PERIDANCE FACULTY
Current
Yuka Kawazu
Ballet
BIOGRAPHY
YUKA KAWAZU was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She has performed throughout the United States and Japan as corps, soloist and principal dancer with many distinguished ballet and theater companies. In the past, Yuka has served as ballet mistress for the Staten Island Ballet Company among others. Yuka is a regular faculty member at several New York City studios, including Ballet Arts, Peridance Capezio Center and Broadway Dance Center. She was also a faculty member of New Dance Group and the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center. She has choreographed performances at several theaters including the Alvin Ailey Theater, Symphony Space, The Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse and others.
Yuka is the Artistic Director of Yuka Kawazu’s Danse En L'Air, a young, vibrant, and exciting dance company. Her choreographic vision uses the traditional ballet form combined with the expressiveness and immediacy of theater dance to make the company accessible to all audiences.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this class is to reinforce the principles of classical ballet.
Focus will be placed on clean lines and the importance of core strength in placement and finding one's center.This course will prepare students for the next level of training.
This class emphasizes placement, proper classical technique, rhythm and attention to musicality. Students are taught how to improve their instrument through proper barre placement. They are also taught how to move with a strong sense of dynamics. By understanding muscles and placement of their bodies, students refine their technique and learn the subtleties that improve turns, placement, and line.