Ami Morita was born in Nagano, Japan. She received her first ballet lessons at a private ballet school in her home town. In 2005 she came to Stuttgart to attend the John Cranko Schule where she graduated in 2009.
In the 2009/10 season Ami Morita joined the Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice, one season later she was taken into the Corps de ballet. In 2013/14 she became Demi Soloist. She was promoted to Soloist in 2015/16.
REPERTOIRE
Leading Roles and Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- A. Memory (Katarzyna Kozielska)
- Brouillards (John Cranko): Feuilles mortes
- Dark Glow (Katarzyna Kozielska)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Kitri, Mercedes, Queen of the Dryads, Eva
- Falling Angels (Jiří Kylián)
- Firebird (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
- Forgotten Land (Jiri Kylián): Couple in white
- Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Myrtha
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): Solo roles in R. and B.
- Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko): Queen of Hearts
- Kammerballett (Hans van Manen)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi): Pumphutt
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): One of the two Sylphs
- melodious gimmick to keep the boys in line (Marc Spradling)
- Miniatures (Douglas Lee)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Juliet, Gypsy#
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Odette / Odile, big swan, Pas de six
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): A husband hunter
- The Second Detail (William Forsythe)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée): Lilac Fairy, Blue Bird’s Princess, Strength Fairy, Amethyst, Rubin, Aurora’s friend
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan): Solo role
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Pas de six, Street Girl
- workwithinwork (William Forsythe)
Specially created Roles- Aftermath (Demis Volpi)
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck)
- Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Neurons (Katarzyna Kozielska)
- Ouverture to a Prelude (Kevin O’Day)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers- 3 Grad (Brent Parolin)
- Back and Forth (Jesse Fraser)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier)
- Big Blur (Demis Volpi)
- das siebte blau (Christian Spuck)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra)
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart)
- Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi)
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville)
- Le Sacre du Printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Othello (John Neumeier)
- Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko)
- The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine)
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée)
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
- Yantra (Wayne McGregor)