MOVEMENT DIRECTING / CHOREOGRAPHY INCLUDES
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO - Movement Director / Phelim McDermott (Royal Shakespeare Company)
GEORGE TAKEI’S ALLEGIANCE (musical) - Cultural Consultant / Movement Adviser / Tara Overfield Wilkinson (Charing Cross Theatre)
MAGIC FLUTE by Mozart (opera) - Movement Director / David Edwards (New National Theatre Tokyo)
MADAM BUTTERFLY by Puccini (opera) - Movement Coach / Graham Vick & Ian Rutherford (ENO)
DIDO AND AENEAS by Purcell (opera) - Movement Director / David Edwards (Temple Festival) / Middle Temple
THE WORLD OF SOUND - Movement Coach / Keiko Miyata (New National Theatre Tokyo)
ILLYRIA – Choreographer / Astrid Hilne (Theatre Royal, Bath)
MODERN MAN - Movement Coach / Caitriona McLaughlin (New End Theatre)
EVERYMAN-AN IMMORALITY PLAY - Movement Coach / Sandy Maberley (Theatre Mélange) / Riverside Studio
NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE - Movement Coach / Tanushuka Marah (Company Collisions)
HINTERLAND – Choreographer / Jamie Harper (LAMDA)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Director & Choreographer / East 15 Acting School
KING RICHARD III - Director & Choreographer / East 15 Acting School
TEMPEST - Movement Coach / (Loughborough University, Drama Department)
THE SEA OF SILENCE – Choreographer / Guy Holland (Quicksilver Theatre)
LARK STREET ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE – Director / Shingo Ito (Yokohama Lawyers Association)
SKILLS
Language: Japanese (Mother tongue), English (RP, Standard American)
Instruments: Piano (Pro level), Accordion, Percussion, Djembe, Recorder, Trumpet (Beginner level)
Singing: Soprano, specialised in folk singing
Dance Skills: Traditional Japanese dance (Nihon Buyo and Kabuki Dance), Butoh (Avant-garde Japanese movement performance), Contemporary dance
Sports: Swimming, Volleyball, Tennis, Table tennis, Sprinting, Ice skating, Bowling
Other Skills: Choreography, Stage combat, Tai Chi, Puppetry, Devising, Improvisation, Story telling, Journalist, Writing, Translation
TRAINING
LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art)
Ecole Philippe Gaulier (Le Coq technique)
Traditional Japanese dance (Nihon Buyo and Kabuki dance)
Butoh (avant-garde Japanese movement performance) with Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Toru Iwashita (Sankaijuku), Carlotta Ikeda, Atsushi Takenouchi
Michael Chekhov technique (Certified as a MC teacher by The Michael Chekhov Association)
Body Psychotherapy
EDUCATION
MA in Directing, Drama Department at Royal Holloway University of London
BA in Politics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Babel University Professional School of Translation
Photograph © Royal Shakespeare Company - My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre
Testimonials
“You-Ri is an inspiring colleague who is flexible and receptive to a director’s ideas. She always responds by creating physical material that makes a concept become a practical reality. I have always found her a supportive, imaginative and enthusiastic collaborator and have enjoyed our work together. And she does the best cast warm-ups I’ve ever experienced! You-Ri is a wonderful artist and I look forward to working with her again.”
David Edwards
Stage Director