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Tetsutaro Shimizu (Tetsutaro Shimizu (清水 哲太郎), 1 February 1948 2月1日 - ) is a dancer and choreographer in the art of ballet, who leads The Matsuyama Ballet Troupe, which his mother Itsuko Matsuyama has founded.

Early life
Born as the first son between Masao Shimizu as his father and prima donna Itsuko Matsuyama as his mother, a couple who originated the Matsuyama Ballet Troupe, Shimizu was trained to become the principal of the troup. His dance partner is his wife Yoko Morishita.

Graduated from Hozen High School in Tokyo (en), and Tetsutaro Shimizu started in 1966 to study in Beijing. Returning to Tokyo, Shimizu performed a debut stage in 1968 with Matsuyama Ballet Troupe.

During the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic, Shimizu visited Beijing to deliver stocks of medical masks and protective garments with Morishita, to pay back the hospitality shown by the Chinese ballet circle.

Awards
Shimizu has been awarded many medals and merits through his life.


 * 1974&amp;ndash; silver medal, Varna Interntional Ballet Competition

Major works of choreography

 * Revised Swan Lake
 * The Nutcracker
 * Coppélia
 * Giselle
 * Cinderella
 * Romeo and Juliet
 * Virtue
 * Mandala

Major merits and honors

 * 1974 – Varna International Ballet competition：ヴァルナ国際バレエコンクール銅賞
 * 1977 – Grand prize, Cultural Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs; the 9th 舞踊批評家協会賞
 * 1978 – 芸術選奨文部大臣賞
 * 1980 – 文化庁芸術祭大賞
 * 1981 – 橘秋子優秀賞
 * 1986 – the 17th 舞踊批評家協会賞
 * 1987 – the 3rd 第3回Chieko Hattori 服部智恵子賞, the 18th 第18回舞踊批評家協会賞
 * 1988 – the 10th Nimura award 第10回ニムラ舞踊賞
 * 1989 – Special prize, 橘秋子 award賞特別賞
 * 2000 – 舞踊芸術 award
 * 2005 – Medals of Honor

Notable performance

 * Nutcracker Fantasy (1979), a film using puppet and animation with human actors

Publication

 * 『バレエの世界―踊る・創る・鍛える』（講談社、1983年）