14-03-2025
K-Ballet Tokyo marks 25 years of passion and perseverance
It was during the 2007 premiere tour of 'Le Corsaire' in Sapporo, Hokkaido, that K-Ballet Tokyo faced a crisis. The company's founder and artistic director
Shiori Asakawa, then a young soloist, was on stage, too.
'Until then, I had never seen him injured or in pain — not even once,' says Asakawa, who is now a principal dancer and assistant artistic director at the company. 'To me, he was invincible. So when he suddenly got injured in front of me, I was shocked. It was the first time I realized that he was human.'
