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.  

Most recently, Miyoko danced in the North American premiere of Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote. She has danced such roles as Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Calliope in Apollo, the title role in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Princess Florine, Second Fairy, Pussycat and First Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Petal in Cinderella, Olga in Onegin, Sheep in The Nutcracker and Principal Second Movement in Concerto. Her repertoire includes Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Anna Karenina, MADDADDAM, Emma Bovary, Pinocchio, A Streetcar Named Desire, La Fille mal gardée, 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, Symphony in C, Paz de la Jolla, Elite Syncopations, Passion, Frame by Frame, Le Petit Prince, 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.