Yasuo Atsuji was born in Tochigi, Japan and started dancing at the age of five. He trained at the Chiyo Ishihara Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School, where he danced Birthday Offering (Principal Man). As a student he performed with The Royal Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty, Manon and La Valse. He joined BRB in 2006

REPERTORY INCLUDES
Frederick Ashton: Daphnis and Chloë (Pan), La Fille mal gardée
David Bintley: Edward II (Baron),Beauty and the Beast (Birds of the Air), Carmina burana, 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café ('Now Nothing'), Galanteries
John Cranko: Brouillards ('Des Pas sur la neige'), Card Game
Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet
Peter Wright's productions of The Nutcracker (Rose Fairy Consorts, Spanish Dance, Winds) and The Sleeping Beauty


Last updated January 2008.