Amane Takaishi

Amane Takaishi, Part-time Instructor of Ballet and Pilates. MA in Education (Dance Teaching), University of Bath, UK; BA with Honors in Professional Dance and Performance Studies, University of Kent, UK. Amane is a professional ballet dancer with City Ballet of Boston, a Pilates instructor certified by Balanced Body: Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair, Barrel and Barre, and a registered ballet teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance (UK). She started Pilates as a part of her ballet training: Elmhurst School of Ballet in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Central School of Ballet in UK. She continued Pilates training while she danced with professional companies: Eugene Ballet in Oregon, Ballet Tucson in Arizona, and A&A Ballet in Chicago. In the Boston area, she has worked with many choreographers, such as Margot Parsons and Gianni Di Marco. Amane is a member of Asian American Ballet Project, founded by Elizabeth Mochizuki.