{"id":20,"date":"2014-01-13T04:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T04:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2021-12-11T00:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:13:54","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"about me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_565\" style=\"width: 786px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-565\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-565\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy.png 776w, https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blood_Moon_Promo-8965-MariaBaranova-copy-624x347.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blood Moon \u00a0 \u00a0Photo: Maria Baranova<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Takemi Kitamura<\/strong>: Native of Osaka, Japan, graduated <em>Phi Beta Kappa<\/em> with a BA in Dance-Education from Hunter College where she received the Choreographic Award from the Dance Program.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been presented at St. Marks Church, HERE, BAX\/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, BRIC Studio,WAX\/Williamsburg Art neXus, South Oxford Space, Lexington Center for the Arts in Lexingtom, and Thomas Hunter Hall.<\/p>\n<p>As a dancer, she has worked with numerous choreographers and companies, such as Sondra Loring, <a title=\"Sally Silvers Dance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sallysilversdance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sally Silvers<\/a>, <a title=\"Nami Yamamoto\" href=\"http:\/\/namiyamamoto.com\/Nami_Yamamoto\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nami Yamamoto<\/a>, <a title=\"Risa Jaroslow &amp; Dancers\" href=\"http:\/\/risajaroslowdance.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risa Jaroslow Dancers<\/a>, <a title=\"Christopher Williams Dance\" href=\"http:\/\/christopherwilliamsdance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Williams<\/a>, and <a title=\"Bodycartography Project\" href=\"http:\/\/bodycartography.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The BodyCartgraphy Project<\/a>, to name a few. Her recent credit includes<em> The Indian Queen<\/em> by <a title=\"Peter Sellars \/ Wikipedia \" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Sellars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dir. Peter Sellars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/web_MG_1810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-191 \" title=\"69\u00b0S by Phantom Limb Company @ BAM 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/web_MG_1810.jpg\" alt=\"69\u00b0S by Phantom Limb Company @ BAM 2011\" width=\"226\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/web_MG_1810.jpg 629w, https:\/\/takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/web_MG_1810-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">69\u00b0S by Phantom Limb Company @ BAM. photo: Pavel Antonov<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She also works as a puppeteer. Her credits includes such as <a title=\"The Oldest Boy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lct.org\/shows\/the-oldest-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Oldest Boy<\/em> <\/a>@ <a title=\"Lincoln Center Theater\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lct.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lincoln Center Theater<\/a>, <a title=\"69\u00b0S\" href=\"http:\/\/phantomlimbcompany.com\/69-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>69\u00b0S<\/em>\u00a0,<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Memory Rings\" href=\"http:\/\/phantomlimbcompany.com\/projects\/#\/memory-rings-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memory Rings, <\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/phantomlimbcompany.com\/productions#\/fallingout\">Falling Out<\/a> by <a title=\"Phantom Limb Company\" href=\"http:\/\/phantomlimbcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phantom Limb Company<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/prototypefestival.org\/shows\/blood-moon\/\">Blood Moon<\/a> by Beth Morrison Project @ Prototype Festival,\u00a0<em>Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed<\/em> by <a title=\"Dan Hurlin\" href=\"http:\/\/danhurlin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Hurlin<\/a>, <em>Stravinsky&#8217;s Firebird<\/em> @ Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center by <a title=\"Little Orchestra Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.littleorchestra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Little Orchestra Society<\/a>, and <a title=\"Shank's Mare\" href=\"http:\/\/tomleeprojects.com\/shanks-mare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Shank&#8217;s Mare<\/em><\/a> by <a title=\"Tom Lee Projects\" href=\"http:\/\/tomleeprojects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Lee<\/a> and <a title=\"Koryu Nishikawa V \" href=\"http:\/\/kurumaningyo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koryu Nishikawa V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She was a member and performed as leading roles in Samurai Sword Soul, Japanese sword fighting theater company for eight years. Not only as a performer, but also she sometimes collaborated as a co-writer, assistant director and dance choreographer in this company. more about Samurai Sword Soul, please visit <a title=\"Samurai Sword Soul\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samuraiswordsoul.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">samuraiswordsoul.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her theater credits also include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ripetime.org\/sleep\"><i>Sleep<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>by Ripe Time and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crossingjamaicaavenue.org\/deadly-she-wolf\/\"><i>Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!\u00a0<\/i><\/a>by Crossing Jamaica Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_110\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/takemi-and-izou-puppet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-110 \" title=\"Takemi and Izou puppet\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/takemi-and-izou-puppet.jpg\" alt=\"takemi-and-izou-puppet\" width=\"226\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: Nobutoshi Mizushima<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u5317\u6751\u6b66\u7f8e<\/strong>\uff1a\u5927\u962a\u51fa\u8eab\u3002NY\u306e\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u5927\u5b66\u306e\u30c0\u30f3\u30b9\u79d1\u3092BA\u3092 <em>Phi Beta Kappa<\/em> \u3067\u5352\u696d\u3057\u3001Choreographic Award \u3092\u30c0\u30f3\u30b9\u79d1\u3067\u53d7\u8cde\u3002\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30e8\u30fc\u30af\u3067\u632f\u4ed8\u5bb6\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3053\u308c\u307e\u3067\u306b St. Marks Church\u3001HERE\u3001 BAX\/Brooklyn Arts Exchange\u3001 BRIC Studio\u3001WAX\/Williamsburg Art neXus\u3001 South Oxford Space\u3001 Lexington Center for the Arts in Lexingtom\u3001Thomas Hunter Hall 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rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Hurlin,<\/a>\u00a0 <a title=\"Little Orchestra Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.littleorchestra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Little Orchestra Society<\/a>\u3001<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethmorrisonprojects.org\">Beth Morrison Project @ Prototype Festival<\/a> , Lake Simons and Jhon Dyer \u7b49\u306e\u4f5c\u54c1\u306b\u53c2\u52a0\u3002\u30ea\u30f3\u30ab\u30fc\u30f3\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u3001BAM \/ Brooklyn Academy of Music\u3001\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30ca\u30b7\u30e7\u30ca\u30eb\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc\u7b49\u3067\u516c\u6f14\u3092\u884c\u3044\u3001\u5e45\u5e83\u304f\u6d3b\u8e8d\u3059\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_273\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/4331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-273 \" title=\"\u6fc0\u6d41\uff1aGekiryu by Samurai Sword Soul\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/4331.jpg\" alt=\"\u6fc0\u6d41\uff1aGekiryu by Samurai Sword Soul\" width=\"382\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u6fc0\u6d41\uff1aGekiryu by Samurai Sword Soul. photo: Kenji Mori<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u53c8\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30e8\u30fc\u30af\u3092\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9\u306b\u3059\u308b\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6bba\u9663\u30b7\u30a2\u30bf\u30fc\u30ab\u30f3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u3001Samurai Sword Soul \u306e\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u3092\uff18\u5e74\u9593\u52e4\u3081\u3001\u6570\u3005\u306e\u4e3b\u5f79\u3092\u6f14\u3058\u305f\u3002\u6642\u306b\u306f\u30d1\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30de\u30fc\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3060\u3051\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u30a2\u30b7\u30b9\u30bf\u30f3\u30c8\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u30a2\u30b7\u30b9\u30bf\u30f3\u30c8\u30c7\u30a3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3001\u30c0\u30f3\u30b9\u30b3\u30ec\u30aa\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5\u30a1\u30fc\u3001 \u3068\u3057\u3066\u3082\u95a2\u308f\u308b\u3002Samurai Sword Soul \u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8a73\u3057\u304f\u306f <a title=\"Samurai Sword Soul\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samuraiswordsoul.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">samuraisword<\/a><a title=\"Samurai Sword Soul\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samuraiswordsoul.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soul.com<\/a> \u3078\u3002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_115\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/half-life.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-115 \" title=\"1\/2 life by The BodyCartgraphy Project. photo: Sean Smuda\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.takemikitamura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/half-life.jpg\" alt=\"1\/2 life by The BodyCartgraphy Project photo: Sean Smuda\" width=\"222\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/2 life by The BodyCartgraphy Project. photo: Sean Smuda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sex: Female, Nationality: Japanese, Hight: 5&#8217;1&#8243;, Weight: 85 pounds, Eye Color: Black , Hair Color: Black<\/p>\n<p>Skill: Japanese, Japanese sword fighting, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, jazz, folk dance, yoga, puppetry, and acting<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- 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