14th
ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 14th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 26th - 28th March 2019 Place : Hitachi Systems Hall (Sendai Seinen Bunka Centre) Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Ⅰ Age 7-9 Pre-Competition Ⅱ Age 10 Jyunior BⅠ Age 9-11 Jyunior BⅡ Age 12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13 Jyunior AⅡ Age 14-15 Jyunior AⅢ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Pre-Competition Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Opening Ceremony Preliminary Thursday, March 28, 2019 Judging during the class (Finalists) Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Incentive Award * Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards: London Studio Centre [UK] Sarasota Ballet School [USA] Milwaukee Ballet School [USA] Milwaukee Ballet CompanyⅡ [USA] Sarasota Quban Ballet School [USA] Radford University Ballet [USA] Ruth Page School of Dance [USA] International Ballet Seminar in Bari [IPA] Bari International Ballet Competition [IPA] Kentucky Ballet Theatre [USA] Juries : Head Jury: Rolando Yanes [USA] Atsuko Takahashi [JAPAN] Michiko Nakamura [JAPAN] Tomoaki Kuwahara [JAPAN] Du Hai [JAPAN] (Juries are subject to change) Contact : D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : Rolando Yanes [Director of Milwaukee Ballet School & Milwaukee Ballet II] Rolando Yanes is native of Villa Clara, Cuba He received training at the Professional School of the Arts and the Vocational School of Ballet in Santa Clara, Cuba. While in Cuba, Mr. Yanes was a principal dancer with Joban Guardias Centro ProDAnza under the direction of Laura Alonso and Ballet de Camaguey. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Brasilia,Brazil. Mr. Yanes came to the United States in 1996 as a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet Company. As a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet, Mr. Yanes expanded his diverse classical and contemporary repertoire. He has participated as adjudicator in the Russian Point Ballet Competition and The American Ballet Youth Competition. Mr. Yanes is in great demand as a guest artist. He has performed with numerous companies including performances of La Fille Mal Gardee with Ballet Taller de San Juan (Puerto Rico), and The International Ballet Festivals in Havana, Cuba and Maracaibo,Venezuela. Mr. Yanes has also performed with the Rockford Ballet, Pamiro Opera (Green Bay), the Florentine Opera and on international tours to Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. Mr. Yanes has been the director of Milwaukee Ballet II, the official pre-professional program of the Milwaukee Ballet, since 2001. In addition to performing with Milwaukee Ballet Company, these young dancers will continue their development as they perform classical and original choreography in performances and community outreach events in and around southeast Wisconsin. Since 2004 Mr. Yanes has been directing Milwaukee Ballet School. His original choreography has been performed by Milwaukee Ballet School’s pre-professional summer program students and Milwaukee Ballet II. Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course(1988~2009) Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. Du Hai He was trained in Beijing Dance Academy from 1989. he was also invited from Le Jeune Ballet de France with full scholarship. 1996~2002 National Ballet of China 2001~2002 Tulsa Ballet (USA) 2002~2006 Ballet West (USA) 2006~2008 K Ballet Company (Japan) Currently he works as a freelance dancer and directer of DuHai Aki Ballet Academy. #
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| 2019-01-22 15:00
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13th
ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 13th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 30th March-1st April 2018 Place : Taihakuku Bunka Centre Rarara Hall Nagamachi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Friday, March 30, 2018 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Pre-Competition Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition Saturday, March 31, 2018 Opening Ceremony Preliminary Sunday, April 1, 2018 Judging during the class (Finalists) Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Incentive Award * Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards: London Studio Centre [UK] Sarasota Ballet School [USA] Milwaukee Ballet School [USA] Milwaukee Ballet CompanyⅡ [USA] Sarasota Quban Ballet School [USA] Radford University Ballet [USA] Ruth Page School of Dance [USA] Bari Ballet Summer Seminar [IPA] Bari International Ballet Competition [IPA] Quinte Ballet School of Canada [CAN] Kentucky Ballet Theatre [USA] Juries : Head Jury: Rolando Yanes [USA] Atsuko Takahashi [JAPAN] Michiko Nakamura [JAPAN] Tomoaki Kuwahara [JAPAN] Khangai Argaisukh [JAPAN] (Juries are subject to change) Contact : D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : Rolando Yanes [Director of Milwaukee Ballet School & Milwaukee Ballet II] Rolando Yanes is native of Villa Clara, Cuba He received training at the Professional School of the Arts and the Vocational School of Ballet in Santa Clara, Cuba. While in Cuba, Mr. Yanes was a principal dancer with Joban Guardias Centro ProDAnza under the direction of Laura Alonso and Ballet de Camaguey. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Brasilia,Brazil. Mr. Yanes came to the United States in 1996 as a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet Company. As a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet, Mr. Yanes expanded his diverse classical and contemporary repertoire. He has participated as adjudicator in the Russian Point Ballet Competition and The American Ballet Youth Competition. Mr. Yanes is in great demand as a guest artist. He has performed with numerous companies including performances of La Fille Mal Gardee with Ballet Taller de San Juan (Puerto Rico), and The International Ballet Festivals in Havana, Cuba and Maracaibo,Venezuela. Mr. Yanes has also performed with the Rockford Ballet, Pamiro Opera (Green Bay), the Florentine Opera and on international tours to Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. Mr. Yanes has been the director of Milwaukee Ballet II, the official pre-professional program of the Milwaukee Ballet, since 2001. In addition to performing with Milwaukee Ballet Company, these young dancers will continue their development as they perform classical and original choreography in performances and community outreach events in and around southeast Wisconsin. Since 2004 Mr. Yanes has been directing Milwaukee Ballet School. His original choreography has been performed by Milwaukee Ballet School’s pre-professional summer program students and Milwaukee Ballet II. Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course(1988~2009) Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. #
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| 2018-01-16 11:50
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12th
ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 12th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 30th March-1st April 2017 Place : Hitachi Systems Hall (Sendai Seinen Bunka Centre) Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Thursday, March 30, 2017 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Pre-Competition Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition Friday, March 31, 2017 Opening Ceremony Preliminary Saturday, April 1, 2017 Judging during the class (Finalists) Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Incentive Award * Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards: London Studio Centre<UK> Sarasota Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet CompanyⅡ<USA> Sarasota Quban Ballet School<USA> KYIV choreographic College<UKR> Radford University Ballet <USA> Ruth Page School of Dance <USA> Bari Ballet Summer Seminar <IPA> Bari International Ballet Competition <IPA> Quinte Ballet School of Canada <CAN> Kentucky Ballet Theatre <USA> Juries : Head Jury: Atsuko Takahashi <JAPAN> Ariel Serrano <USA> Alexander Mishutin <JAPAN> Michiko Nakamura <JAPAN> Tomoaki Kuwahara <JAPAN> (Juries are subject to change) Contact : D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Alexander Mishutin After graduated from Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Moscow) in 1993, Mr. Mishutin became a soloist dancer with the the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet, Russian Imperial Ballet, Kremlin Ballet and so on. In 2001, he became a principal dancer with the Nippon Ballet Association Company in Japan, and started to teach character dance at the Kyoto Ballet Academy. Mr. Mishutin has also studied the teaching of dancing including classic ballet and character dance at the Professional Arts Academy at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and taught at various institutions as a guest teacher and choreographer in several countries including Ukraine, Romania and Italy. He choreographed Harlequinada in 2012, and Cleopatra in 2013 at the NBA Company. Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organized by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" choreographed by Frederick Ashton and "Napoli" by August Bournonville. After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Allegro Brillante” and “Serenade”, received favorable reviews. She founded 207 Ballet Studio in Sendai in 1989, founded Company Bona Terra which main studio is based in Tokyo in 1996, and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher. She was awarded the prize of excellent teacher several times. In 2016, she founded Gailene Stock Memorial Award (GSMA) in Japan to commemorate Gailene Stock CBE AM. Since then, she is also a director and jury of GSMA. Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Vice-chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. #
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| 2017-01-10 15:00
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11th
ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 11th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 30th March-1st April 2016 Place : Sendai-shi Taihaku-ku Bunka Centre <Rarara Hall> 5-3-2 Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Pre-Competition Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition Thursday, March 31, 2016 Opening Ceremony Preliminary Friday, April 1, 2016 Judging during the class (Finalists) Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award * Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards: London Studio Centre<UK> Sarasota Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet CompanyⅡ<USA> Kirov Ballet Academy<USA> Sarasota Quban Ballet School<USA> KYIV Choreographic College<UKR> Radford University Ballet <USA> Juries : Head Jury: Rolando Yanes <USA> Alexander Mishutin <JAPAN> Atsuko Takahashi <JAPAN> Michiko Nakamura <JAPAN> Tomoaki Kuwahara <JAPAN> (Juries are subject to change) Contact : D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : Rolando Yanes [Director of Milwaukee Ballet School & Milwaukee Ballet II] Rolando Yanes is native of Villa Clara, Cuba He received training at the Professional School of the Arts and the Vocational School of Ballet in Santa Clara, Cuba. While in Cuba, Mr. Yanes was a principal dancer with Joban Guardias Centro ProDAnza under the direction of Laura Alonso and Ballet de Camaguey. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Brasilia,Brazil. Mr. Yanes came to the United States in 1996 as a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet Company. As a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet, Mr. Yanes expanded his diverse classical and contemporary repertoire. He has participated as adjudicator in the Russian Point Ballet Competition and The American Ballet Youth Competition. Mr. Yanes is in great demand as a guest artist. He has performed with numerous companies including performances of La Fille Mal Gardee with Ballet Taller de San Juan (Puerto Rico), and The International Ballet Festivals in Havana, Cuba and Maracaibo,Venezuela. Mr. Yanes has also performed with the Rockford Ballet, Pamiro Opera (Green Bay), the Florentine Opera and on international tours to Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. Mr. Yanes has been the director of Milwaukee Ballet II, the official pre-professional program of the Milwaukee Ballet, since 2001. In addition to performing with Milwaukee Ballet Company, these young dancers will continue their development as they perform classical and original choreography in performances and community outreach events in and around southeast Wisconsin. Since 2004 Mr. Yanes has been directing Milwaukee Ballet School. His original choreography has been performed by Milwaukee Ballet School’s pre-professional summer program students and Milwaukee Ballet II. Alexander Mishutin After graduated from Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Moscow) in 1993, Mr. Mishutin became a soloist dancer with the the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet, Russian Imperial Ballet, Kremlin Ballet and so on. In 2001, he became a principal dancer with the Nippon Ballet Association Company in Japan, and started to teach character dance at the Kyoto Ballet Academy. Mr. Mishutin has also studied the teaching of dancing including classic ballet and character dance at the Professional Arts Academy at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and taught at various institutions as a guest teacher and choreographer in several countries including Ukraine, Romania and Italy. He choreographed Harlequinada in 2012, and Cleopatra in 2013 at the NBA Company. Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course(1988~2009) Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. #
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| 2016-01-04 15:00
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10th
ALL NIPPON D.A.T.E. CLASSIC BALLET COMPETITION MIYAGI The schedule of the 10th D.A.T.E. Competition is following: Date : 31st March-2nd April 2015 Place : Hitachi Systems Hall (Sendai Seinen Bunka Centre) Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Categories : Pre-Competition Age 7-10 Jyunior B Age 9-12 Jyunior AⅠ Age 13-15 Jyunior AⅡ Age 16-18 Senior Age 19-25 (*Both male and female competitors are competing under the same categories) Schedule: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Workshops(Classes taught by Juries) Pre-Competition Awarding Ceremony of Pre-Competition Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Opening Ceremony Preliminary Thursday, April 2, 2015 Judging during the class (Finalists) Final Awarding Ceremony (Times are subject to change) Awards : 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place Special Awards : Miyagi Prefecture Award Sendai City Award D.A.T.E. Award Kahoku Newspaper Award Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Award * Head Jury Award Scholarships and/or direct entry awards: London Studio Centre<UK> Royal Ballet School Antwerp<BELGIUM> Sarasota Ballet School<USA> Sarasota Quban Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet School<USA> Milwaukee Ballet CompanyⅡ<USA> KYIV Choreographic College<KIEV> Juries : Head Jury: David Peden <UK> Atsuko Takahashi <JAPAN> Michiko Nakamura <JAPAN> Rolando Yanes <USA> Tomoaki Kuwahara <JAPAN> (Juries are subject to change) Contact : D.A.T.E. Competition Office 5-1-4, Yagiyamaminami, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN Tel: 022-307-4641 Fax: 022-307-4648 E-mail: ballet@date-competition.com URL: http://www.date-competition.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Profile of juries : David Peden ARAD dip. P.D.T.C. David was trained at The Royal Ballet School from the age of 13 and subsequently joined The Royal Ballet Company becoming a Senior Soloist where he danced many principal roles, amongst his extensive repertoire were The Young Man in The Two Pigeons, Symphonic Variations, Afternoon of a Faun, Blue boy in Les Patinuers, The Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty. Colas, La Fille mal Gardee, Franz in Coppelia. Pas de Trois in Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries. He also performed with the National Ballet of Canada as a 1st soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet, British Ballet Columbia and English National Ballet. David has had roles created on him by Ashton, MacMillan, Lubovitch, Canniparoli, Deane, Corder, Page to name a few. After retiring from the stage David successfully gained distinction from The Royal Academy’s Professional dancers teaching course. David worked as Ballet Master for the Ankara State Ballet Company and Singapore Dance Theatre. He guest teaches for The English National Ballet Company as well as teaching and judging internationally. An experienced teacher, until as recent as December 2014 David taught all levels at The Royal Ballet Upper School, primarily responsible for the second year boys. He has staged Les Patinuers and Concerto for The Royal Ballet School’s annual performances as well as being instrumental in rehearsing many of their performances throughout the years. He has now embarked on an international freelance career. Atsuko Takahashi Atsuko started her training when she was five years old and learnt from Masako Imamura, Isamu Hashiura, and Yoshimi Yo. She joined Sendai City Ballet Institute, where she danced several roles and also worked as a teacher for 10 years. After she graduated from Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, she founded Clair Ballet Atelier in 1975. She completed the Vaganova Method of teaching classical ballet in 1979. She has an established reputation as a teacher and she has trained a number of excellent dancers including dancers who have won first prize in competitions both in Japan and abroad. She won the Art prize of Light Pageant in 1996, and the prize of excellent teacher every year since 2004. By visiting several different countries which include the U.S., China, Germany, Canada and Australia, she has built relations with many Ballet schools abroad. Board member of the Arts Association Miyagi Prefecture Member of NBA Ballet Company Chairperson of Organizing Committee All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition Miyagi Michiko Nakamura Michiko Nakamura started to learn ballet in the Sendai City Ballet Institute where she won the silver prize in the 27th All Nippon Ballet Competition organised by Tokyo News Paper Company in the junior category. In 1974, she began her training at The Royal Ballet Upper School taught by Maryon Lane and other experienced teachers and later joined Monaco Ballet Academy coached by the esteemed Susan Dubreuil. She performed with the Danish Ballet Group, directed by Nini Theilade, in Denmark and Germany. She also danced principle roles in ballets such as the "Symphonic Variation" composed by Franck, Andersen’s “The Ice Maiden" by Sibelius and "Napoli". After she returned to Japan, she danced with Tokyo City Ballet and Matsuyama Ballet as a principle and the first soloist. The performances, which include George Balanchine's “Serenade” and “Allegro Brillante”, received favorable reviews. She founded Company Bona Terra in 1996 and now works as a director, choreographer, and teacher at the classic ballet schools in Tokyo, Miyagi and Shiga. Supervisor, Showa Women’s University Open College classic ballet course(1988~2009) Japanese Jury, London Studio Centre Audition Member of the Art Association of Miyagi Prefecture Rolando Yanes [Director of Milwaukee Ballet School & Milwaukee Ballet II] Rolando Yanes is native of Villa Clara, Cuba He received training at the Professional School of the Arts and the Vocational School of Ballet in Santa Clara, Cuba. While in Cuba, Mr. Yanes was a principal dancer with Joban Guardias Centro ProDAnza under the direction of Laura Alonso and Ballet de Camaguey. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Brasilia,Brazil. Mr. Yanes came to the United States in 1996 as a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet Company. As a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet, Mr. Yanes expanded his diverse classical and contemporary repertoire. He has participated as adjudicator in the Russian Point Ballet Competition and The American Ballet Youth Competition. Mr. Yanes is in great demand as a guest artist. He has performed with numerous companies including performances of La Fille Mal Gardee with Ballet Taller de San Juan (Puerto Rico), and The International Ballet Festivals in Havana, Cuba and Maracaibo,Venezuela. Mr. Yanes has also performed with the Rockford Ballet, Pamiro Opera (Green Bay), the Florentine Opera and on international tours to Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. Mr. Yanes has been the director of Milwaukee Ballet II, the official pre-professional program of the Milwaukee Ballet, since 2001. In addition to performing with Milwaukee Ballet Company, these young dancers will continue their development as they perform classical and original choreography in performances and community outreach events in and around southeast Wisconsin. Since 2004 Mr. Yanes has been directing Milwaukee Ballet School. His original choreography has been performed by Milwaukee Ballet School’s pre-professional summer program students and Milwaukee Ballet II. Tomoaki Kuwahara Tomoaki Kuwahara began his training in Kuwahara Ballet Academy in 1982. He was trained in Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and became a soloist in the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Ballet in 1995 where he danced "Swan Lake", "Natcracker", "The Taming of the Screw", "La Corsaire", "The Hump-backed Horse" and "Romeo and Juliet". He learnt from Kimitaka Kuwahara, Chikako Ishizuka, Akira Egawa, A.Nikolaev, M. Azalin, I. Khmelnitsky, K. Shatilov, B.Bregvadze, V. Semyonov, S. Berezhnoi, Uksunikov, and Bondarenko. His repertoire includes "Coppelia", "Harlequinade", "Paquita", "Don Quixote", "Pas d'esclave", "La Bayadere", "Diana and Actaeon", "Les Shylphides", Pas de deux from "Natcracker" and "Harlequinade", which was praised by critics in Saint-Petersburg. He was also a finalist at International Ballet Competition Vaganova-prix (St Petersburg) held in 1995. After he returned to Japan in 2000, he joined Tani Momoko Ballet. Currently he works as a freelance dancer and teacher at the Kuwahara Ballet Academy. #
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