Kentaro Mitsumori

The Japanese Kentaro Mitsumori trained at a private ballet school in Japan and at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. In 2017, he joined the Royal Swedish Ballet, where he was promoted to First Soloist in 2021 and to Principal Dancer in 2022. 

His repertoire includes leading roles in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon and Romeo and Juliet, Rudolf Nureyev’s Swan Lake and Don Quixote, Tamara Rojo’s Cinderella, José Martinez’s Le Corsaire, Pär Isberg’s The Nutcracker, Marcia Haydée’s Sleeping Beauty, and Natalia Makarova’s Giselle. He has also performed in works by George Balanchine, Jean-Guillaume Bart, Maurice Béjart, Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman, William Forsythe, Serge Lifar, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon, among others.

His awards include first prize and the “Best Dancer” award at the All Japan Ballet Competition (2013), the Gallodier Award (2021), and the Mariane Orlando Scholarship (2023).

Kentaro Mitsumori joined the Vienna State Ballet as a Principal Dancer for the 2025/26 season.

Performances with Kentaro Mitsumori

Saison 2025-26
Mon
12 Jan
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage

with Laura Fernandez Gromova, Kentaro Mitsumori, Arne Vandervelde, Vladyslav Bosenko, Conductor: Paul Connelly

Kallirhoe

Cast on Monday 12. January 2026

König von Babylon

Königin von Babylon

Milda Luckuté

Polycharmos

Hermokrates

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Bühne & Kostüme

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Abo 15

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

29. September 2025Tosca
15. Dezember 2025La Bohème
12. Jänner 2026Kallirhoe (Ballett)
13. April 2026Wozzeck
18. Mai 2026Der Rosenkavalier

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