Japanese dancer Kaneko promoted to principal at Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet of Britain said Tuesday that Japanese dancer Fumi Kaneko has been promoted to principal dancer and is set for her first performance with the title in a show later this week.Principals are the highest-ranked dancers at a company and often play leading roles.Kaneko, 29, who will appear as a principal in Christopher Wheeldon's "Within the Golden Hour" on Thursday, has become the first Japanese dancer elevated to the rank at the Royal Ballet since 2016, when Ryoichi Hirano and Akane Takada achieved promotions.Trained at a ballet school in Osaka Prefecture, Kaneko won a gold med…READ FULL ARTICLE