Mimi Yoshii

A Japanese dance artist based on Kaurna Land (South Australia)

Biography

Mimi began her classical ballet training at the age of 4 and graduated from K&Kei Ballet Art in 2016. She also studied Nichibu (Japanese classical dance) in the Wakayagi-ryu style.

Since then, Mimi has performed internationally with various companies, including Liberty Ballet, Alive Ballet & Contemporary Dance Company, Dance Hub SA, Eruption Theatre and others, as well as an independent dance artist. She founded Adelaide Sakura Troupe in 2022 and Ballet Rogue in 2024 to contribute to the performing arts culture and community in South Australia.

Mimi holds a BA in Performing Arts from the University of South Australia. She is currently training in Contemporary Dance at Adelaide College of the Arts as well as an Honours research student in Creative Arts (Virtual Reality and Dance) at the University of South Australia.

Her current mentors are Amy de Halyn (dance film and production), Dr Sarah Neville (virtual reality and dance research) and Chylie Cooper (classical ballet).

Repertoires

Ballet Rogue (2025-current): Walpurgis Night as Bacchante, Bayaderka as Gamzatti, Female Factory by Amy de Halyn

Black nor White (2024-current): Black nor White

Adelaide College of the Arts (2023-current): Stay Still and Listen by Alison Currie, On Not Knowing by Zoe Gay, Create/ure by Peter Sheedy

G&S Society of South Australia (2023): A Chorus Line as Connie

Alive Ballet Company (2020-2023): Don Quixote as Kitri, Paquita as Soloist, Harlequinade as Columbine, Les Sylphides as Soloist, Le Corsaire as Odalisque Pas de Trois

Alive Contemporary Dance Company (2021-2023): Lost Home, Sertão, Native, Shade of Green, Sunset, Flow

Eruption Theatre (2021): Arkana! as Sunny

Liberty Ballet (2018): Summer, Azul, Tea Party, Jelly Fish, Alien

ESS English Musical (2016): Little Mermaid as Ariel, Frozen, Mary Poppins, High School Musical

Mimi Yoshii acknowledges the traditional Kaurna land where she creates and performs as well as pays respects to elders, past, present, those emerging and their culture.