Our history since the establishment

2010

October-
December
Held Pre-Open Special Lessons at Ebisu-Daikanyama Premise.

2011

January
Opened Ebisu-Daikanyama School.
January
Opened Azabu School.
May
Opened Mejiro School.

2012

March
Held the First Study Performance at Yoyogi Olympic Hall.
March
Our Principal Miss Miho Tsurutani choreographed, composed, and staged the Charity Figure Skating Show of Figure Skater Ms. Miki Ando (it was broadcast by TV Tokyo).
May
Miss Miho Tsurutani choreographed and composed a ballet piece in collaboration with the fashion brand 'MUVEIL'.
September
Opened Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.

2013

March
Miss Alison Jenner, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held the First ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Alison Jenner for our students and teachers.
June
Held the Second Study Performance at Yoyogi Olympic Hall.
July-August
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Reina Sawai, member of the Wiener Staatsoper.
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.
December
Held the First Christmas Ballet Party (Theme: The Nutcracker).

2014

January
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Raimondo Rebeck, former Principal Dancer of the Berlin Staatsoper.
February
Mr. Daniel Jones, former Soloist of English National Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
February
Miss Gillian Hurst, Senior Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held the Second ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Gillian Hurst for our students and teachers.
June
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Kenichi Soki, Jury of Varna International Ballet Competition.
Held the First Studio Performance at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
July-August
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.
December
Held the Second Christmas Ballet Party at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School (Theme: Cinderella).

2015

February
Miss Elisabeth Swan, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet, and former Chair of the Cecchetti Society U.K. visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
 
Held the Third ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
 
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Elisabeth Swan, for our students and teachers.
April
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Jonathan Payn, First Soloist of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
May
Ms. Lynsey Kidd, Principal of the Moorland International Ballet Academy visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
May
Miss Gillian Hurst, Senior Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
June
Held the Third Study Performance at Yoyogi Olympic Hall.
July-August
Held the First International Ballet Workshop.
 
50 students from Sufei Art Education (RAD Ballet School in Shenzhen, China) visited and attended the Workshop.
September
OPES Summer School U.K. offered our school 2 places on the Errol Pickford Scholarship (Full Scholarship for the tuition and accommodation).
October
We became the first private ballet school in Japan to be equipped with the prestigious Harlequin Ballet Floor (Shibuya-Jingumae Main School).
October
The popular ballet magazine ''Clara'' introduced our school in their October 2015 edition. Our school's classes and Principal Miss Tsurutani were featured.
December
Held the Third Christmas Ballet Party at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School (Theme: Peter Rabbit).

2016

February
Our school was awarded The Grety Salomonson Bursary from The Cecchetti Society Faculty Committee U.K.
February
Ms. Gillian Robinson, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
 
Held the Fourth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
 
Held exclusive coaching by Ms. Gillian Robinson, for our students.
February
Miss Anita Young, Ballet Faculty of the Royal Ballet School Upper School visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
March
Miss Gillian Hurst, Senior Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
 
Held the First ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations.
 
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Gillian Hurst for our students and teachers.
April
Ms. Lynsey Kidd, Principal of the Moorland International Ballet Academy visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
 
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Simon Kidd and Mr. Kenneth Tindall, both from the Moorland International Ballet Academy.
May
Held exclusive coaching by Ms. Diane van Schoor, former Principal of the Royal Ballet School, Lower School.
June
Held the Second Studio Performance at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
July
Held the Second International Ballet Workshop with guest faculty Mr. Vincent Hantam, former Principal of the Scottish Ballet.
September
Mr. Neil Westmoreland, Resident Director of the Matthew Bourne's New Adventures visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
October
Miss Kate Simmons, Director of KS Dance and Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Kate Simmons for our students and teachers.
October
Held Halloween Ballet Party.
December
Held the Fourth Christmas Ballet Party at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School (Theme: The Sleeping Beauty).

2017

February
One student was accepted and awarded a Bursary from the Cecchetti Society Faculty Committee U.K. to attend the Cecchetti International Competition.
Held exclusive coaching by Ms. Diane van Schoor, former Principal of the Royal Ballet School, Lower School.
Mr. Bob Dagger Founder and Chairman of the Harlequin Floor U.K and his team (Mr. Guy Dagger, CEO, Mr. Kasper Nyboe, General Manager Asia, and Mr. Junichi Kimura, Harlequin Floors representative in Japan) visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
March
Miss Elisabeth Swan, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet, and former Chair of the Cecchetti Society U.K. visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
 
Held the Fifth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations, and the Second ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations.
 
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Elisabeth Swan, for our students and teachers.
July
Mr. Michael Coleman, former Principal of The Royal Ballet visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
One student attended the Cecchetti International Competition as the first Japanese resident (Florence, Italy), and was awarded a full scholarship of Citta di Rieti PID Dance Competition (Italy), a scholarship of KS Dance
Summer School (U.K.) and a full scholarship of Ateneo Danza Summer School (Italy).
August
Collaboration Workshop DDTBG Workshop 2017 was held. Mr. David Makhateli (former Principal of the Royal Ballet), and Ms. Natalia Hoffmann (professor of Ballett Akademie Munchen and a guest teacher of the National Ballet of Japan) visited and taught about 80 students who came from all over Japan.
Ocrober
Held the Fourth Study Performance at Sakura Hall, Shibuya Cultural Center Owada.
December
Held the Fifth Christmas Ballet Party (Theme: The Nutcracker).

2018

March
Miss Christine Axon, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet U.K. visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held the Sixth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Christine Axon, for our students and teachers.
May
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Jonathan Payn, First Soloist of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
July
Held Summer Seminar by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.
October
Held exclusive coaching by Ms. Diane van Schoor, former Principal of the Royal Ballet School, Lower School.
November
Held the Third Studio Performance at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
December
Held the Sixth Christmas Ballet Party (Theme: Alice in Wonderland).

2019

March
Miss Theresa Lungaro-Misfud, Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet U.K. visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held the Seventh ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Theresa Lungaro-Misfud, for our students.
Miss Cara Drower, former faculty of the teacher's course at The Royal Ballet School and Examiner of the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet U.K. visited Shibuya-Jingumae Main School.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Cara Drower, for our teachers.
April
Held exclusive coaching by Ms Melissa Bartucci, faculty at The Ailey School in New York.
July
Held the Fifth Study Performance at Meguro Persimmon Hall.
September-October
Held exclusive coaching by Ms. Diane van Schoor, former Principal of the Royal Ballet School, Lower School.
December
Held the Seventh Christmas Ballet Party (Theme: Cinderella).
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Martin Dutton, faculty at The Hammond School, U.K.
Held special class with Mr. Shaun Holmes, Pianist of English National Ballet.

2020

May
Online Special Event Vol.1 Exclusive coaching by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.
Online Special Event Vol. 2 Exclusive coaching by Ms. Lucinde Lane, faculty at the Urdang Academy.
Online Special Event Vol. 3 Exclusive coaching by Mr. Martin Dutton, faculty at The Hammond School.
Online Special Event Vol. 4 Q & A with Mr. Jonathan Payn, First Soloist at The Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Online Special Event Vol. 5 Exclusive coaching by Ms. Fiona Brockway, former First Soloist at The Royal Ballet.
April
Held exclusive coaching by Ms Melissa Bartucci, faculty at The Ailey School in New York.
July
Exclusive coaching and BASI Pilates Classes by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.
Exclusive coaching by Mr. Ryo Shimizu, member of Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin.
October
Held the Third ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations (Examiner: Miss Sandra Powell).
Miss Ria Shiraishi and all the candidates were awarded the Cecchetti Teaching Qualifications.
November
Held the Eighth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations(Examiner: Miss Elisabeth Swan).
All the candidates passed.
December
Online Special Event Vol. 6 BASI Pilates Classes by Mr. Takeshi Watanabe, member of the Polish National Ballet.

2021

March
Held the Nineth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations(Examiner: Miss Stefania Sansavini). All the candidates passed.
April
Our student Mimune Fukumochi won first Prize, Technical Award and Artistry Award at Japan Ballet Competition Spring 2021.
Our school was awarded the Best Teaching Award.
July
Held the 10th Anniversary Performance ''Sixth Study Performance'' at Ota City Residence Hall ''Aprico''.
August
Held the Tenth ISTD Cecchetti Vocational Examination, and the Fourth ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations (Examiner: Miss Gillian Hurst). The candidate passed both examinations and was awarded the Cecchetti Teaching Qualification.
September
2 of our former students started professional careers. Arisa Haruki started dancing at EBB Junior in France and Mimune Fukumoshi at Ballet de Barcelona in Spain.

2022

March
Held the Eleventh ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations(Examiner: Miss Thérèse Oswald and Miss Christine Axon).
All the candidates passed.
July
Held the Fifth ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examination. Our Principal Miss Miho Tsurutani was awarded the Fellowship qualification, the highest teaching qualification of Cecchetti Method from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, Great Britain.
September
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Diane van Schoor, former Principal of the Royal Ballet School, Lower School.
December
Held the Eighth Christmas Ballet Party at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School (Guest Pianist: Mr. Shaun Holmes)

2023

March
Held the Twelveth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations(Examiner: Miss Elisabeth Swan, Miss Diane van Schoor and Miss Shirley-Anne Osborne). All the candidates passed.
Held the Sixth ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examination(Examiner: Miss Elisabeth Swan). Miss Fumiko Ishigaki was awarded the Cecchetti Teaching Qualification.
July
Held the ''Seventh Study Performance'' at Ota City Residence Hall ''Aprico''.
December
Held the Ninth Christmas Ballet Party at Shibuya-Jingumae Main School (Guest Pianist: Mr. Shaun Holmes)

2024

February
Held exclusive coaching by Mr. Paul Lewis, faculty of The Royal Ballet School, Upper School.