Yuichiro Inoue is a choreographer, dancer and teacher. Who performed as a member of the Toronto Dance Theatre for 18 years. Born in Japan, Yuichiro moved to Germany at the age of 15 to study at the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart, Germany. He spent nine years as a member of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and Saarlaendisches Staatstheater in Saarbruecken. In 2004, he moved to Toronto and completed RAD certification and the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School before joining TDT under the direction of Christopher House. Yuichiro received the Hiroshima International Dance Competition choreography award, multiple Dora award nominations, and a nomination for the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award. Yuichiro has taught at many of Canada’s and Japan’s foremost dance institutions, including Canada’s National Ballet School, Kobe College( Japan), Quinte Ballet School, Rosedale Heights School of the Arts and Dance Arts Institute. He currently teaches at York University and Pia Bouman Ballet School. His students have gone on to be accepted into prestigious post-secondary programs and companies, such as the Netherlands Dance Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada. A co-founder of 3+ Dance Collective with Pulga Muchochoma and Naishi Wang, Yuichiro’s choreographic work has included commissions for Toronto Dance Theatre, Dance Arts Institute, Dusk Dances, and Guelph Dance Festival. Nagata Shachu, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Claude Watson Arts Program, Reiko Matsuoka Ballet (Japan), award-winning film, international festivals, and competitions.
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