Eri Nakamura was born in Japan in 1984. In 2002 she graduated from The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. From 2003 until 2007 she danced with the Victor Ullate’s Ballet de la Comunidad in Madrid and afterwards joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Nakamura danced with Batsheva Dance Company from 2011 until 2015 and rejoined the company in 2016. She designed the costumes for works from Ohad Naharin such as »Last Work«, »Venezuela«, »Yag« and »2019«.