The National Ukrainian Ballet has appointed its first Japanese artistic director ahead of the opening of the company's Japan tour, its organizers said Monday.Nobuhiro Terada, 46, was chosen earlier this month by the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine to direct for the renowned dance company, nicknamed the Kyiv Ballet.A native of Kyoto in western Japan, Terada at the age of 11 studied at a ballet school in the Ukrainian capital and has danced for the Kyiv Ballet for about 20 years.In 2012, he was named artistic director of the Kyiv State Ballet School, before he was appointed assis…READ FULL ARTICLE
