Emi HARIYAMA is a Japanese Ballerina, born in Osaka, Japan.
She graduated from Bolshoi Ballet School (The Moscow State Academy of ballet) in Moscow with top scores. After graduation, she joined the Moscow
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich Danchenko Music Theatre.
Afterwards she danced with Aalto Ballett Theater in Essen, Germany.
She moved to the USA and first danced with Ballet internatinal in Indiana, where she worked with Irina Kolpakova.
Then she joined Ballet San Jose (formerly San Jose Cleveland
Ballet) and later Boston Ballet.
From 2004 till 2014 Emi Hariyama danced with State ballet of Berlin under Vladimir Malakhov.
Ms Hariyama was invited to the Leningrad State Ballet,as well as Uran-Ude national ballet,and the Donetsk national ballet,starring in Giselle and Swan Lake.
She has won numerous international competitions, including the Special
Prize at the Moscow International Ballet Competition,the Joffrey Award at the Jackson international competition, the Bronze Medal at the New York
International Ballet Competition, and a Silver Medal at the International
Ballet Competition in Paris (no gold was awarded) .
Since 2003 ,she serves as an international ambassador of Suita City in
Osaka. Ms Hariyama,together with her family,are organizers of the bi-annual “Dream Concert” in Osaka and tokyo.
She has also been invited as a special lecturer in Japan and the USA,and has been a member of the Jury for international dance competitions.
She was profiled on the Japanese TV show “Jounetsu-Tairiku”,and NNN document also for a documentary program in Germany about successful
Japanese artists abroad.
She is often July members of many international dance competition in Russia,Riga,Japan and more.
She has a wide range of repertoire from classical to neoclassical.
She also has choreographed and collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic, Mestoro David Geringas,and many others.
She was visiting professor at Kobe Collage in Japan.
She is Director of Dance division of Toyonaka art performing center.
She is director ofGeneral incorporated association
EIArts.
She is also artistic director of 『Awaji World Ballet』