Yukari Saito (conductor)

Born in Tokyo. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, she enrolled in the "Conducting" course at the same university, studying under Hideomi Kuroiwa, Ken Takaseki, and Toshiaki Umeda. In September 2010, she made her opera debut conducting the youth opera "Hansel and Gretel" at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (now the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival). From 9, she spent one year studying at the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra as a "Conducting Researcher" at the Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Cultural Foundation. In September 2010, she moved to Dresden, Germany, where she enrolled in the Graduate School of Conducting at the Dresden University of Music and Music, studying under Professor GC Sandmann. In 2013, she won both the Audience Award and the Orchestra Award at the 9th Besançon International Conducting Competition. He has previously conducted the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.

Theater Orchestra Tokyo (Orchestra)

The orchestra was formed in 2005 as an orchestra whose main activities are in "theaters," mainly ballet. In the same year, their performance at the K Ballet Company's "The Nutcracker" was highly praised from all quarters, and since 2006, they have been performing at all performances. In January 2007, Kazuo Fukuda was appointed as the music director. In April 1, the orchestra released their first CD, "Tetsuya Kumakawa's Nutcracker." Their deep understanding of theater music and ambitious efforts have always attracted attention, and they have performed in Japan with the Vienna State Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the St. Petersburg Ballet, as well as ballet performances both in Japan and overseas, such as the Japan Ballet Association, as well as opera performances, concerts, chamber music, etc., such as Shigeaki Saegusa's "Lamentation," "Jr. Butterfly," "All 2009 Mozart Symphonies Concert," TV Asahi's "Anything! Classic," "The World as a Whole Classic," Tetsuya Kumakawa's "Dance," and "Hiroshi Aoshima's Ballet Music is Wonderful!"

Haruo Niyama (guest dancer)

He studied under Tamae and Mihori Tsukada at the Shiratori Ballet School. In 2014, he won first place at the 42nd Prix de Lausanne, first place in the senior male division of the YAGPNY finals, and studied abroad at the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program with a scholarship from the Prix de Lausanne. In 1, he joined the Washington Ballet Studio Company. From 1 to 2016, he joined the Paris Opera Ballet as a contracted member. He also participated in tours to Abu Dhabi, Singapore, and Shanghai. In 2017, he danced Bolero at the opening ceremony of the Yomiuri Giants' 2020th anniversary celebrations, and danced under the direction of Seiji Ozawa at the Seiji Ozawa Festival. After returning to Japan in 2014, he has been active in Japan, performing in various productions such as the Yokohama Ballet Festival, Shiver, Ballet at the Gathering, and Eclipse, showing his evolved form to Japanese audiences.

Elena Iseki (guest dancer)

Born in Yokohama. Enrolled in the Berlin State Ballet School at the age of 12. Won third place at the Varna International Ballet Competition in 2018. After that, joined the Berlin State Ballet. Currently belongs to the Czech National Opera House Brno.

NBA Ballet (Ballet)

Founded in 1993, it is the only ballet company in Saitama. Its artistic director is Kubo Kazuichi, who was a principal at the Colorado Ballet Company. It hosts performances throughout the year in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and has been highly praised for its innovative projects, such as the Japan premiere of "Dracula" in 2014, "The Pirates" (partially composed and arranged by Araki Takashi) in 2018, Kubo Kazuichi's version of "Swan Lake" in 2019, and the world premiere of "Cinderella" choreographed by Johan Kobbou in 2021. In addition, every January, it holds the "NBA National Ballet Competition" with the aim of "nurturing young ballerinas who will take flight on the world stage." It has produced many ballerinas who have achieved excellent results at the Prix de Lausanne and other competitions. It has attracted attention for its wide range of activities, such as the appearance of a male dancer in the movie "Fly Me to Saitama."

Keiko Matsuura (navigator)

She is a member of Yoshimoto Shinkigeki and Yoshimotozaka46. She started ballet at a young age and has won many awards, including first place in the classical ballet category at the Zama National Dance Competition, the judges' special award and the Chacott Award (1), the 2015th Suzuki Bee Farm "Miss Honey Queen" Grand Prix (5), and the 2017th Ibaraki Festival Volcano Ibaraki judges' special award (47). As a ballerina comedian, she has appeared on TV shows such as CX's "Tonneruzu no Minasan no Ogenki Deshita," "Hakase to Jyuusei ~ Hoshino Touhou Naru Monoman Championship ~," NTV's "Uchi no Gaya ga Sumimasen!" (November 2018), and NTV's "Gurunai ~ Omoshiroso 2019 New Year SP" (January 11), and has become a hot topic. She also won the Encouragement Award at the 2020st Newcomer Comedy Amagasaki Grand Prize (2020). In recent years, the number of subscribers to her YouTube channel "Matsuura Keiko's Kekke Channel" has grown to approximately 1, and she has become so popular in the ballet industry that she is known to everyone, from small children to adults, and holds events all over the country.

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