Eri Nishihara began dancing at the age of five in Hiroshima, Japan. After moving to Reno, NV with her family in 2006, she continued her ballet training at the Conservatory of Movement. She holds a BFA in Ballet performance from the University of Utah, where she studied for two years before joining the second company at Richmond Ballet. She was promoted to the main company in 2017 and has since danced in many notable works such as Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, Jerome Robbins' In the Night, Malcolm Burn's Romeo and Juliet, George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante and Who Cares?, and John Butler's Carmina Burana. Some of her most treasured roles include the title role in Giselle, Svetlana in Ben Stevenson's Dracula, as well as Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain pas de deux. She is thrilled and grateful to be dancing her 13th season with Richmond Ballet.