Japanese ballet dancers

 Do you know that a Japanese high school student got the first prize in Prix de Lausanne? Prix de Lausanne is an International dance competition for young dancers (from 15 to 18). Many former prize winners of this competition are leading stars with major ballet companies around the world. Miyako Yoshida, Kumakawa Tetuya are very famous Japanese dancers who were former prize winners.
 Miyako Yoshida(1965-) was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet. Principal is the highest status of ballet company. She performed Juliet in her last stage. She was very good at girls' role.

 Tetsuya Kumakawa(1972-) was the first Japanese gold prize winner of the Prix de Lausanne. He established his own ballet company called K-ballet company. He also played an active role in The Royal Ballet.


Kumakawa and Yoshida

 Madoka Sugai got the first prize in Prix de Laissane in February 2012. She is 17 years old and a high school student. She have gotten many prizes in Japan. MiyakoYoshida praised her highly(Yoshida was one of judges). She became very famous by this news. I want her to be a great international dancers in the near future.

Ballet was not so famous art several decades ago. But now Japan has many great dancers and a lot of lovers of ballet. It is said that Japanese are not suited to do ballet because our legs and arms are shorter than those of Europeans and Americans. But now Japanese can be great international ballet dancers.
I would like you to be more interested in ballet. Thank you for reading this blog.

(http://photo.news.livedoor.com/detail/35923,
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2132838681056389201,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyako_Yoshida,
http://mcoppelia.exblog.jp/8148280/)

Famous dancers

 Maybe you cannot tell me the names of ballet dancers more than five. Ballet dancers are not so popular as other sports players...
 But ballet also has many attractive dancers now. In ballet history there are some important dancers too. We are going to learn about some of them.

 Moira Shearer(1926-2006) was Scottish ballerina and actress. She is famous for the movie "The Red Shoes". The movie  was a great success and it made her very popular. The theme of this movie seems that "happiness as being an artist and love are incompatible." The heroine was a great ballerina. Her debut was a great hit, but one day she fell in love. She married her lover and she was dismissed from her ballet company. She couldn't manage to work as a dancer and live as a wife.
  Moira Shearer herself got married after she appeared the movie. Maybe she became happy as a member of family, but the marriage damaged her reputation. She couldn't succeed any more as a ballerina. Moira Shearer resembles the heroine of the movie. Her name is used as a synonymous with the heroine of tragedy.

Do you know a name of ballerina who is alive now? Nina Ananiashvili is one of the most famous dancers of the world. She is a Georgian ballerina. She got many kinds of prizes and her performance has held the audience spellbound. She is also an artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She is not only a splendid dancer but also a great leader.
I have seen her performance several times in Japan. She is going to finish her life as a dancer in this year.

I would like you to know some of ballet dancers' names.
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