Nanako Kitagawa 2017 Chance-to-Choreograph Selectee
Nanako Kitagawa, originally from Tokyo, Japan, is a dedicated teacher and choreographer at Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn where she teaches ballet and pointe classes and sets choreography on the students for the school's annual full length ballets and productions. A dedicated coach as well, she helps prepare students for auditions and competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix. Her students have gone on to be accepted to the JKO/ABT school, LaGuardia High School, Professional Performing Arts School and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She is a fully certified teacher of the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum, Primary through Level 7 & Partnering.
As a dancer and performer, Nanako trained at the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower in France and Goh Ballet Academy in Canada. After finishing the Professional Training Program in Canada she was invited to join USA Ballet in Bloomington, IL where she danced many principal roles. Since moving to NY, Nanako has been a guest artist with Ballet Long Island and Atlantic City Ballet. Her repertoire includes Odetto in Swan Lake, Giselle in Giselle, Sugar Plum in Nutcracker, Sylph in La Sylphide, Hyppolyta in A Midsummer Night Dream, Prices Florine in Sleeping Beauty and some company’s original contemporary works.
As a dancer and performer, Nanako trained at the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower in France and Goh Ballet Academy in Canada. After finishing the Professional Training Program in Canada she was invited to join USA Ballet in Bloomington, IL where she danced many principal roles. Since moving to NY, Nanako has been a guest artist with Ballet Long Island and Atlantic City Ballet. Her repertoire includes Odetto in Swan Lake, Giselle in Giselle, Sugar Plum in Nutcracker, Sylph in La Sylphide, Hyppolyta in A Midsummer Night Dream, Prices Florine in Sleeping Beauty and some company’s original contemporary works.