Kirara Ishikura

(dancer)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Kirara Ishikura studied dancing at the Kei Nakano Classic Ballet Academy (2014–2021, teacher Keiko Nakano), the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet (2019, teacher Christine Walsh), Tallinn School of Music and Ballet (2021–2023, teacher Agnes Oaks). Since autumn 2023, she is a dancer with the Estonian National Ballet.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
She has won the 1st place and Tokyo Governor’s Award at the Ballet Competition for Youth (2020) and is a finalist of the Youth American Grand Prix Japan finalist (2020) and the Joffrey Ballet School scholarship winner.

REPERTOIRE
She has participated in the following productions of the Estonian National Ballet: “La Bayadère”, “Tchaikovsky’s Masterpieces”, “The Nutcracker”.