Yukichi Hattori is a Japanese-Canadian ballet dancer, dance teacher and choreographer based in Calgary, Alberta.
[1][2] Hattori danced with the Hamburg Ballet in Germany, where he met dancer Galien Johnston; the two were married.
[1] Hattori choreographed dances for the company, including Stravinsky’s "Le Sacre du Printemps", which premiered in early 2016.
[3] Hattori retired from the ABC after the 2015-2016 season, during which he performed the role of Elton John in the glam-rock ballet Love Lies Bleeding;[4] soon after, he and Johnson-Hattori opened a dance studio, the H/W Ballet School.
[5][6] Hattori was commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to choreograph a ballet to accompany a five-movement symphony honouring Canada's 150th birthday.