Yohei Sasaki

Birthplace
Morioka, Japan

Training
Tomoko Kurosawa Ballet Studio, Japan and the Royal Ballet Upper School (scholarship awarded by the Prix de Lausanne)

Previous affiliations
First Soloist with The Royal Ballet

Repetoire
Franz (Coppélia), Prince (The Nutcracker), Principal roles in Gloria, DansesConcertantes, Les Rendezvous, La Valse, Scènes de ballet, Rhapsody, Symphonic Variations and many other roles in works by Petipa, de Valois, Ashton, MacMillan and Balanchine. Created roles include works by David Bintley, Ashley Page, Christopher Wheeldon, William Tuckett and Michael Corder

Other info
Guest appearances with Irek Mukhamedov and Company both in London and Finland, K-Ballet Company in Japan and A Royal Christmas Tour in the United States presented by Princeton Entertainment. Yohei completed the professional dancers teaching course at the Royal Ballet School and as a Guest Teacher he has taught for Ballet Black and Michael Clark Company as well as various vocational schools including English National Ballet School, the Royal Ballet School and Young Dancers Academy.