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| I was born in Mie prefecture, Japan and grew up in Zushi-city. Between the ages of 14-16, I lived in the state of Tennessee, U.S.A. and afterward did my undergraduate degree in journalism at Sophia University, Tokyo. |
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| As a Dancer |
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| Started to dance while a student at the university. After graduating in 1997, learned contemporary dance from Kuniko Kisanuki. Worked as a dancer in several groups such as Kuniko Kisanuki + neo and Compagnie L.S.D.S directed by Kosi Hidama and presented own solo works at the same time. From the end of 2003, she started to create group dance piece based on her own idea called "dance editing". The major works are 5/6,200,000,000 stories, lemon bomb -trio version-, pani pani and muteki(invincible) etc. lemon bomb-trio version- received Judge Award at Yokohama Solo x Duo Competition+ in January 2006. Afterwards, the piece has been presented in Korea Japan Dance Festival in Seoul (May 2006) and 11MASDANZA, International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, Spain (October 2006).muteki(invincible) won third prize in Choreography Contest of 12MASDANZA in October 2007.
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| As a Translator |
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| I started working as an English to Japanese/Japanese to English translator in 2001. Up to this point, I have translated computer instruction manuals, product brochures, press releases and the like. I have also assisted several Japanese theatre productions that invite foreign dance and theatre companies to Japan. I have helped to facilitate the communications between foreign artists and personnel in Japanese theatre by translating documents and e-mails and working as an interpreter. |
