Ayako kobayashi biography of christopher
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ONO AyakoPrincipal
ONO Ayako was born in New York. She trained at Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Academy, Studio Ballet Colette Armand and New National Theatre Ballet School. She was the Gold medalist at the Genée International Ballet Competition in 2004, and joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist in 2007. She made her debut as leading role in David BINTLEY's Aladdin in 2008 and was promoted to Principal in 2011.She was awarded both Minister of Education Award for New Artists and Dance Critics Society of Japan's New Comer Award in 2011 and won Chieko Hattori Ballet Prize in 2014. She created the leading role in David BINTLEY's "The Prince of the Pagodas", and also appeared as guest dancer for Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2013 and 2014 to perform in the U.K. premiere of "Aladdin" and "The Prince of the Pagodas". She was awarded Akiko Tachibana Award in 2016 and Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019.
Peter WRIGHT's productions: Swan Lake (Odette)
Repertoire with NBJ includes
- Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Princess Florine), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Clara) *
- Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Kitri)
- MAKI Asami's productions: La Bayadère (Nikiya), Raymonda (title role)
- YOSHIDA Miyako's production: G
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Japanese literature
Literature from the country of Japan
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or lit. 'Chinese writing' (漢文, kanbun), a Chinese-Japanese creole language.[1]Indian literature also had an influence through the spread of Buddhism in Japan.
During the Heian period, Japan's original kokufū culture (lit. 'national culture') developed and literature also established its own style, with the significant usage and development of kana (仮名) to write Japanese literature.[2]
Following the end of the sakoku policy and especially during the increasing westernization of the Meiji era, Western literature has also had an influence on the development of modern Japanese writers, while Japanese literature has in turn become more recognized internationally, leading to two Japanese Nobel laureates in literature, namely Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburō Ōe.[a]
History
[edit]Nara-period literature (before 794)
[edit]Before the introduction of kanji from China to Japan, Japan had no writing system; it is believed that Chinese characters came to
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Meet the Orchestra
members
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