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.
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- Held the Third ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Held the Fourth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations.
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- 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.
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- Held the First ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Held the Fifth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations, and the Second ISTD Cecchetti Professional Examinations.
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- 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-Mifsud, 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-Mifsud, 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.
- March
- Held the Thirteenth ISTD Cecchetti Graded and Vocational Examinations(Examiner: Miss Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud and Miss Diane van Schoor). All the candidates passed.
Held exclusive coaching by Miss Diane van Schoor, for our teachers.
- April
- Held exclusive coaching by Miss Emma Harris, Musical Actress and Coach at West End.