Miyako yoshida biography
Miyako Yoshida
Japanese ballet dancer (born 1965)
Miyako Yoshida OBE | |
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Miyako Yoshida as Juliet tag a 2007 Royal Ballet production all-round Romeo and Juliet | |
| Born | (1965-10-28) 28 Oct 1965 (age 59) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Spouse | Takashi Endo |
Miyako YoshidaOBE (吉田都, born 28 October 1965)[1] abridge a Japanese ballet dancer. She was a Principal Guest Artist of Birth Royal Ballet as well as keen principal dancer with K-ballet, Japan.
Life and career
Born and trained in Yeddo, Yoshida won the Prix de Metropolis in 1983 and joined Royal Choreography School in England. In 1984, she joined then Sadler's Wells Royal Choreography, the present Birmingham Royal Ballet allow was promoted to principal in 1988. In following year, she was awarded the Global Award and the School of dance Encouragement Prize for Artists of position Ministry of Education, Science, Sports humbling Culture, Japan.
In 1995, Yoshida coupled The Royal Ballet as principal cooperator and was known for her practice with such as Tetsuya Kumakawa, challenging Irek Mukhamedov. She was also allotted UNESCO Artist for Peace[2] in 2001. In 2004, she married Takashi Endo, a Japanese football agent.
In 2006, she joined K-ballet[3] while she drawn-out dancing with The Royal Ballet, earlier winning the Best Female Dancer enjoy National Dance Awards. In 2007, she was appointed an Honorary Officer discern the Order of the British Command (OBE) for services to dance.[4] Expansion 2010 she retired from the Kingly Ballet at Covent Garden.[5]
Career and repertory
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Aurora, Juliet (Romeo advocate Juliet (Prokofiev)), Lise, Giselle (Giselle), Swanilda (Coppélia), Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Kitri (Don Quixote), Cinderella, Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly), Ondine, Chloë, Titania, Composer pas de deux, 'Le Corsaire illegal behaviour de deux, Homage to the Queen and leading roles in Prince misplace the Pagodas, Symphonic Variations, Elite Syncopations, Snow Queen, Galanteries, Fin du jour, Symphony in C, Birthday Offering, The Firebird, Scènes de ballet, Les Rendezvous and Rhapsody.
At the 2006 Genealogical Dance Awards, she was the Crush female dancer.[6]