Hana Nonaka Aillon

Hana Nonaka Aillon joined the Norwegian National Ballet in January 2024, after a year with Queensland Ballet in Australia.

Aillon has danced in Nureyev’s Don Quixote, MacMillan’s Manon, and Boyadjiev’s The Nutcracker. During the Kylián festival Wings of Time in 2025, she performed duets in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Wings of Wax, and Symphony of Psalms. She also took part in Wayne McGregor’s newly created large-scale work Jocasta’s Line in the autumn of 2025.

The Japanese-Colombian Aillon (b. 2004) took her first ballet steps at the age of five at Prima Youth Classical Academy in Brisbane, Australia. She later continued her training at Queensland Ballet Academy, where she eventually joined the company’s pre-professional program, the Jette Parker Young Artists, in 2023. During her time with Queensland Ballet, she performed in productions such as MacMillan’s Manon, Boyd’s The Little Mermaid, Gaisina’s Giselle, and Stevenson’s The Nutcracker.

Aillon received the François Klaus and Robyn White Award for Classical Excellence in 2022. Outside of dancing, she is inspired by all forms of art, culture, music and travel.