Yoshiya Sakurai

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Mr. Sakurai started his ballet training at Niigata Ballet School. Age of 14, he attended Canada’s National Ballet School where he graduated, and he received Peter Dwyer Scholarship from Canada Council for the Arts.

He performed as a professional dancer with American Repertory Ballet, Boston Ballet II and Kansas City Ballet. He currently dancing with Alberta Ballet and performing lead roles ,including Price Siegfried from Swan Lake, Price from Cinderella, Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and more.

Mr. Sakurai also choreographs for professional dancers and students, and he is a guest teacher with Alberta Ballet School.

He is very excited to be part of Ballet Bodies YYC.