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Misa Kuranaga

Biography

Misa Kuranaga was named an apprentice with San Francisco Ballet in 2001. She danced with Boston Ballet, then returned to San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2019. She was named Guest Principal Dancer in 2025. 

Snapshot
  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

Named an apprentice in 2001

Returned to the Company as a principal dancer in 2019

Named Guest Principal Dancer in 2025 

 

  • OTHER COMPANIES

Boston Ballet 

Repertoire - SF Ballet
  • ASHTON

Marguerite and Armand (Marguerite)

 

  • BALANCHINE  

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Divertissement Principal)  

Rubies  

Symphony in C (1st movement) 

  • CANIPAROLI 

Emergence (originated) 

  • LANDER  

Etudes (Principal)  

  • MORRIS  

Sandpaper Ballet (Trumpeter)  

  • PETIPA

Le Corsaire (Pas de deux) 

  • RATMANSKY

La Reveil de Flore (originated principal) 

The Seasons (The Spirit of the Corn) 

  • THATCHER 

COLORFORMS 

  • TOMASSON

Caprice 

Don Quixote (Kitri) 

Giselle (Giselle) 

Harmony (originated principal) 

Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Grand Pas de deux)  

Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) 

Soirées Musicales 

Swan Lake (Odette-Odile) 

Trio 

  • WHEELDON

Cinderella (Cinderella) 

Repertoire - other companies
  • ASHTON 

La Fille mal Gardée (Lise) 

Cinderella (Cinderella) 

  • BALANCHINE 

Apollo 

Ballo della Regina 

Chaconne 

Concerto Barocco 

Coppélia (Swanhilda) 

Diamonds 

Divertimento No.15 

Donizetti Variations 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 

Rubies 

Serenade 

Stravinsky Violin Concerto 

Symphony in C 

Symphony in Three Movements 

Tarantella 

Tchaikovsky pas de deux 

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 

Theme and Variations 

Who Cares? 

  • BOURNONVILLE 

La Sylphide (The Sylph) 

  • CLERC after Fokine 

Les Sylphides (Prelude) 

  • CLERC after Petipa

La Bayadere 

  • CRANKO 

Onegin (Tatiana) 

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) 

  • ELO 

Bach Cello Suite 

Creatures of Egmont 

Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius 

Lost by Last 

Slice to Sharp 

  • EKMAN 

Cacti 

  • FORSYTHE 

Artifact 2017 

Pas/Parts 2018 

Playlist (EP) 

The Second Detail 

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude 

  • GIELGUD 

Giselle (Giselle) 

  • KYLIÁN 

Petite Mort 

Sechs Tanze 

Symphony of Psalms 

Wings of Wax 

  • LANDER 

Etudes (the Ballerina) 

  • LIŠKA 

Le Corsaire (Medora) 

  • MARTIN 

Barber Violin Concerto 

  • MCGREGOR 

Chroma 

  • NEUMEIER 

Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (Angel) 

  • NISSINEN 

The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Clara) 

  • NUREYEV 

Don Quixote (Kitri) 

  • PETIPA 

Le Corsaire 

The Sleeping Beauty (Princes Aurora, Princess Florine) 

Swan Lake (Odette/Odile) 

  • PETIPA/IVANOV 

The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy) 

  • TOMASSON 

Soirées Musicales 

  • WHEELDON 

Polyphonia 

Honors
  • Awarded a gold medal in the junior division of the Ninth Moscow International Ballet Competition. 
  • Awarded the gold medal in the senior division of the USA International Ballet Competition, Jackson, Mississippi, 2006. 
  • Nominated for a Benois de la Danse award for her portrayal of Tatiana in Cranko’s Onegin and Medora in Liška’s Le Corsaire, 2017. 
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