Iwata Morihiro theater stars

1. Iwata Morihiro

Born in Yokohama, Japan

Soloist of Bolshoi Theater of Russia

First prize at All Japan Ballet competition, Tokyo, Japan
3rd prize at USA International Ballet Competition, Jackson
Grand Prix and Mikhail Baryshnikov award to the best male dancer at Competition of Ballet dancers “Arabesque” in Perm, Russia
Grand Prix and Best production award at The first “Chabukiani-Balanchine…” International Ballet Art Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia
In 2009 by the decree of President was awarded an order of  Friendship of Peoples.

2. Hariyama Emi

 

Born in Osaka, Japan

 

Principal ballerina in The Staatsballett Berlin, Germany

 

Special prize at Moscow International Ballet competition, Russia

Second prize at All Japan Ballet competition, Tokyo, Japan

Bronze medal at International Ballet competition in New York, USA

Special prize (Robert Joffrey Award of Merit) at USA International Ballet competition, Jackson,  USA

Silver medal at Paris International Ballet competition, France (no golden medal was awarded)

Face of companies Chaccot and Kenko

 

3. Kura Kenta

 

Born in Hokkaido, Japan

 

Soloist of The Royal Ballet, Great Britain, from 2007 (Covent Garden, London)

 

Laureate of International Ballet competition Prix de Lausanne, France

Laureate of International Ballet competitions

 

4. Yuhui Choe

 

Born in Fukuoka, Japan

 

First soloist of The Royal Ballet, Great Britain, from 2008 (Covent Garden, London)

Silver Medal at the Paris International Dance Competition, France

First prize at the International Ballet competition Prix de Lausanne, France

Laureate of the Critics Circle Award

 

5. Terada Nobuhiro

 

Born in Kyoto, Japan

 

Soloist of the National Opera House of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko, Kiev, Ukraine

Honored artist of Ukraine

Laureate of International ballet competitions

6. Ikemoto Shoma

 

Born in Hiroshima, Japan

 

Principal at К- ballet Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

 

First prix at All Japan Ballet competition, Tokyo, Japan

Laureate of  Japan International Ballet competition, Nagoya, Japan

First prize and golden medal at Competition of Ballet dancers “Arabesque” in Perm, Russia

 

 

7. Takuta Sayaka

 

Born in Shimane, Japan

 

Principal dancer of the State Theatre “Moscow Ballet”

 

Laureate of Tokyo Shinbun National Ballet Competition, Japan

Laureate of Dancing Magazine award and bronze medal at Japan International Ballet competition, Nagoya, Japan

First prize at All Japan Ballet competition, Tokyo, Japan

First prize and golden medal at Competition of Ballet dancers “Arabesque” in Perm, Russia

 

8. Miki Yuma

 

Born in Tokushima, Japan

 

Principal soloist of  “Momoko Tani ballet” theatre, Tokyo, Japan

 

First prize at International ballet competition “Vaganova Prix”, Saint Petersburg, Russia

First prize at All Japan Ballet competition, Tokyo, Japan

 

9. Ogata Mai

 

Born in Tokyo, Japan

 

Principal dancer at “Momoko Tani ballet”, Tokyo, Japan

Laureate of  Japan International Ballet competition, Nagoya, Japan

Laureate of National ballet competition, Japan

 

10. Iwata Sakutaro

 

Born in Kanagawa, Japan

 

Director of “Iwata ballet”, Japan

 

Laureate of international ballet competitions

11. Koike Saori

 

Born in Yamanashi, Japan

 

Graduated with honors from Perm State choreographic college

Principal dancer of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Mari El Respublic

Laureate of Competition of Ballet dancers “Arabesque” in Perm, Russia (Popular Spectator Award)

Today he is called “a Japanese pearl on the Mari land”

 

12. Martynyuk Mihail

 

Principal soloist of “The Kremlin Ballet”

 

Laureate of youth award “Triumph”

Laureate of All Russia ballet competition in Krasnodar

First prize and golden medal at International ballet competition in Astana

 

Special guests – participants of the project:

 

 

Farukh Ruzimatov

 

Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Gennady Selyutsky)

People’s Artist of Russia

Laureate of international competitions

Laureate of “Golden mask” award, “Golden soffit”

Maxim Fedotov 

 

Violinist

People’s Artist of Russia

Artist director and Chief conductor of Moscow City Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonic”

Laureate of International Tchaikovsky competition, Moscow, Russia (second prize)

Laureate of International violin contest in Tokyo, Japan (first prize and golden medal)

 

The European press calls him “Russian Paganini”

 

Galina Petrova

 

Pianist

 

Honoured Artist of the Russia

 

Soloist of Moscow State Philharmonic Society

 

Laureate of international competitions

The characteristics of her style is “magnificent piano skills in combination with original musical intelligence and artistic charm («La Voce del Popolo»).

Corresponding member of лен – корреспондент Peter’s Academy of Arts and Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia