Dancer

Aoi Koenig (née Funakoshi) originally hails from Chiba, Japan, where she started her classical ballet study. She furthered her craft at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where she graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance in 2000. She has toured nationally and internationally with classical ballet and contemporary dance companies from around the world. Her favorite memories of intensive performing years were with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (USA), Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company (USA), Compania de Danza Tania Perez-Salas, Ballet Nacional de Mexico (Mexico City), Cas Public Production and Les Sortileges (Montreal). Aoi came to Colorado Springs with her husband and their baby daughter in the early spring of 2011 and is enjoying a busy life as an artist, wife, and mother while performing with Ormao. She deeply enjoys teaching dance at the Ormao School as well as Colorado College, and Pikes Peak Community College.