Hailing from Ehime, Japan, Ayaka Kamei is a dancer based in New York. She holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase and has danced for the world tour of The Phantom of the Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, MorDance, Ayalis in Motion and AZOTH Dance Theatre, among many others. Her teaching credits include SUNY Purchase, Gibney Dance Center, Chen Dance Center, Dance Project of Washington Heights, Musashino University and Tatewaki Hiroko Ballet Academy.