Yuriko Kajiya

Yuriko Kajiya (加治屋百合子 "Kajiya Yuriko", born in 1984) is a Japanese ballerina with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She was promoted to soloist on 5th July 2007 after 5 years with the company. [ [http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=201 ABT: Inside ABT: News ] ]

Yuriko was born in Nagoya (Japan) and trained at Matsumoto Michiko Ballet and then the Shanghai Ballet School. She joined the ABT Studio Company in 2001 and joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002. Her repertory with ABT includes a Shade in "La Bayadère", Blossom in "Cinderella", a Flower Girl in "Don Quixote", the pas de trois in "Swan Lake", the Waltz in "Les Sylphides" and the Fairies of Fervor and Joy in "The Sleeping Beauty". [ [http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=67 ABT: Dancers ] ]

Career

*Entered Shanghai Ballet School in 1994.
*Won the Best Performance Award at the Tao Li Bei National Ballet Competition in 1997.
*Chosen as the finalist at the 3rd International Ballet Competition in Nagoya in 1999.
*Won the Prix de Lausanne in 2000 and received a Scholarship to the National Ballet of Canada.
*Semi-Finalist at the 19th Varna International Ballet Competition in 2000.
*Joined the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 2001.
*Became a member of the corps de ballet of the ABT in 2002.
*Performed as one of the soloists of the American Ballet Theatre at Le Theatre du Chatelet in 2007.
*Was named soloist of American Ballet Theatre in July 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=67 Yuriko Kajiya]