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About

 

Yoshito Sakuraba
Artistic Director/Choreographer
 

He is the founding artistic director of Abarukas and an award-winning choreographer. Originally from Japan, Yoshito began his career in New York City and has expanded to presenting work in Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, Israel, Mexico, and nationally across the U.S. including Joyce Theater, BAM Fisher, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jacob's Pillow, Kaatsbaan, and McCallum Theater (Palm Desert Choreography Festival). He has received the Best Choreography Award at FINI Dance Festival in Italy, the Audience Award at Masdanza International Contemporary Dance Festival in Spain, and he's a winner of NW Dance Project's Pretty Creatives and Whim W'Him's Shindig. In addition to his company repertory, he’s been commissioned by numerous companies including Bayerisches Staatsballett (Munich), DAF (Rome), Lamondance (Vancouver), NW Dance Project, Whim W'Him, Louisville Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Ballet Des Moines II, Newport Contemporary Ballet, Litvak Dance, Levy Dance, Pony Box Dance Theater, Modas Dance, Kit Modus, Nimbus Dance, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, and Graham II. He seeks to inspire young artists in their artistic expression and has been invited to create works and teach at institutions such as Joffrey Ballet School, Alvin Ailey/Fordham University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Peabody at Johns Hopkins University, Marymount Manhattan College, Barnard College, Vassar College, Reed College, DLNY, MOVE l NYC and Steps on Broadway Conservatory. Most recently he was commissioned by the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in Michigan.

"Abarukas a company the dance world must keep a very close eye on"- Wonderful World of Dance

 

Abarukas
 

Abarukas' performance aims to be cinematic and invests in characters and gives a hint of storylines with tension. The Company creates distinct choreographic language assembled with raw, dynamic, articulated movement as they build layers of scenes with strong theatrical atmosphere. 

Representation
Artistic Director

 

Yoshito Sakuraba
yoshito@abarukas.org 

 

Booking/Management

 

Alex Tenreiro Theis

alex@abarukas.org

 

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info@abarukas.org

 

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Founded in 2012 

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