K-ballet
K-Ballet | |
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General information | |
Name | K-Ballet |
Local name | K-バレエカンパニー |
Year founded | 1999 |
Founders | Tetsuya Kumakawa Michael Nunn |
Website | http://k-ballet.co.jp |
Artistic staff | |
Artistic Director | Tetsuya Kumakawa |
Deputy Director | Stuart Cassidy |
Ballet Mistress | Shiori Asakawa,Ran Yamada |
Ballet Master | Hayato Nishino,Rei Sakoh |
Other | |
Orchestra | Theatre Orchestra of Tokyo |
Official school | K-Ballet School |
K-ballet is a Japanese
Sir Anthony Dowell.[2]
Company members
There are currently almost 70 dancers and artists involved in K-Ballet's productions. The most notable include Artistic Director Tetsuya Kumakawa, Principal Dancer Shohei Horiuchi,and Principal Soloist Dancer Mina Kobayashi (as of June 2022).[3]
Principals
- Shiori Asakawa
- Nozomi Iijima
- Shoya Ishibashi
- Sena Hidaka
- Shohei Horiuchi
- Masaya Yamamoto
Principal soloists
- Mina Kobayashi
- Kei Sugino
- Saya Narita
First soloists
- Mayuka Asano
- Yuka Iwai
- Ren kuriyama
- Kaito Sekino
- Risako Toda
- shuhei Yoshida
- Gregoire Lansier
Soloists
- Yoshitomo Okuda
- Shu Kurihara
- Miho Saeki
- Rei Takahashi
- Kumiko Tsuzi
- Shohei Honda
- Natsuki Yamada
- Saori Yoshida
References
- ^ "Company Profile: Tetsuya Kumakawa, Artist Director" (in Japanese). K-ballet Company.
- ^ "Company History" (in Japanese). K-ballet Company.
- ^ "Company Members" (in Japanese). K-ballet Company.
External links
- (in Japanese) K-Ballet, official website
- The boyz are back in town // The Guardian, 21 Jan 2001