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LANI YAMANAKA

NON-UNION

HEIGHT: 5' 3"               EYES: BROWN               HAIR: BLACK/MEDIUM

STAGE/LIVE PERFORMANCE

"FATHER: VISION OF THE FLOATING WORLD"
"PEARL"
SF DANCEWORKS
"MUTUAL COMFORT"
"JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE"
"WITHIN WHERE"
ODC DANCE COMPANY
JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL
"GIANT"
"PATH OF MIRACLES"
"DEAD RECKONING"
"BLINK OF AN EYE"
"FORMAT II"
"NEWS OF THE WORLD"

"WHAT WE CARRY, WHAT WE KEEP"
"SOMETHING ABOUT A NIGHTINGALE"
"BOULDERS AND BONES"
"TRIANGULATING EUCLID"
ENTITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE
"PEEL"
"BRAXON VS. OREGON"
"COMPOSITE"
"GRID"
PARIS BY NIGHT #116-133

LEAD DANCE ARTIST

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CHOREO: AKRAM KHAN

DIR/CHOREO: DANIEL EZRALOW

AD: DANA GENSHAFT

CHOREO: EDWARD CLUG

CHOREO: YIN YUE

CHOREO: LAURA O'MALLEY

AD: BRENDA WAY, KT NELSON

ODC DANCE COMPANY

CHOREO: KATE WEARE

CHOREO: KT NELSON

CHOREO: KT NELSON

CHOREO: KT NELSON

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY, KT NELSON

CHOREO: BRENDA WAY, KT NELSON, KATE WEARE

AD: MARISSA OSATO, WILL JOHNSTON

ENTITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE

ENTITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE

SHAUN BOYLE AND ARTISTS

SHAUN BOYLE AND ARTISTS

CHOREO: SHANDA SAWYER

OFF BROADWAY

"DRAGON SPRING PHOENIX RISE"

DANCE CAPTAIN

CHOREO: AKRAM KHAN

FILM/TELEVISION

"THE SYMPATHIZER"(HBO SERIES)
"IKKAI MEANS ONCE"
"MOVE", EP. 5 (NETFLIX DOCUSERIES)
"BLANK STATE"
AMBER LIU "OTHER PEOPLE" (MUSIC VIDEO)
"THE CANTERVILLE GHOST"
"USHER HOUSE"
"HIDDEN TEARS: UNSEEN DANCES"

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CHOREO: SHANDA SAWYER
DIR/CHOREO: YAYOI KAMBARA
CHOREO: AKRAM KHAN
LANI YAMANAKA
CHOREO: MARISSA OSATO
GORDON GETTY OPERA
GORDON GETTY OPERA
DIR/CHOREO: JORDAN MARINOV, JASON GURVITZ

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE - CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
BFA DANCE PERFORMANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY

DANCE: HORTON TECHNIQUE, GRAHAM TECHNIQUE, GAGA, COMPOSITION, IMPROVISATION, CONTACT IMPROVISATION, CONTEMPORARY PARTNERING, REPERTORY, BALLET, TAP, JAZZ, HIP HOP

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: DONALD MCKAYLE'S UCI ETUDE ENSEMBLE, BODYTRAFFIC, HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO, HYPHEN ART HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF DANCE, UNITY 2 DANCE ENSEMBLE, MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS: KYLE ABRAHAM, RUBBERLEGZ, GROUND GROOVES, ABDIEL JACOBSEN (GRAHAM TECHNIQUE), ROSANNA TAVAREZ (COUNTERTECHNIQUE), JIE-HUNG CONNIE SHIAU, JOY ALPUERTO RITTER, TESSANDRA CHAVEZ

MARTIAL ARTS: SAN SHI JUDO DOJO, BAGUAZHANG

CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER FROM NATION ACADEMY OF SPORTS MEDICINE (NASM)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

AKRAM KHAN COMPANY VIRTUAL MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS: USC KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, TOWARDS VIVENCIA, SHIFT DANCE HONG KONG, FACEBOOK LIVE CLASSES, DHAKA TRAINING PROGRAM

ODC DANCE COMPANY: AUDITION WORKSHOPS, OUTREACH

ENTITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE: COMPANY CLASS, WORKSHOPS, OUTREACH

DANCEPREHAB (PERSONAL TRAINING): MOVEMENT FOUNDATIONS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

DANCE STUDIOS (BALLET, JAZZ, TAP, CONTEMPORARY, IMPROVISATION, DANCE ON CAMERA): MILLENNIUM DANCE COMPLEX OC, N10 DANCE STUDIOS, MAPLE CONSERVATORY OF DANCE, FOCUS DANCE CENTER, CAL ELITE, CARLSBAD DANCE CENTRE,  SNOWGLOBE PERSPECTIVE (HIP HOP GUEST INSTRUCTOR), STUDIO 808 DANCE PROJECT (GUEST INSTRUCTOR)

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