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Yukichi Hattori
Japanese-Canadian ballet dancer
Yukichi Hattori is a Japanese-Canadian ballet dancer, dance teacher and choreographer based in Calgary, Alberta. He is a former principal dancer with the Alberta Ballet Company.
Early life
Hattori grew up in Tokyo, Japan; his parents were actors.[1][2]
Career
Hattori danced with the Hamburg Ballet in Germany, where he met dancer Galien Johnston; the two were married.
They moved to Calgary, Alberta, in 2006, where they both danced with the Alberta Ballet Company, for which Hattori became principal dancer.[1]
Hattori choreographed dances for the company, including Stravinsky’s "Le Sacre du Printemps", which premiered in early 2016.[3]
Hattori retired from the ABC after the 2015-2016 season, during which he performed the role of Elton John in the glam-rock ballet Love Lies Bleeding;[4] soon after, he and Johnson-Hattori opened a dance studio, the H/W Ballet School.[