Michiko Sasaki

Michiko Sasaki, a professional dancer and actress, born in Kyoto, Japan, and raised in Denver, CO. Her passion for the arts started in Piano and Dance, at the age of 5, when her father put her into piano and dance lessons, and continuously won regional and national titles. Growing up in Denver, she booked her very first audition at an open call as a teenager in her first musical "Crazy for You," at a regional Dinner Theater in Denver, CO, which started her work as a professional dancer, singer actress. She continued to dance locally in college, attending Brigham Young University in Hawaii. She soon after moved to NYC to pursue her Dreams on Broadway. She landed her first big Broadway job in an open call for the 1st National Tour Revival of 42ND Street as a dancer/singer. This lead her to work as a Famous Radio City Rockette at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, gaining recognition as one of the very few Japanese females making it in history as a Rockette. Some other credits followed are Miss Saigon National Tour, multiple off Broadway productions, and many other regional productions throughout the US. While nursing an injured knee, a recognizable casting director pointed her strong acting abilities in her dance auditions, she new then that was her transition as a straight actress. Since then, her acting opportunities have led her to leading roles off Broadway, and roles on Network TV. She has residencies both in NYC and Los Angeles.