Yuichiro Inoue
Yuichiro Inoue is a dancer and choreographer in his 18th year with TDT. Born in Japan, Yuichiro moved to Germany at the age of 15 to study at the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart. Upon graduation, he spent nine years as a company member of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and Saarlaendisches Statts Theatre in Saarbruecken. In 2004 he moved to Toronto where he completed RAD certification and the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School before joining TDT under the direction of Christopher House. In addition to working with an inspiring breadth of artists during his tenure at TDT, he has worked with companies of Peggy Baker, Andrea Nann, Lina Cruz, and Heidi Strauss. Yuichiro has performed in the USA, the UK, and throughout Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Croatia, China, Kyiv, Mexico, Columbia, Japan and Canada. A recipient of a choreographic award at the Hiroshima International dance competition, he has also been nominated for multiple Dora awards and a Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award. Currently on faculty at the Dance Arts Institute and the Pia Bouman School, Yuichiro has taught at many of Canada and Japan’s foremost dance institutions and his students have gone on to be accepted into prestigious post-secondary institutions and dance companies. A co-founder of 3+ Dance Collective with Pulga Muchochoma and Naishi Wang, Yuichiro’s choreographic works have included commissions for Reiko Matsuoka Ballet company in Japan, award-winning film, international festivals and competitions.
