Nami Yamamoto, from Matsuyama, Japan, holds an MA in Dance Education from New York University and a BA in Physical Education from Ehime University. Nami is a Bessie awardee (The New York Dance and Performance Award) for the outstanding production of Headless Wolf presented at Roulette in 2017.
Nami served as a core member of Artists of Color Council at Movement Research in 2020-2023.
She is honored to be a Hodder Fellow at Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University in 2024-2025 and USA Fellowship in 2025. She is also grateful to be TOPAZ ARTS’ APPI Dance Artists in Residence 2025-26.
“The festival was such a wonderfully supportive community of artists to perform amongst and a generous audience as well. The performances were inspiring and exceptionally well-run, which I appreciated.”
– ankita sharma
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