Naoya Ebe

Naoya Ebe was born in Tokyo, Japan and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School. He joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2007 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2015.  

Most recently, Naoya debuted as the title role in John Cranko’s Onegin and as Basilio in the North American premiere of Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote. A dynamic artist with polished technique, he excels in title roles such as Siegfried in Karen Kain’s Swan Lake, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Albrecht in Giselle, Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty, Knave of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Colas in La Fille mal gardée, Prince Charming in Cinderella, Peter/The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker, Lensky in Onegin, Vronsky and Stiva in Anna Karenina, the lead role in Opus 19/The Dreamer, Florizel in The Winter’s Tale, James in La Sylphide, Oberon and Puck in The Dream and Sanguinic in The Four Temperaments. Naoya’s repertoire also includes featured roles in Nijinsky, Manon, The Taming of the Shrew, Theme and Variations, Glass Pieces, Watch her, Paquita, The Four Seasons, The Second Detail, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Anima Animus, Suite en Blanc, Elite Syncopations, Cacti, West Side Story Suite, Russian Seasons, Symphony #9, Genus, Emergence, After the Rain, Serenade, Emeralds, Symphony in C, A Streetcar Named Desire, Skyward and The Dreamers Ever Leave You.  

In 2011, Naoya represented the National Ballet in The International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize.