Yuriko Kajiya

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Yuriko Kajiya (加治屋百合子 Kajiya Yuriko, born in 1984) is a Japanese ballerina.

[edit] Career

  • Entered Shanghai Ballet School in 1994.
  • Won the Best Performance Award at the Tao Li Bei National Ballet Competition in 1997.
  • Chosen as the finalist at the 3rd International Ballet Competition in Nagoya in 1999.
  • Won the Prix de Lausanne in 2000 and get the Scholarship to the National Ballet of Canada.
  • Joined the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 2001.
  • Became a corps de ballet of the American Ballet Theatre in 2002.
  • Performed as one of the soloists of the American Ballet Theatre at Opéra national de Paris in 2007.


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