She is petite, strong, Japanese and a big fan of Hello Kitty.
But one of the most remarkable characteristics about Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Kaori Nakamura is her age: She’s 44. And even at 44, after hundreds of ballet classes, ballet rehearsals and ballet performances that have carved away and pounded at her body, Nakamura is, by many accounts, at the top of her game.
“Kaori is jumping like when she was 17 or 18. She’s jumping that high,” says PNB’s artistic director Peter Boal.
