At the end of October I had the opportunity to come to Tokyo for a workshop. Last time I was in Japan was in 2007 when I went to Okinawa for a three week summer course at OIST, which was an amazing experience, so I was excited to be going back to Japan again. I landed on Saturday, and dropped of my luggage at the hotel before meeting up with Rio Morisawa that I know from her year at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm. Together we headed out for an evening of dance photography on the streets of Tokyo.
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Only a few days after we met up for the dance photoshoot Rio flew over to France to start working at Ballet de l’OpĂ©ra National de Bordeaux. Talk about timing that we managed to meet up in Tokyo. A big thank you to Rio for showing me around Tokyo and for a fun ballet photoshoot, and best of luck in Bordeaux!
To see more ballet photos with Rio, click the link.
— Johannes
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