Photo: Lenka Flory
was born in Japan and graduated from Osaka University of Arts. Since 1995 lives in Europe. Studied at the Laban Center in London and School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. She worked with several choreographers and musicians around Europe and in Japan. Since 1999 she has performed own work and taught at International Duo Festival Amsterdam , Holland Japan festival , International Improvisation Festival Hamburg, Session House Tokyo, PIA workshop Amsterdam, The Red House Bulgaria and others. She is a member of Magpie Music Dance Company in Amsterdam directed by Katie Duck. She joined DEJA DONNE in 2001 and performed in 3 different works of the company. She is currently based in Japan where centralizing her research, teaching and performances collaboration with music, dance, voice and visual artists. She is a regular teacher at a dance studio "be off" in Utunomiya-city and "out-lounge workshop" in Tokyo and guest artist "Shibuya-Jidai/ impro' music event" in Tokyo. More recently was featured at dOek Festival Amsterdam(2005) a series of improvisation duets with Wilbert de Joode (contrabass). In April 2006 she founded “LabM.Studio, a research dance studio in Tochigi-Ken, Japan.
workshop for dancers, performers and everyone who wants to discover something new about him/herself. In daily life we constantly produce new situations, relating us with the Space and Time. Thus our bodies acquire new meanings and history. Listening to the time and observing the space, listening to the space and observing the time, our bodies and minds sense more clearly landscapes inside and outside. The dance improvisation discovers the opportunities of our own movement and imagination.
The workshop is in English.