Maki Onuki
MAKI ONUKI, of Yokohama, Japan, is in her ninth season with The Washington Ballet after dancing for one season with the Studio Company. Before joining TWB, Ms. Onuki danced with Goh Ballet in Canada for one season under Choo Chiat Goh and Lin Yee Goh. She trained at John Cranko Ballet School under the direction of Tadeusz Matacz, and later at Mika Sasaki Ballet Academy under Mika Sasaki and Mikio Ikehata. Additionally, she attended Boston Ballet’s summer program on scholarship. Ms. Onuki has performed in numerous classical ballets including Serenade, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Diana and Acteon, Carnival of Venice, La Sylphide, Romeo + Juliet, the Esmeralda pas des deux, Sleeping Beauty, Flames of Paris and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Among many other contemporary works, Ms. Onuki has performed in works by Christopher Bruce, Edwaard Liang, Karole Armitage, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp and Trey McIntyre. Notable awards include the 2010 bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, MS and a MetroDC Dance Award for Outstanding Individual Performance for Wunderland by Edwaard Liang in 2011..