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Is a dancer, theatre performer, and choreographer originally from Kobe, Japan. Yukari began her ballet training with Shibata Ballet Studio and continued with Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet School where she joined their professional ballet company. After she moved to New York, Yukari completed the International Independent Study Program at The Ailey School. She has danced at Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre; a multimedia-contemporary dance company as a founding member since 2006. She has performed a wide range of works by choreographers such as Nikolai Fedorov, Dou Dou Huang, Ricky Jackson, Samar Haddad King, Kate Swan, Susan Tenney and Yuri Ng. She has appeared in various performances including international dance and theatre festivals, musical "Phantom" (Fleure) at Fireside Theatre and opera “Les Contes D’Hoffmann” at The Metropolitan Opera, to name a few. One of the music video she has choreographed; "white sea" has selected at Raindance Film Festival in 2014. Yukari also appears in commercials and music videos internationally.
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Photography: Conrad Turner
Contemporary dance
Opera
"Les Contes D’Hoffmann" at The Metropolitan Opera, NY, USA
"La Gioconda" at Kobe Bunka Hall, Japan
"La Gioconda" at Kobe Bunka Hall, Japan
Off-Broadway
"Deadly She-wolf Assassin at Armageddon!" at La Mama (She-wolf understudy)
musical
"PHANTOM" at The Fireside Theatre, WI, USA (Fleure/Ensemble)
"In The Heights" at White Plains Performing Arts Center, NY, USA (Featured dancer/Ensemble)
"In The Heights" at White Plains Performing Arts Center, NY, USA (Featured dancer/Ensemble)
Ballet
Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet, Japan
Dance & theatre festival Appearances
nuitblanche, Brussels, Belgium
Theatre Der Welt Festival, Germany
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NY, USA
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, Palestine
Tunis Spring Festival, Tunisia
Seoul International Dance Festival, South Korea
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, MA, USA
Downtown Dance Festival, NY, USA
Dance Biennale Tokyo 2002, Japan
Theatre Der Welt Festival, Germany
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NY, USA
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, Palestine
Tunis Spring Festival, Tunisia
Seoul International Dance Festival, South Korea
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, MA, USA
Downtown Dance Festival, NY, USA
Dance Biennale Tokyo 2002, Japan
other appearance
Yuka New York Yoga (Promotional video)
Origins (Instagram promotional video)
"Play Me, I Am Yours" - White Prism (Music video)
"white sea" - //from the white room. (Music video)
Orion Beer (TV Commercial)
Gold Crest (TV Commercial)
Feirstein School of Cinema (Web promotion)
Texstiles Yuh (Model)
Origins (Instagram promotional video)
"Play Me, I Am Yours" - White Prism (Music video)
"white sea" - //from the white room. (Music video)
Orion Beer (TV Commercial)
Gold Crest (TV Commercial)
Feirstein School of Cinema (Web promotion)
Texstiles Yuh (Model)
Choreography
TV/web Series "Man and Woman He Created Us"
Music Video "white sea" - //from the white room.
Video Art "Rise of Ego" - ARis
Musical "Annie Jr", "Lion King Jr", "Once On This Island Jr" - Polaris Productions, NY
Musical "Toki no Tobira" (Co-choreography) - Theatre Project Shizuoka, Japan
Dance Performance "Propositions" - ARis, NY
Music Video "white sea" - //from the white room.
Video Art "Rise of Ego" - ARis
Musical "Annie Jr", "Lion King Jr", "Once On This Island Jr" - Polaris Productions, NY
Musical "Toki no Tobira" (Co-choreography) - Theatre Project Shizuoka, Japan
Dance Performance "Propositions" - ARis, NY
special skills
Dance: Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Aerial (Single Point Trapeze and Pole), West -African, Hip-hop, Tap, Partnering and Improvisation
Martial Arts: Japanese Sword Fighting
Sports: Swimming, Running, Yoga and Horseback Riding
Language: Fluent Japanese
Martial Arts: Japanese Sword Fighting
Sports: Swimming, Running, Yoga and Horseback Riding
Language: Fluent Japanese