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Artistic Director is a Japanese American
Yonsei, born and raised in Honolulu. She received a B.A.
in Dance from the University of Hawaii and brings to her
work with Purple Moon more than 25 years experience living
as a dancer and choreographer in New York, Oklahoma, the
Bay Area and Hawaii ‹ dancing in many different places,
with many different people in a variety of modern dance
forms. Her formal training includes many years of ballet
and modern (Graham, Limon, Cunningham). More recently she
has expanded that background to include formal study of
hula, middle eastern, butoh, indonesian and japanese folk
dance.
Prior to founding Purple Moon,
she worked as Assistant Artistic Director for Asian American
Dance Performances in San Francisco. Independently, her
work has been presented by BRAVA! for Women in the Arts
and by jazz composer Glenn Horiuchi, to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the Japanese American internment. Ms.
Togawa is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique
specializing in work with performers. As a teacher, some
of the groups she has worked with are Riley Center (women
in recovery), Life Foundation (HIV services), GLOE (Gay
and Lesbian Outreach to Elders), California Women's Commission
on Alcohol and Drug Dependency, All Girls Photo Project,
Asian Pacifica Lesbian & Bisexual Network, students
from Stanford University & Pomona College.
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