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SHOJI YAMASAKI

shojiyamasaki73@gmail.com

310.525.7556

Los Angeles, CA

 

EDUCATION

 

2021-2023                   California Institute of the Arts: M.F.A. in Choreography.

                                    CalArts Grad Scholarship Recipient


2009-2011                   University of California, Los Angeles: B.A. in World Arts and Cultures 

  (Dance Concentration) 

  Minor in Spanish.
 

2009-2007                   El Camino College: A.A. in Dance

 


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2014-Present               North Torrance High School: 

Guest Choreographer for Advanced + Intermediate Dance Teams, Dance 

Photographer, Dance Coach


2021-2023                   California Institute of the Arts:

Choreography / Performance Lab: Facilitator 

Teacher’s Assistant for Tuixen Benet, Dance Film Projects

Institute Dance Class: Bunny Jazz

                                    Institute Dance Class: Jazz


2014-2020                   El Camino College:

Dance Department Program Aid,

Dance Theatre Department Photographer


2011                            Family Dance Jam:

Facilitator

 

2017                            ACDA Baja Conference Committee Member: 

Website/Event Base App Coordinator, Facebook Page, Regonline

 

2012-2014                   Beach Cities Dance Studio:

Dance Instructor for Lyrical/Contemporary + Jazz 4-5, Receptionist

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

 

Original Work

 

2023                            LITTERED MVMNTS at CalArts

                                    CalArts Expo Installation

                                    Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts

                                    Valencia, California, U.S.

 

2023                            SHITx Talks (Talent Show) [6 min. 30 sec.]

                                    Playwright / Costume / Props

                                    REDCAT (Roy Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

                                    Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2023                            Welcome Home [1 hour 30 min.]

Creative Director / Playwright / Choreographer / Sets / Props

California Institute of the Arts Campus

Valencia, California, U.S.

 

2022                            Zone of Exclusion (Z.o.E.)

                                    The Walt Disney Modular Theater Bathroom

                                    Valencia, California, U.S.

 

                                    Junior High Los Angeles Bathroom

                                    Glendale, California, U.S.

 

                                    Adam Ross Studio’s Bathroom

                                    Echo Park, California, U.S.

 

2021                            The Haunt (Open House Concert) [12 min.]
The Sharon Lund Disney Theater, California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California, U.S.

 

2020                            Balancing Act (Winter Concert: Synchronicity / Joint Show)

                                    North Torrance High School Intermediate Dance Team

                                    North High School Performing Arts Center, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2019                            liminal (Spring Concert: Meraki)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2019                            Lagomorphs [12 min.]
Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College

Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2019                            Saturday Night at Studio 54 (Winter Concert: Ebb & Flow / Joint Show)

                                    North Torrance High School Intermediate Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2018                            A Voicemail Greeting from Above (Spring Concert: Soul Purpose)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

                                    

                                    You in My Heart (Spring Concert: Soul Purpose)

                                    North Torrance High School Intermediate Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2017                            Rage of the Rabbits (Spring Concert: Freedom of Expression)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2016                            TEAR (Spring Concert: The Ripple Effect)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2015                            Increments (Artist-in-Residence)
Campus Theater, El Camino College

                                    Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2015                            Want (Artist-in-Residence)
Campus Theater, El Camino College

                                    Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2015                            Mindworx Inc. (Winter Concert: High Voltage)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2014                            Hold My Hand (Spring Concert: In the Moment)

                                    North Torrance High School Advanced Dance Team

                                    James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

2014                            Illumination
(2012) What Goes ‘Bump” in the Night Choreographer Showcase

Live Arts LA, 

 

High Voltage

Electric Lodge, Venice, California, U.S.

 

2013 Rough Sketches IA

Pieter Space, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2014                            Illuminate Me

Electric Lodge

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

Collaborative Work

 

2023                            Amor jodido in collaboration with Dulce Escobedo Muñoz

(Talent Show) [5 min.]

                                    REDCAT (Roy Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

                                    Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2023                            Gardening the Ruins

                                    Zhen Zhen Zhong

                                    California Institute of the Arts

                                    Valencia, California, U.S.

 

2022-2023                   Capital Rhythm (VR Chat)

World Building: Herry Kim

California Institute of the Arts (A402)

Valencia, California, U.S.

 

Helen J Gallery

Los Angeles, California, US

 

Meatball and Meshed Potatoes (Virtual Exhibition)

Gangnam, Korea

 

Films
 

2023                            jet-lagged
                                   2023 Mobile Dance Film Festival

                                    Gibney Dance

                                    New York, New York, U.S.

 

2023                            LITTERED MVMNTS

                                    Veinte Once: Festival de Danza

Conservatorio de Danza México

                                    Tijuana, Mexico

 

2020                            Touch (March 20-April 18)

Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center

A Quiet Scene: L.A. Film Festival / Public Installation

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2020                            Hanging by an Elastic (March 20 – April 18)

Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center

A Quiet Scene: L.A. Film Festival / Public Installation

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

 

DANCER/PERFORMER

 

2023                            Chanel 2023 Métiers D’art Replica Show in Tokyo

                                    Director/Choreographer: Dimitri Chamblas

                                    Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan.

 

2022                            Slow Show at MOCA

                                    Director: Dimitri Chamblas

                                    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2014                            A Poet, Some Musicians and 4 Dancers Walk Into a Coffeehouse…

Keith Glassman Dance & Performance

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

2017                            Enter Lenin!

Liz Hoefner Adamis/Immediate Action Dance

Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, California U.S.A.

 

2016                            5+1 for 60 oh! Celebrate Sixty with Carol McDowell

                                    Carol McDowell

                                    Pieter Pasd, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

                                    

2015                            ECC Guest Artist Show Spring 2015

Merge Dance Theatre

                                    El Camino College Marsee Auditorium, Torrance, California, U.S.

 

Matthew Rushing

 

Nick Cave (Soundsuits)

 

ART BOOKS

 

How To Eat Humans for Dummies. A supplemental spin-off art book created from thesis project, Welcome Home. 2023. Donated to CalArts Library Special Collections.

 

How to Find Peace. 2023. Donated to CalArts Library Special Collections.

 

18 Ways to Cook an Egg. 2023. Donated to CalArts Library Special Collections.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Features in Other Publications

 

Furstinger, Nancy, and Sheryl Pipe. ASPCA Kids: Kids Making a Difference for Animals. Wiley, 2009. 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

2007-2022                   Rabbit Rescue (Abled and disabled rabbits)

 

LANGUAGES:
 

English (Native)

Japanese (Native)

Spanish (Proficient)

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

 

Urasenke Foundation: Accreditation Upper-Level Student (4th Degree Instructor)

裏千家 上級 助講師 

 

Japanese Middle School (Tozai Gakuenn) Graduate

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