temperaments, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Glass Pieces, The Four Seasons and Elite Syncopations.
Mr. Ebe performed in the world premieres of Pur ti Miro, Watch her and Emergence as well as the company premieres of Russian Seasons and West Side Story Suite. He also danced in the North American premiere of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
In 2011, Mr. Ebe represented the National Ballet in The Ninth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize with Shino Mori.
Naoya Ebe is sponsored through Dancers First by Gretchen Ross.
Quotes
Pur ti Miro
“One to watch is corps de ballet member Naoya Ebe, who spins like a dynamo in an exhilarating solo.”
The National Post, 2010
Swan Lake
“Naoya Ebe played the Fool on the dark side, both evil and satiric.”
The Globe and Mail, 2010
The Sleeping Beauty
“The highlight of Act III, though, was Naoya Ebe’s debut in the Bluebird pas de deux opposite Vanstone. The pas de deux was everything it should be: bright, uplifting, and exciting. Ebe hovered in the air for extended periods of time and showed astonishing precision in his batterie.”
DanceView, 2009