Miyako Yoshida
{{short description|Japanese ballet dancer (born 1965)}}
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| name = Miyako Yoshida
| honorific_suffix = OBE
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| caption = Miyako Yoshida as Juliet in a 2007 Royal Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|10|28}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| occupation = Ballet dancer
| spouse = Takashi Endo
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Miyako Yoshida {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBEh}} (吉田都, born 28 October 1965){{cite news
| title = Birthdays
| newspaper = The Guardian
| pages = 39
| date = 28 October 2014
}} is a Japanese ballet dancer. She was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet as well as a principal dancer with K-ballet, Japan.
Life and career
Born and trained in Tokyo, Yoshida won the Prix de Lausanne in 1983 and joined Royal Ballet School in England. In 1984, she joined then Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, the present Birmingham Royal Ballet and was promoted to principal in 1988. In following year, she was awarded the Global Award and the Arts Encouragement Prize for Artists of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan.
In 1995, Yoshida joined The Royal Ballet as principal dancer and was known for her partnership with such as Tetsuya Kumakawa, and Irek Mukhamedov. She was also appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace[http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25565&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Director-General names Miyako Yoshida as UNESCO Artist for Peace – UNESCO Celebrity Advocates | UNESCO.org] in 2001. In 2004, she married Takashi Endo, a Japanese football agent.
In 2006, she joined K-ballet[http://www.k-ballet.co.jp/ 熊川哲也 K-Ballet Company Official Site] while she continued dancing with The Royal Ballet, before winning the Best Female Dancer in National Dance Awards. In 2007, she was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to dance.{{cite web |url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front/TextOnly?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1166536150628 |title=Honorary Award Recipients Foreign & Commonwealth Office |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080108135501/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front/TextOnly?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1166536150628&to=true |archive-date=8 January 2008}} In 2010 she retired from the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden.{{Cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/dance/article7108723.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615090429/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/dance/article7108723.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|title = TLS – Times Literary Supplement}}
Career and repertory
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Aurora, Juliet (Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)), Lise, Giselle (Giselle), Swanilda (Coppélia), Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Kitri (Don Quixote), Cinderella, Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly), Ondine, Chloë, Titania, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, 'Le Corsaire pas de deux, Homage to the Queen and leading roles in Prince of the Pagodas, Symphonic Variations, Elite Syncopations, Snow Queen, Galanteries, Fin du jour, Symphony in C, Birthday Offering, The Firebird, Scènes de ballet, Les Rendezvous and Rhapsody.
At the 2006 National Dance Awards, she was the Best female dancer.[http://www.nationaldanceawards.com/dance/best_female.htm National Dance Awards Best Female Dancer]
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.miyako-yoshida.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071105222411/http://www.ballet.co.uk/feb98/interview_miyako_yoshida.htm]
- [http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~kkimura/miyako/Preface.html]
- [http://www.balletassociation.co.uk/reports/miyako.html]
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Category:People educated at the Royal Ballet School
Category:Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
Category:Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers
Category:Prix de Lausanne winners
Category:Honorary officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom
Category:20th-century ballet dancers
Category:21st-century ballet dancers