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Yoko Morishita (森下洋子 ''Morishita Yoko'', born in Hiroshima December 7, 1948) is a Japanese ballerina for Matsuyama Ballet Company. She represented Japan as a prima ballerina. == Career == *Started ballet at the age of three. *Moved to Tokyo to start her ballet life in 1963 when she was 12 years old. *Studied ballet in America in 1969. *Entered Matsuyama Ballet Company in 1971 *Won for the Gold Medal at the 1974 Varna International Ballet Competition. *Won the Japan Academy Prize in 1975 and 1977. *Performed for the 25th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth in 1977. *Performed at Palais Garnier as the 1st Japanese ballerina in 1981. *Performed with Rudolf Nureyev from 1983. *Participates in some international ballet competitions as a judge. *Won the Japan Academy of Arts Award in 1985. *Won the 10th Laurence Olivier Awards in 1985. *One of the Person of Cultural Merit in 1997. *Won the Hiroshima Prefectural Prize of Honour in 2000. *Leader of Matsuyama Ballet Company from 2001. *Member of The Japan Art Academy from 2002. *Awarded the Praemium Imperiale at October 23, 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoko Morishita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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