Misa Kuranaga

[8] She received a scholarship award at the Prix de Lausanne competition in 2001 and also won a gold medal as a Junior in the Moscow IBC that same year.

[6] Her repertory includes the title role in George Balanchine's Coppelia, Florence Clerc's La Bayadere (Nikiya), Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée (Lise); August Bournonville's La Sylphide (the Sylphide); Marius Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Songbird Fairy, Princess Florine, and Jewels), Maina Gielgud's Giselle (Giselle, Peasant Pas de Deux, Lead Wili), Le Corsaire Pas de Deux; Mikko Nissinen's The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Clara) and Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Neapolitan, and Black Swan); Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote (Amour/Cupid), and leading solos in his Pas De Dix from Raymonda Act III Divertissements; the Pas de Trois and solo variations from Paquita; James Kudelka's Cinderella; John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet; George Balanchine's Divertimento No.

15, Concerto Barocco, Serenade, Ballo Della Regina(lead principal), Jewels, Rubies (lead principal), Who Cares?, La Valse, Stars and Stripes, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mikhail Fokine's Les Sylphides; Mark Morris' Up and Down; Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room; and Lucinda Childs' Ten Part Suite, as well as works by Jiri Kylian and Jorma Elo.

[3] She has danced the following classical pas de deuxs at galas and festivals in Japan, US, and Europe: Flames of Paris, Giselle Act II, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, La Esmeralda (Tambourine), Diana and Acteon, Black Swan, Paquita (Lead Etoile), Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovsky version), title-role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (full-length, Lavrovsky version), La Sylphide Act II, Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, amongst others.

From George Balanchine's repertory, she has danced the following gala pieces: Stars and Stripes, Tarantella, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Rubies from Jewels, selections from Who Cares.