Yuki
Takahashi
Yuki Takahashi is from Tokyo, Japan. She studied at Ballet Academy of Texas, Mejia Ballet International, Ballet Academy East, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and she attended summer courses at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Ballet Academy East, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ms. Takahashi joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2019 and was promoted to corps de ballet later that year.
In addition to her PNB repertory, Ms. Takahashi performed leading roles in Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations at Ballet Ensemble of Texas; Balanchine’s Raymonda Variations, Alan Hineline’s Sans Nuages, and Roger Van Fleteren’s Coppélia at Ballet Academy East; Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker with Dances Patrelle; and Paul Mejia’s Brahms Waltzes and The Nutcracker at Mejia Ballet International.
Ms. Takahashi was a 2014 recipient of the Kittie La Pointe Memorial Scholarship provided by the Dance Council of North Texas.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
Allegro Brillante
The Nutcracker
(The Sugar Plum Fairy, Harlequin, Marzipan, Dewdrop)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Butterfly)
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Peasant pas de deux, Zulme)
Donald Byrd
Love and Loss
Alejandro Cerrudo
One Thousand Pieces
Jiří Kylián
Petite Mort
Kent Stowell
Swan Lake
(Pas de Trois (Act I), Pas de Quarte, Neopolitan)
Twyla Tharp
Brief Fling
Sweet Fields
Original Roles
Alejandro Cerrudo
Black on Black on Black
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Nia-Amina Minor
And yet here we are
Dwight Rhoden
Catching Feelings
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Penny Saunders
Wonderland
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Nutcracker Grow Ups!
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