I’m an actor and dancer, most known for my work on HBO's Succession, The Chair Company. I am currently on the Broadway North American tour of Phantom of the Opera.

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I was trained in classical ballet at the highest level, dancing with Pennsylvania Ballet and numerous ballet companies in NYC and that discipline lives in everything I do.

I have worked as assistant choreographer with Glenn Close and Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center 'Transformations'. I was featured as principal dancer in music video 'John Woo Flick' by Conway the Machine. Choreographer and dancer in Purpose Award winning film Time to Pause- featured at Gothenburg Film Festival and Shetland Film Festival. Dancer for Raindance Film Festival Winner Cosmos Within Us. 

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My baseline is precision, presence, and commitment. I show up fully — physically, emotionally, and energetically. There is no part of me that knows how to do this halfway.

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What makes my work distinct is the combination of control and aliveness. I have a deep physical intelligence from years of training, but I’m also highly intuitive. I listen with my whole body. I can step into someone else’s experience and feel what they’re feeling, which allows me to respond truthfully in the moment, not performatively.

I move fluidly between worlds. I can be refined, elegant, and composed, or completely raw, messy, and unpredictable. That range isn’t something I try to prove — it’s something I live.

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Versatility is not a goal for me; it’s my natural state.

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I’m especially drawn to characters who are not easily understood — people who live outside expectation, who are complex, passionate, or even unsettling. I’m not interested in perfection. I’m interested in truth. The more space there is for contradiction, darkness, or transformation, the more alive I feel in the work.

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My background shaped me into someone who works with intensity, but I’ve also learned how to let that intensity evolve into presence and flow. There’s a grounded strength in me now — something that doesn’t need to push, but still carries power.

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There’s something about my presence that feels magnetic, even in stillness. What I care about most is what happens beyond that. I want the work to open something in people — to shift perspective, to create connection, to make them feel or see something they didn’t expect.

At the core of everything I do is a commitment to truth and growth — not just as an artist, but as a person. I lead with gratitude, I stay present, and I show up to the work because it’s where I feel most alive.

 

-Eureka Nakano 中野友里加

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