Yuriko Kajiya And Jared Matthews Set For 'So You Think You Can Dance' July 22
American Ballet Theatre Soloists Yuriko Kajiya and JarEd Matthews are scheduled to perform on Fox TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" on Thursday, July 22.
In a special guest appearance, Kajiya and Matthews will perform the Grand Pas de Deux from Act III of Don Quixote. The program will be broadcast live from CBS Television Studios in Hollywood, California, at 9:00 PM.
Yuriko was born in Nagoya (Japan) and trained at Matsumoto Michiko Ballet and then the Shanghai Ballet School. She joined the ABT Studio Company in 2001 and joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002. Her repertory with ABT includes a Shade in La Bayadère, Blossom in Cinderella, a Flower Girl in Don Quixote, the pas de trois in Swan Lake, the Waltz in Les Sylphides and the Fairies of Fervor and Joy in The Sleeping Beauty.
Matthews is an accomplished ballet dancer, who performs regularly with the American Ballet Theatre.
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