Co-Director

Yuki Tokuda, originally from Japan, moved to New York in 2000 to study ballet in New York at the Joffrey Ballet School. Since then, Tokuda has danced professionally with USA Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Metropolitan Ballet and she was the principal dancer at Continental Ballet for 7 years. Ms. Tokuda is a faculty member at Minnesota Dance Theatre, and taught master classes in Japan and the US including at Cathedral Dance Festival and Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is a two-time grant recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Co-Director

Native of Osaka, Japan, Dr. Rie Tanaka is a concert pianist and music educator. She won the MTNA Young Artist Competition in the West Central Division, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Schubert Club Competition, Chautauqua Piano Competition, Rosenstock International Piano Competition. She has lectured at the University of Arizona, University of Minnesota Duluth, and University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, as well as summer institutes and several MTNA chapters. She is a studio instructor at the Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.