Kenichi Soki Profile
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Kenichi Soki Laureate of the 16th International Ballet Competition - Varna 1994 Premier Dancer, choreographer Artistic Director of SBS YOUTH BALLET Head of Soki Ballet School Sendai Japan Keinichi Soki has studied under various teachers including Mika Nemoto, Daniel Levans, Sergiu Stefanschi, Roy Tobias, Peter Breuer, Ross Streton, and David Howard since he was three years old. After participating in performances sponsored by Juridical Foundation Japan Ballet Association, Kawanawa Prefectural Artistic Dance Association, and Tani Momoko Ballet Company, Soki successfully joined to Universal Ballet Company in 1986. Soki had set up the record as the youngest dancer to ever enter the Company, at the age of sixteen. He has performed on stages in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan with Evelyn Hart, Patrick Bissel, Jean Charles Jill. After graduating high school, Soki officially became a member of Universal Ballet Company. He has performed in various ballet pieces including George Balanchene’s Serenade, Allegro Brillante, Geogina Parkinson’s The Sleeping Beauty, Adrienne Dellas’s Paquita,The Nutcracler,David Lichine’sGraduation Ball, Luthana Boris’s Cakewalk, Roy Tobias’s La fille Mal Gardee, and Jack Carter’s La Traviata. In 1990, Soki transferred to Hong Kong Ballet as a soloist and danced in Peter Darrel’s The Nutcracker, Petar Miller Ashmole’s Giselle, Jack Carter’s Three Dances to Japanese Music, George Balanchine’s Walse Fantasie, Square Dance and Choo San Goh’s Unknown Territory,Pas de Trois from Pastral Sketch. From 1991, Soki has join Ballet des Salzburger Landestheater, Austria and performed as a soloist in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, and other European nations. In his five-year stay in Salzburger Landestheater, he has performed as the main dancer in Romeo & Juliet, Orpheus & Euridice,Le Cousaire as well as taking part in the stage of Opera,Operetta and Musical. Soki came back to Japan in 1996 and in 1997, he had signed a contract with New National Theatre Ballet in Tokyo. He performed as a soloist in the company’s repertoire, which consisted The Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Theme & Variation, La Sylphide, Don Quixote etc. In the same year, Soki opened Soki Ballet School. Along with the performances in New National Theatre Ballet, he has participated in shows of Japan Ballet Association Young Ballet Festival, Aoyama Ballet Festival, Takeuchi Hitomi Ballet Company, NBA Ballet Company, Inoue Ballet Company, Kobayashi Noriko Ballet Theatre. In 2000, He moved to Sendai to put serious focus on training the new generation of ballet dancers and started his teaching career there. In 2006, Soki presented Eine Kleine Nachtmusik at Juridical Foundation Japan Ballet Association’s 30th Anniversary National Joint Ballet Evening Gala at the New National Theatre Opera House, showing his great efforts in creative directions as well as teaching and training. In 2012,he was selected as a international jury member for International Ballet Competition Varna. Website Soki Ballet School http://www.sokiballet.jp/english/index.html Soki Ballet School YouTube http://www.youtube.com/sokiballetschool <Prize/Kenichi Soki> Committee Award of the 16th Varna International Ballet Competition Senior Division Finalist of the 6th International Dance Competition Paris Classical SeniorDivision Best TeacherAward of the 60th Tokyo Newspaper Dance Competition Ballet Division Best Teacher Award of the 2nd & 6 th Japan Grand Prix Best Teacher Award of 1st & 3rd Ballet Competition for Youth in Sendai Best Teacher Award of 10th 11th and 12th All Japan Ballet Union Competition <Prize /his students> 1 st place of Kobe National Dance Competition 2012 Silver Medal of Youth America Grand Prix 2012 New York Final Bronze Medal of Youth America Grand Prix 2009 New York Final 1 st place of 2nd & 6 th Japan Grand Prix 1 st place of 1st & 3rd Ballet Competition for Youth in Sendai 1 st place of 10 ,11 and 12th All Japan Ballet Union Competition 1 st place of All Japan Ballet Competition 2009 <Scholarship /his Students> Royal Ballet School Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC Houston Ballet Academy John Cranko Schule Australian Ballet School Princess Grace Ballet Academy Monaco Rock School of Dance Education ABT Summer Intensive New York ABT Summer Intensive California Washington School of Ballet Southland Ballet Academy <Translation English-Japanese Workshop at his school> Ms.Leigh Rowles Head Teacher of Australian Ballet School Ms.Deborah Hess Faculty member of Canada’s National Ballet School Mr.Misha Tchoupakov Faculty member of Utah University Ms.Lassisa Saveliev President of Youth America Grand Prix Mr.Aaron Watkin Director of Dresden Semperoper Ballet Mr.Jason Beechey Head School of Palucca Schule Dresden Mr.Yannick Boquin Freelance Ballet Master Mr.Luca Masala Head of Princess Grace Academy Monaco Mr.Parrish Maynard Faculty of San Francisco Ballet School <International Jury Member> 25th International Ballet Competition Varna 4th Asian Grand Prix Hong Kong 9th Korea International Ballet Competition <National Jury Member> NBA National Ballet Competition All Japan Ballet Union Competition Japan Ballet Association Tohoku Competition Japan Ballet Association Kyushu Competition Tokyo City Ballet Competition Classical Ballet Competition Kurume Japan Ballet Competition in Tokyo Japan Ballet Competition in Fukuona Japan Ballet Competition in Nagoya Japan Ballet Competition in Shiga Japan Ballet Competition in Hyogo Japan Ballet Competition in Takamatsu Japan Ballet Competition in Hakusan Japan Ballet Competition in Kobe .