Birthplace
Ehime, Japan
Dance Training
Ehime Ballet Academy
The Royal Ballet School
Houston Ballet Academy
Houston Ballet II
Year Joined
2024
Previous Company
The Royal Ballet 2020-2023 as Royal Ballet School Student
Favorite Roles
Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote
Piccolo in Stanton Welch's The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Prince in Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake
Franz in Arthur Saint-Leon's Coppelia. It is the first time I danced outside of Japan, I danced this solo and it was successful.
Favorite Ballets
Don Quixote choreographed by Carlos Acosta.
Because this ballet is always making me so excited.
Sleeping Beauty choreographed by Marius Petipa
Because I love the story of this ballet.
Within the Golden Hour choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon
Because I danced this ballet in the last summer performance at the Royal ballet school
A Defining Moment
Final at Prix de Lausanne 2020. This experience has changed my life and I decided to be a professional ballet dancer. I danced solo from Harlequinade.
Bio
Kaito Matsuoka joins Houston Ballet as an Apprentice in July 2024 from Houston Ballet II. Originally from Ehime, Japan, Matsuoka began his training at the Ehime Ballet Academy, continuing onto The Royal Ballet School and later Houston Ballet II.
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