Aoi Tashiro

AOI TASHIRO was born and raised in Japan, where she began her training. In 2017 she was selected to be in the Washington School of Ballet Professional Training Program, where she performed in Septime Webre's The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. In 2019, she joined the trainee program at American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, NJ, and was invited to join American Repertory Ballet II for the 2021-2022 season, where she danced in The Nutcracker and Ethan Stiefel’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Favorite roles at FSBT include Marzipan in The Nutcracker and Amour in Don Quixote. This is Aoi’s second season with First State Ballet Theatre.