Aoi “Blu” Furutate (she/her) is a Japanese-American dancer and choreographer from New York City. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, under the direction of Alicia Graf Mack. Blu has been a dancer with The Metropolitan Opera since the 2025/26 season, originating roles in El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, Macbeth, and as a member of Turandot. In 2024, she was selected by Sharon Eyal to perform alongside S-E-D in the North American premiere of R.O.S.E at the Park Avenue Armory. She has been a member of Obremski/Works since 2021 and was named the company’s inaugural VISION Fellow. Additional performance highlights include appearing with Ariana DeBose at Lincoln Center’s Spring 2025 Gala and performing as a soloist for Gibney Company’s Spring 2023 Gala. Blu performed works by Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Johannes Wieland, Camille A. Brown, and Shen Wei, among others. She has worked with artists including Bryan Arias, Gregory Lau, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Nicholas Palmquist, Sidra Bell, Deborah Colker, Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson, and Damani Pompey.

Early on she studied musical theater at the Professional Performing Arts School (Middle School) before continuing her dance training at The Ailey School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, MOVE|NYC|, and the French Academie of Ballet. In her senior year of high school, Blu was named Dance Spirit Magazine’s March 2021 Cover Model Search Winner.

As a choreographer, her work has been presented through Juilliard’s Choreographic Workshops, Choreographers & Composers (2023), Senior Production (2025), Obremski/Works’ INVENTS (2025 and 2026), and a self-produced program at Arts on Site (2025). She is excited to be a founding member of eni artist collective, in which she premiered a new work at their inaugural performance, eni_01 at Triskelion Arts.

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