Mami Tomotani
(She/Her)
Dance Artist
Overview
Joined New Adventures
1999
Choreography credits include: The Sound Of Music for New York LaGuardia High School which won Shubert Foundation Festival in NYC (2019); Pride and Prejudice, the world Premiere of How To Make An American Quilt and COMPLEATfemale STAGE BEAUTY for New York LaGuardia High School; Zanna Don’t! for Pittsburgh University; Contemporary dance for New York WAGP Contemporary Dance Competition (Top 12) and Japan International Competition (1st prize). “Jupiter” for NYDA Hariyama Ballet in NY.
Teaching credits include: The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and NYDA/Hariyama Ballet N.Y. Guest teacher across the globe for LaGuardia High School, Joffrey Ballet School, Mark Morris Dance Group, Carnegie Mellon University, The Princeton University in the USA. New Adventures company class and workshops in Japan, USA and UK.
www.mamitomotani.com
Training
Kawazoe Ballet School in Fukuoka, Japan
Shiki Academy in Tokyo, Japan
Credits
For ADVENTURES IN MOTION PICTURES
- Swan Lake – 1999-2000 Spanish, Romanian and Italian Princesse
For NEW ADVENTURES
- Doorstep Duets 'Hum' – 2024
- Edward Scissorhands – 2023/24
- Sleeping Beauty – 2016 Miss Maddox
- Sleeping Beauty – 2013 Miss Maddox
- Edward Scissorhands – 2009 Peg Bogg, Gloria Grubb, Darlene Upton, Tiffany Covitt
- Nutcracker! – 2007/08 Mrs Dross, Clara, Cupid, Liquorice Lady, Marshmallow
- The Car Man – 2007 Monica, Dolores, Shirley
- Highland Fling – 2005 Madge, Morag
- Edward Scissorhands – 2005 Peg Boggs, Gloria Grubb, Darlene Upton, Tiffany Covitt
- Nutcracker! – 2005 Mrs Dross, Clara, Cupid, Liquorice Lady, Marshmallow
- Dorian Gray Rehearsal Assistant
- The Car Man – 2002 Monica
- Nutcracker! – 2002 Mrs Dross, Clara, Cupid, Liquorice Lady, Marshmallow
- Swan Lake Spanish, Romanian and Italian Princess
- Education Artist for curtain raisers in the USA and Asia, Beauty Sleep and In Our Shoes, masterclasses and workshops.
FILM
- Nutcracker! – 2003
- Highland Fling Tokyo TV
Other Career Highlights
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Associate Moving Director (Tokyo)
- Merrily We Roll Along Assistant Choreographer (Japan)
- Kazue Taguchi's art at The Museum of Art and Design Dancer (NYC)
- The King and I The Royal Albert Hall (London)
- Cats Bombalurina & Victoria
- Jesus Christ Superstar Shiki Theatre Company
- West Side Story Shiki Theatre Company
- The Phantom of the Opera Shiki Theatre Company
- Aspects of Love Shiki Theatre Company
- HANS Shiki Theatre Company
- FAME Iris Kelly (Austria)
- The Sound Of Music – 2019 New York LaGuardia High School (won Shubert Foundation Festival, NYC)
- Pride and Prejudice
- How to make an American Quilt
- Zanna Don't! Pittsburgh University