1st soloist

Rikako Shibamoto

Performances 2026/27 season

Le Corsaire


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Rikako Shibamoto.

From

Japan

Training

Vienna State Ballet Academy
Megumi Ballet School

Previous employments

Vienna State Ballet (as Demi Soloist)
The Royal Ballet, Copenhagen

Employment at the Royal Swedish Ballet

2022

Roles and participated in

Queen of the Dryads, Kitri’s Friend and Bridesmaid in Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev), Swan Lake (Rudolf Nureyev), Winter in Cinderella (Tamara Rojo), In the Night (Jerome Robbins), Theme and Variations (George Balanchine), Manon and Romeo and Juliet (Sir Kenneth MacMillan), Le Corsaire (José Martinez), Cacti and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Alexander Ekman), The Nutcracker (Pär Isberg), A Cup of Coffee (Mats Ek), Gustavia (Amir Chamdin/Pär Isberg), Peasant Pas de Deux and a Wili in Giselle (Natalia Makarova).

During the 2025/2026 season, Rikako Shibamoto danced in Minus 16 (Ohad Naharin), Swan Lake (Rudolf Nureyev) and Suite en blanc (Serge Lifar). In autumn 2026, she dances in Le Corsaire (José Martinez).

Young Choreographer sping 2025.

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