Saito, Aki (Nombre de persona)

Aki Saito was born in Japan. She began her ballet training in her home city of Morioka at the age of seven. In 1990 she won the first prize at the Japanese Competition for Young Dancers and went on to win the Gold medal at the Concours International de Danse in Houlgate, France. In 1991 she was awarded a scholarship at Prix de Lausanne, which allowed her to train at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp. In 1994, she joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as a half soloist and became a first soloist in 1998. She was promoted to the rank of principal in 2004 and since then she has danced most of the principal roles in the company’s classical and contemporary repertoire, including a new version of Swan Lake created by Marcia Haydée for her and her partner Wim Vanlessen. https://operaballet.be/en/the-house/bio/aki-saito