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MIU KATO (she/her)

Artist

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Born and raised in Japan, Miu Kato has been training in classical ballet since childhood at the Kaneta Kono Ballet Academy. She has received numerous awards at both the national and international level including 2nd place at the Japan Dance Competition in 2014 and 3rd place at the Youth American Grand Prix New York Final in 2016. Since 2018, she has been actively involved in the activities of La Dance Contrastée. In 2019, she served as a choreographic assistant to Megumi Nakamura for the production of Huis clos at KAAT. Miu has also performed in works by Ayuko Kaneta, Megumi Nakamura, Mari Nakahara, Masahiro Yanagimoto, Kaoru Kagaya, Naoko Ikegami, Harumi Takeuchi, Yuya Yoshizaki, Travis Clausen-Knight, Paul Julius, and others. Since 2021, she has been a member of The Choreographic Center of Japan’s artistic team. In recent years, she has also been actively involved in choreography and teaching. Miu joined Ballets Jazz Montréal in August 2023.

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