Mariko Tanabe

For twelve years Mariko Tanabe was a principal dancer, teacher and associate rehearsal director to the American modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins. In 1996 she became assistant to Marie Chouinard. Currently, she is the artistic director of her company Mariko Tanabe Danse in Montréal. She has presented her choreographic work around the world including Prague, receiving a number of important awards. As a guest artist Mariko Tanabe has taught at several Universities (Germany, Canada, the USA, Austria, Mexico, the Czech Republic, etc.). Her background includes work with Japanese dance forms, Flamenco, Middle Eastern Dance, experimental theatre, the Alexander technique, yoga and the healing arts. She holds a diploma in the Body Mind Centring technique. Upon an invitation from SE.S.TA and the Duncan Centre Conservatory she came to Prague to lead a course of Body Mind Centring and its applications in dance.