Biography & Class Description

Yuka Kawazu was born in Kanagawa.  She has had an extensive career performing in dance and theatre throughout Japan.  Yuka has performed professionally in the United States in a variety of corps, solo and principal roles with the Nevada Dance Theatre, the New York Ballet Ensemble, American Ballet Russe, Classics dance Theatre and Staten Island Ballet.  She has also performed professionally in theater as a featured soloist in The King and I.  Yuka has been teaching at Broadway Dance Center, 92Y Harkness Dance Center, Tenafly Arts, Greater York Center for Dance Education and Burklyn Ballet Theatre.

Ballet

This class emphasizes placement, proper classical technique, rhythm and attention
to musicality. Students are taught how to improve their instrument through proper
barre placement. They are also taught how to move with a strong sense of
dynamics. By understanding muscles and placement of their bodies, students
refine their technique and learn the subtleties that improve turns, placement
and line.

Pointe

This class emphasizes building strength, stability and control at the barre so that
students truly develop the correct placement and musculature to be strong, stable
and comfortable on pointe. Dancers can build their confidence in pointe work by
strengthening their attack, technique and lyrical dance quality.