Ruka Nakagawa
The Japanese Ruka Nakagawa studied at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp. As of the 2016-2017 season, she has been dancing as a student of B7 in various productions of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. These productions include The Nutcracker by Demis Volpi, Spartacus by Yuri Grigorovich, Requiem by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Secus by Ohad Naharin and Chronicle by Martha Graham. Nakagawa has been a member of the OBV company since the 2017-2018 season. She has appeared here in the title role of Giselle (Akram Khan), Noetic by Cherkaoui, the world premiering creation Palmos by Andonis Foniadakis, Tempus Fugit by Johan Inger and RASA [after La Bayadère] by Daniel Proietto.
Repertoire at OBV
- Nutcracker (Demis Volpi)
- Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
- Shahrazad (Jonah Bokaer)*
- Kaash (Akram Khan)
- Secus (Ohad Naharin)
- Requiem (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)*
- Chronicle (Martha Graham)
- L’Oiseau de feu (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- L’Après-midi d’un Faune (Vaslav Nijinsky)
- Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue (Crystal Pite)
- Exhibition (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)*
- Als niemand me ziet (Jonas Vlerick)*
- Ma Mère l’Oye (Jeroen Verbruggen)*
- Faust (Jean-Christophe Maillot): Esprit de Marguerite
- Dialoog (Jeanne Brabants)
- Les Noces (Edward Clug)
- Selon désir (Andonis Foniadakis)
- Memento Mori (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- Giselle (Akram Khan): Giselle
- Fall (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- JOY (Alexander Ekman)
- B.R.I.S.A. (Johan Inger)
- Bach Studies (Benjamin Millepied)*
- Cantus Firmus (Jeanne Brabants)
- Mea Culpa (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- RASA [after La Bayadère] (Daniel Proietto)*
- Libertango (Nancy Osbaldeston)*
- Noetic (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- Pond Way (Merce Cunningham)
- Giselle (Akram Khan)
- Le Sacre du printemps (Pina Bausch)
- Palmos (Andonis Foniadakis)*
- Mozart/Concert Arias. Un moto di gioia (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)
- Tempus Fugit (Johan Inger)
- Creature (Akram Khan): Marie
- Perspectives on Bach (Claudio Cangialosi, Nicola Wills)*
*originated the role