Sakura Shimada

Sakura Shimada studied modern dance, ballet, Jazz, Japanese fusion dance in Japan where she is originally from. She moved to New York City in 1997 to study dance. In New York City, she studied modern dance, contemporary dance, ballet, improvisation and worked with Shua Group, and collaborated with visual artists Ei Arakawa, Songiy Kim, Zsolt Koloknai(Budapest), a musician Attile Dora( Budapest), a dancer Aydan Turker( Istanbul) and presented her own work in down town venues. Since in 2002, she has been studying and working with Daniel Lepkoff (www.daniellepkoff.com) and she has traveled supporting his work and performing in Europe, Russia, Turkey, South America and Japan. Daniel’s work has been a big influence on her own work. She is currently an Artist in Residence at a dance and performance organization called Movement Research in New York City.