K-ballet is a Japanese ballet company. The company started in 1999 and has since held approximately 50 annual performances. K-Ballet's activity was first recognised internationally in July 2004, when the ballet group was invited to New York's Metropolitan Opera House with The Royal Ballet, one of the World's leading ballet companies.[1] The honorary president is currently renowned ballet dancer, Sir Anthony Dowell.[2]
| K-Ballet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
Company members
editThere 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
edit- Shiori Asakawa
- Nozomi Iijima
- Shoya Ishibashi
- Sena Hidaka
- Shohei Horiuchi
- Masaya Yamamoto
Principal soloists
edit- Mina Kobayashi
- Kei Sugino
- Saya Narita
First soloists
edit- Mayuka Asano
- Yuka Iwai
- Ren kuriyama
- Kaito Sekino
- Risako Toda
- shuhei Yoshida
- Gregoire Lansier
Soloists
edit- Yoshitomo Okuda
- Shu Kurihara
- Miho Saeki
- Rei Takahashi
- Kumiko Tsuzi
- Shohei Honda
- Natsuki Yamada
- Saori Yoshida
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- (in Japanese) K-Ballet, official website
- The boyz are back in town // The Guardian, 21 Jan 2001
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