- Yuriko Kajiya
Yuriko Kajiya (加治屋百合子 "Kajiya Yuriko", born in 1984) is a Japanese
ballerina withAmerican Ballet Theatre (ABT). She was promoted tosoloist 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 theABT Studio Company in 2001 and joined ABT as a member of thecorps 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 theTao Li Bei National Ballet Competition in 1997.
*Chosen as the finalist at the 3rd International Ballet Competition inNagoya in 1999.
*Won thePrix de Lausanne in 2000 and received a Scholarship to theNational Ballet of Canada .
*Semi-Finalist at the 19th Varna International Ballet Competition in 2000.
*Joined theAmerican 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 atLe Theatre du Chatelet in 2007.
*Was named soloist ofAmerican Ballet Theatre in July 2007.References
External links
* [http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=67 Yuriko Kajiya]
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