Mariko Tanabe

A third generation Japanese Canadian, Mariko Tanabe has over thirty-five years of experience as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and researcher. Since 2004, Mariko received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec to support research of her life’s work with the teachings of Body-Mind Centering®. She has worked with emerging and mature artists including Benoît Lachambre, Jeans Sébastien Lourdais, Nicholas Paltry, Christopher House withToronto Dance Theatre, and Helge Letonja with Steptext dance projects in Germany.Mariko has performed her dance creations around the world since 1994, and taught internationally. Her solo work “Narcisse en Silence” is in the permanent archives of the German Tanzfilm Institute in Bremen. She is also an adjunct professor at theDance Department of the Université du Québec à Montréal. For twelve years she worked with American Modern Dance master Erick Hawkins in New York as a principal dancer, teacher and rehearsal director. A Certified Teacher of BMCSM, Mariko is the founder and director of the Canadian BMCSM Licensed TrainingProgram in Montreal. She is also an Infant Developmental Movement Educator, Somatic Movement Therapist and Yoga Teacher, and maintains a private practice.

Websites:

marikotanabe.com

espritenmouvement.com

photo: Jen Aurich