rnational awards at early age, including a gold medal and the Nijinsky Award at the 1st Japan International Ballet and Modern petition (1993), a gold medal in the 5th International petition in Paris (1992). At age 18, she became a soloist dancer with the San Francisco pany. Two years later, in 1997, at age 20, she was promoted to Principal Dancer, attaining the highest position for a ballet dancer, a very unusually rapid upward path. [2] She was at that time the youngest principal dancer ever in the history of the San Francisco pany. Today, she is the marquee name for pany, while San Francisco pany itself has now been widely considered to be among the best in the world, and in the words of famed choreographer Mark Morris, "pany in North America." [3]Р6/100Р在“卡门”中演出Р7/100Р8/100Р9/100Р10/100