Born and raised in Japan, Yoko Omori began studying ballet in childhood and later explored contemporary dance and hip-hop as a teenager.
She won the Outstanding New Artist award and the Touch-point Art Foundation Award at the Yokohama Dance Collection in 2019 and the Best Dancer award at the Yokohama Dance Collection in 2021.
In June 2022, she won Second Prize and Technicians Prize ex aequo for her work Help at the international competition Danse Élargie, held at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. Her piece Help also received both the Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the Kyoto Choreography Award 2022.
In September 2023, in partnership with Théâtre de la Ville, she undertook an artistic residency in our Studio, and presented her solo work PLAIN-chan at Oriente Occidente Dance Festival, La Biennale de Lyon (Lyon, France), and Focus Jeunes Chorégraphes Danse Élargie (Paris, France).
Following this, at Yokohama Dance Collection 2023, she was awarded the Prize of the French Embassy in Japan – Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, for Young Choreographers, as well as the Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT Prize. In the spring of 2025, she is scheduled to undertake an artistic residency in France.
