Takuya Sumitomo

Takuya Sumitomo

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Takuya Sumitomo was born in 1989 in Japan. He began studying ballet at the age of 4 at his grandmother’s ballet studio, Taguchi Satsuki Ballet Studio. From 2004 to 2006, he attended Homura Tomoi Ballet School in Japan. In 2006, he moved to Belgium to study at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, where he graduated in 2008. Upon graduation, he joined the Vanemuine Ballet Theatre in Estonia as a soloist. In 2011, he became First Soloist at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad. Since 2015, he has been a member of the CNT in Zagreb, where he was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2018. In April 2024, Sumitomo choreographed Bolero at the National Theatre in Sarajevo, for which he received the award for "Best Performance and Directing" at the Sarajevo National Theatre in 2024.

Roles at the CNT in Zagreb

Zlatni idol – Bajadera Ludwig Minkus, kor. i red. Vasilij Medvedev, 2015.
Vitez de la Merlus – Modrobradi Marjan Nećak – Staša Zurovac, kor. i red. Staša Zurovac, 13. 11. 2015.
Princ – Orašar Petar Iljič Čajkovski, kor. Derek Deane, 2015.
Mercuzio / Benvoglio – Romeo i Julija Sergej Sergejevič Prokofjev, kor. i red. Patrice Bart, 19. 3. 2016.
Vronski – Ana Karenjina L. N. Tolstoj – P. I. Čajkovski – V. Turcu – L. Mujić, kor. Leo Mujić, 2016.
Izgubljeni dječaci – Petar Pan Bruno Bjelinski – Giorgio Madia, kor. Giorgio Madia, 30. 6. 2016.
Plešu – Tamni pejzaži, glazba Thomas Köner , kor. Marjana Krajač 11. 11. 2016.
Bolero II.,III. – Bolero, glazba Maurice Ravel kor. Maša Kolar, 11. 11. 2016.
Dr. phil. Leone Glembay – Gospoda Glembajevi, kor. i red. Leo Mujić, 30. 5. 2017.
Dr. iuris Puba Fabriczy – Gospoda Glembajevi, kor. i red. Leo Mujić, 13. 6. 2017.
Gyula Andrássy  – Elizabeta Austrijska – Sissi, kor. i red. Patrice Bart, 27. 3. 2018.
Gustav von Aschenbach – Smrt u Veneciji, kor. i red. Valentina Turcu, 5. 6. 2018.
Rotwang – Metropolis – Thea von Harbou – Jiří Bubeníček, kor. i red. Jiří Bubeníček, 3. 11. 2018.
Azolan – Opasne veze – Giorgio Madia, kor. i red. Giorgio Madia, 24. 3. 2019.
Plesači 2. skupine – Večer Angelina Preljocaja /La Stravaganza, kor. Angelin Preljocaj, 7. 6. 2019.
Kineske lutke – Orašar Petar Iljič Čakovski, kor.i red. Vladimir Malakhov, 29.11. 2019.
Princ – Orašar Petar Iljič Čakovski, kor.i red. Vladimir Malakhov, 30.11. 2019.
George Wickham – Ponos i predrasude Jane Austen – Leo Mujić, kor. i red. Leo Mujić, 7. 11. 2020.

Awards

Nagrada Oskar Harmoš za nekoliko uloga ostvarenih u sezoni 2015./16.; Zlatnoga idola u Bajaderi L. Minkusa u koreografiji V. Medvedeva, Princa u Orašaru P. I. Čajkovskoga u koreografiji D. Deanea, Benvoglia i Mercuzia u Romeu i Juliji S. S. Prokofjeve u koreografiji P. Barta i Vronskoga u Ani Karenjinoj na glazbu P. I. Čajkovskoga u koreografiji L. Mujića.

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