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Yuki Fukui originally from Tokyo Japan, is a NYC based dancer, choreographer and educator.
Yuki started dancing at age 3 and received her training with Yoko Shimizu in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Misao Kai in Tokyo (Japan) and Sara Magistro in Paris (France) as a young dancer.
In 2006 she moved to NYC to attend, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts as a Global Scholar full scholarship student. While her time there, she had the privilege of performing works by Takehiro Ueyama (TAKE Dance), Karla Wolfangle, Rebecca Stenn, Jose Limon(staged by Sarah Stackhouse), Anna Sokolow (staged by Jim May), Jill Johnson, to name a few.
Since graduating in 2010 with a B.A in the Arts concentration in Dance, Yuki has performed with HIU-Shudan (NYC), Dajhia Ingram Dance (NYC), The Movement Collective (NYC), Amalgamate Dance Company GAS Series (NYC), Dirty Soles Dance (NYC), BEAUTIES: As Seen By Others/ And Then What Is (NYC) project directed/choreographed by NYFA fellowship artist Leslie-Arlette Boyce at Pen+Brush an art gallery featured on NYC-Arts, in a site specific immersive interactive dance theater performance Ghost Card Project (NYC) choreographed and directed by Hassan Christopher and Megan Weaver. Yuki also served as an Assistant Artistic Director and a Company Managing Director for Long Island Dance Project (NY) from 2013 through 2016.
Yuki currently is a proud cast member and dancer for SHE a Choreoplay by Jinah Parker (The Jinah Parker Project), company dancer for H.T. Chen and Dancers (NYC), while continuing her work as a long time collaborating artist for Gwen Rakotovao Company (France/NYC) a company has been a founding member of and has worked as associate director, and Mersiha Mesihovic/CircuitDebris (NYC).
Yuki also has been resident faculty and choreographer for Kinections Dance Group, since its first season, where she has had the great pleasure of teaching dedicated next generation artists.
In addition to her creative journeys and engagements, Yuki recently returned to school to pursue her degree in Acupuncture. She aspires to give back to the community that has been and continues to be an important part of her life through holistic health and hopes to support a long sustainable creative life for many artists’ through acupuncture.