Hi! I’m Kyohei Yoshida AKA Ballet Wizard.

Welcome to the place where you can find a deeper understanding of ballet…because ballet is hard. That’s why very few people can achieve a professional career, and even fewer can take a class without any injury.

My mission is to give you an understanding of anatomy, physics, and power so you can, well, have fun when you dance (and not be in pain). Also, to be good at ballet, there is more to it than learning which muscles are working. That’s great, but that’s only part of it.

Remember, ballet is a performing art in the end, so it’s important to talk about how to approach theater, gesture, and storytelling. Yeah, there’s a lot that goes into ballet technique.

And I’ll be your guide.

I got my first serious injury when I was eighteen. A really bad back spasm. That seems so young to be having terrible back spasms, but the reality is that it’s quite typical to have big injuries at a young age in the ballet world. Crazy, right?

When you take class every day, just going through the automatic movements, you’re almost never aware of the habitual motions that are actually hurting you.

Muscle memory is not always your friend.

Imagine you drink tea every day thinking it’s good for you, but you don’t realize that the tea you are drinking is moldy. Basically, you are poisoning yourself. Same for ballet. You do plies thinking it’s good for warming up your joints and muscles…but your legs are all twisted. Eventually you get injured and wonder what happened. I was able to overcome my back spasms and became injury-free when I learned about how my body works.

I had to stop, break it down, and approach it totally differently. And…spoiler alert…it worked. And I can teach you too.

My method is to approach ballet steps based on power. Too often I hear corrections that are focused on shape like “turn out more,” “point your toes,” or “look at me, and copy what I look like.” The last one is the worst.

My approach is to give my students knowledge about anatomy and basic physics, which I personally gained through teaching Pilates and overcoming some of my own injuries like my back spasm! And through dancing of course.

At the end of the day, if you can’t apply all that new knowledge to ballet technique, you’ll go right back to square one. I’m here to level you up. And unlock the power that’s already in your body.

You’ve probably been dancing for years. Or maybe you want to dance for years to come. Now it’s time to do it on another level.

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