Miyoko Koyasu

Miyoko Koyasu was born in Chiba, Japan and trained at Hashimoto Ballet and Shimada Ballet Institute in Japan and Canada’s National Ballet School. Miyoko joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2011 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2018.  

Miyoko has danced such roles as Valencienne in The Merry Widow, the title role in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Calliope in Apollo, Princess Florine, Second Fairy, Pussycat and First Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Olga in Onegin, Celia in Swan Lake, Petal in Cinderella, Sheep in The Nutcracker and a principal role in Concerto. Her repertoire includes Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Don Quixote, Anna Karenina, MADDADDAM, Pinocchio, A Streetcar Named Desire, La Fille mal gardée, Le Petit Prince, Frame by Frame, Manon, Allegro Brillante, The Four Temperaments, The Concert, The Dream, Paquita, The Four Seasons, Carousel (A Dance), Piano Concerto #1, Emergence, Jewels, Serenade, Suite en Blanc, Rhapsody, Symphony in C, Paz de la Jolla, Elite Syncopations, The Leaves are Fading, Passion, Emma Bovary, Being and Nothingness and The Dreamers Ever Leave You.  

Miyoko received the RBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Award in 2013. In 2018, she was awarded the Patron Award of Merit.