Kristin Draucker began training as a gymnast, and in ballet by Marcia Dale Weary at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, where she performed before joining Michael Mao Dance. Kristin toured with West Side Story in Asia and Europe.
Osamu Inoue was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He came to the US for Gettyburg College in Pennsylvania where he discovered dance. Besides dancing Osamu holds black belts in Karate and Tae Kwon Do.
Stacy Yoshioka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she began training in Ballet and Hula. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College and joined Michael Mao Dance in 1999. She was featured in Mao’s FIRECRACKER®.
Kendrick Carter trained at the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and at Juilliard. He performed with the New York Metropolitan Opera, Florida Dance Theatre, 'The Chase Brock Experience', as well as in Europe.
Nao Yamada is from Chiba, Japan, where she trained in Ballet with Takane Koisumi, and studied at the Ailey School in New York. She also studied in Brazil. With Michael Mao Dance she has toured to Edinburgh, UK.
Alessadra Corona was Principal Dancer at Ballet Hispanico for 14 years., and toured “Fosse” in Europe. She performed with Michael Mao Dance summer of 1996, in ’99-’00, and rejoined Michael Mao Dance in 2011.
Antonio Pio Fini was born in Villapiana, Calabria, Italy. After graduating from the School of Teatro Carcano in Milan, he came to the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, where he also performed. In 2011 he founded Alto Jonio Summer Dance Festival.
Kendrick Carter • Alessandra Corona • Kristin Draucker •
Alaska Fall 2013
