【Biography】
Mimune Fukumochi studied Cecchetti Method and Contemporary Dance at our school, and passed the Cecchetti Intermediate, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 examinations with distinctions. She also studied at the Kate Simmons School of Dance (KSD), U.K.
She was awarded several prizes at ballet competitions including the first prize at Japan Ballet Competition in Tokyo 2021.
She started teaching at our school in April 2021 and flew to Spain to start a professional career at Ballet de Barcelona in Spain. She was given an opportunity to dance a Principal role in July 2022.

【Other Achievements】
Awarded Associate (teaching qualification) of Cecchetti Method.
Awarded A (distinction) in Advanced 2 examination of Cecchetti Method.
Awarded A (distinction) in Advanced 1 examination of Cecchetti Method.
Awarded A (distinction) in Intermediate examination of Cecchetti Method.

【Biography】
Yuka Kawabata graduated from the renowned Gakushuin University. She served as an assistant for 7 years before starting her career as a teacher. She has been practicing the Cecchetti Method and Pedagogy under Miho Tsurutani, and has passed the vocational examination of the ISTD Cecchetti Method.

【Other Achievements】
Awarded A (distinction) in Intermediate examination of Cecchetti Method.
Awarded A (distinction) in Advanced 1 examination of Cecchetti Method.

【Biography】
Akiyo Ishihashi is the second Japanese person to have been awarded the Enrico Cecchetti Final Diploma.
She holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary Dance from the University of Kent, U.K., after graduating from the Kate Simmons School of Dance (KSD), U.K.
She has danced with various companies including the American National Ballet, the Hack Ballet, and the Chantry Dance Company, and she has worked with renown choreographers such as Christopher Saunders (The Royal Ballet), Jonathan Lunn (Nominee of Laurence Olivier Awards), and Chisato Ohno (Netherlands Dans Theater 2).
As a ballet instructor, she has taught at the West London Dance School and the Ecole de Danse of Balham.
She is a versatile dancer and teacher and has mastered Jazz, Contemporary, Tap and Spanish Dance.

【Achievements】
Enrico Cecchetti Final Diploma
Master Degree from the University of Kent
Awarded Advanced 2, Advanced 1 and Intermediate vocational examinations of Cecchetti Method.
Certificate in Dance Education (Cecchetti Teaching Qualification)
Awarded Advanced 2, Advanced 1 and Intermediate vocational examinations of ISTD Modern.
Awarded Intermediate vocational examinations of ISTD Tap.
Awarded Elementary of Spanish Dance (Spanish Dance Society (https://www.spanishdancesociety.org/))

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