Fumi Kaneko

Career Kaneko joined the in 2010, soloist in 2013, and first soloist in 2018. Lead roles she danced include Kitri in Don Quixote, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, as well as in MacMillan's Concerto and Balanchine's Symphony in C. She also needed surgery twice after picking up serious injuries, which forced her to stop training for some time. Later that year, her debut as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In May 2021, she was promoted to principal dancer. Her first performance after her promotion was in Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour. Since her promotion, she has made her debut as Juliet in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, and as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. She also originated the role of Satan in McGregor's The Dante Project, and in Abraham's The Weathering. In March 2022, Kaneko appeared in a gala benefitting the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal at the London Coliseum, performing the white swan pas de deux from Swan Lake with William Bracewell.