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Yukari Saito

さいとう ゆかり

Saitō Yukari

ペンネーム: Yukaryusha（Affectionate nickname used by colleagues and audience）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1967-07-29 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, Russian
宗教
Russian Orthodox 1994年受洗 （洗礼名: Yulia）
居住地歴
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Moscow, Russia

経歴

職業
ballerina, ballet instructor, choreographer, artistic director, author
活動期間
1987年〜
所属
The Tokyo Ballet
影響を受けた人物
Ekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Marina Semyonova, John Neumeier, Maurice Béjart

学歴

Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School
期間: 1983 - (在学中に留学等)
国: Japan
During high school she traveled repeatedly to Russia for study and exchanges; attendance was insufficient but supported by the principal
Moscow State Dance School (graduate program)
Graduate program in ballet pedagogy
期間: 2004 - 2009
卒業年: 2009
国: Russia
Attended graduate program to obtain ballet teacher/master qualifications; graduated top of class

受賞歴

Japan Ballet Association Newcomer Award
1984
対象作品: La Sylphide (pas de deux)
主催: Japan Ballet Association
結果: 受賞
Geijutsu Sensho (Arts Award) — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize (Dance)
2005
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Yokohama Cultural Award
2011
主催: City of Yokohama
結果: 受賞
Hattori Chieko Award
2011
主催: Japan Ballet Association
結果: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2012
主催: Cabinet Office
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

La Sylphide

1989年 Ballet (Romantic ballet)

Performed the full-length Lacotte version; marked her major role debut in Tokyo and became a signature role.

etherealitysense of suspensionromanticism

Giselle

1998年 Ballet (Romantic)

Her comeback performance in 1998; emblematic of her recovery and return to the stage, prepared under Maximova's guidance.

resurrectiondevotiontragic love

Anyuta (ballet after Chekhov)

1998年 Dramatic ballet

Worked on under Maximova as part of rehabilitation; performed successfully in Chelyabinsk.

human dramarebirth

Onegin (role: Tatyana)

2010年 Ballet (narrative)

Her long-cherished dream role of Tatyana, which she performed for The Tokyo Ballet in 2010 and which became one of her signature roles.

maturitylove and regret

全著作

  • Yukaryusha: The Ballerina Who Achieved a Miraculous Recovery
  • Yukaryusha: The Ballerina Who Fulfilled Her Dream with an Indomitable Spirit (Bunshun Bunko)

翻案

  • Yukaryusha (DVD of the 2005 performance)

作風・主題

文体
delicate, ethereal expressionmusically driven performance
頻出モチーフ
fey/ethereal motifsrebirth / comebackmaternal devotion

健康

  • Left knee ligament rupture and meniscus injury
    1996-1999（受傷1996年12月、手術・長期リハビリを経て1998年復帰、1999年再手術等）
    Forced prolonged absence from the stage, multiple surgeries and long rehabilitation; major impact on her career, followed by a celebrated comeback

評価・遺産

Praised for her romantic-ballet expressiveness, international collaborations and a remarkable comeback; influential as a performer, teacher and as artistic director of The Tokyo Ballet.

関連学会

  • Japan Ballet Association

引用

  • I will just dance my Giselle.
    出典: Interview / remark at time of comeback (1998) (1998年)
  • Yukari will certainly dance Tatyana one day.
    出典: Marcia Haydée (comment / mentor) (1991年)

豆知識

  • Nickname: 'Yukaryusha'
  • Husband: former Bolshoi principal Nikolai Fedorov
  • Baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church in 1994 with the name 'Yulia'