Reona Sato

Reona Sato

Soloist
She graduated at the Shizuko Soda ballet school in 1998, The Vaganova Ballet Academy in 2001 and, in 2018, at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
 
Since 2004 she is member of the SND Ballet where she was promoted to soloist in 2010.
 
Her repertory with the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre includes solos as Pas de trois (Le Corsaire, ch. V. Medvedev, S. Fečo), Pas de trois, Big swans (Swan Lake, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa, L. Ivanov), Flower waltz solo, Chinese dance (The Nutcracker, ch. R. Avnikian, J. Dolinský), the Fairy of Generosity and the Fairy of Violente, Brilliant (Sleeping Beauty, ch. B. Juldashev), the Fairy of Generosity and Canary (Sleeping Beauty, ch. V. Malakhov), Solo willis (Giselle, ch. R. Avnikian after J. Perrot, J. Coralli), Russian Girl solo (Serenade, ch. G. Balanchine), Variation of Henriette (Raymonda, ch. J. Chang after M. Petipa), Peaseblossom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ch. E. Frey), Starichka (Ivan the Terrible, ch. L. Vaculík), Spring solo (Four Seasons, ch. J. Kudelka), Juliet’s friend, solo Lady of Montague (Romeo and Juliet, ch. M. Moricone), Anna Pavlova (Nijinsky – God of Dance, ch. D. de Andrade), Soul solo (Romeo and Juliet … Just Like Yesterday, ch. N Horečná) and dance parts in the ballets such as Susto (ch. P. Lightfoot), Un ballo and Six Dances (ch. J. Kylián), Duende (ch. N. Duato), and Real Time (L. Timulák).
 
Reona Sato has choreographed ballets Daphnis and Chloe (h. M. Ravel, 2017), Ombra mai fu in the SND Ballet & Fragile (music Fragile, 2018), first part in Beatles Go Baroque (music P. Breiner, 2018), waltz from ballet Hlúpy Jano for 100 Year Anniversary Gala (music O. Nedbal) and A Useless Matter (music Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2021).
 
Awards:
International Youth Ballet Competition in Varna (2002) – semi–final
National Ballet Competition in Tokyo (2003) – bronze medal
International Ballet Competition in Vienna (2004) – bronze medal