The Ailey School

Yuka Notsuka was born in Fukuoka, Japan.  She began ballet training in her hometown at age four and later broadened her training to include jazz and tap.  She has performed in Universal Studios Japan (Osaka, Japan) and Huis Ten Bosch (theme park in Nagasaki) from 2011-2015.  Yuka moved to New York City to pursue a career as a dancer in 2015 when she was awarded a scholarship to train at The Ailey School. While on scholarship, she performed in the Ailey Spirit Gala Concert at Lincoln Center in works choreographed by the School Co-Director, Tracy Inman  and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Robert Battle. In New York she also trained and served as Teaching Assistant at the Luigi Jazz Dance Center under Francis J. Roach.  In 2017, she performed in the Walt Disney Production of ”Once Upon a Holiday” at New York City's legendary department store, Saks Fifth Ave. She is a member of Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company.