• Born in Nagoya, Japan
• Began training at the age of eight
• At ten moved to China
• Graduated from the Shanghai Ballet School on scholarship
• Prix de Lausanne Scholarship to train at the National BAllet of Canada School in Toronto
• September 2001: joined ABT Studio Company
• 2002: Apprentice with ABT
• June 2002: Joined ABT as Member of the CDB
• August 2007: Appointed a Soloist

Teach master classes and lecture demos in the United States and across Japan
Prices and Honours

• 1997: at 13 years old won the best performance award in the senior category at the Tao Li Bei National Ballet Competition
• 1999: Became one of the youngest finalists at the third IBC in Nagoya
• January 2000: Won Prix de Lausanne scholarship

• Born in Houston
• Schoalrship at North Carolina school of the ARts summer program
• Scholarship to American BAllet School
• 2001: ABT's Summer Intensive Program as Coca- Cola Scholarship Winner
• Invited to ABT II
• 2003: Member of the CDB of ABT
• 2007: Appointed as Soloist

Guest Artist with Noriko Hara Ballet, Kamakura Ballet in Japan, Les Ballets GranDiva, The Rochester City Ballet, the Civic BAllet of Chicago, the Houston Repertoire Ballet, the New England Dance Ensembe, the Chicago Dance Festival

• Born in Rochester, NY
• Trained at the Draper Dance Studio
• Danced with the Rochester City Ballet
• Full scholarships at the SFB Pgrogram, the Chantaqua Institute Ballet Program and ABT's Summer Intensive Program
• August 1999: Joined ABT II
• August 2000: Joined ABT's Corps de Ballet
• August 2007: Promoted to Soloist

Awards and Honours

• 1998 & 1999: Coca-Cola scholarship recipient
• 1999: 3 Gold Medals in the New England Ballet Awards

• Born in South Pasadena, California
• Began at LE Studio in Pasadena
• Studied at the West Coast Ballet Theatre in San Diego
• Trained during 3 years at the Royal Academy of Dancing Method at the Halliday Dance Centre in Sydney, Australia
• 1996: Joined ABT as Member of the CDB
• 2001: Appointed Soloist

Sponsored by Edward H Smith, Jr

Award and Honours
 

• 1995: Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Dancing's Adeline Génée Awards in London

• Born in Vibo Valentina, Italy
• Trained at La Scala Ballet School in Milan
• Danced with thz Royal Ballet
• Danced with Rome Opera Ballet
• 2010: Joined the San Francisco Ballet As a Soloist
• 2011: Promoted to Principal Dancer

Prices and Honours

• 2010: Received the Premio Positano Leonide Massine Award for Best Italian Dancer
• Danza & Danza Award for Best Dancer of the Year