
Photo: Sebastien Galtier
Koyo Yamamoto
Élève
Koyo started dancing when he was 5 years old. When he was 11 years old he began studying at the Acri-Horimoto Ballet Academy. He trained at this academy until he was accepted at the Tanz Akademie in Zürich, where he studied for another three years.
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With Dutch National Ballet since:
2020
Place of Birth:
Tokyo (Japan)
Career with Dutch National Ballet:
Élève (2022), Junior Company (2020)
Training:
Acri-Horimoto Ballet Academy (Japan), Tanz Akademie Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)
Awards:
- 2018: 1st prize in the Talinn International Ballet Competition (Estonia)
- 2017: 4th prize in the Prix de Lausanne