Takumi Tamaki, dancer

Headshot of Takumi

Takumi Tamaki (dancer) trained under Toyoko Miyagi and Michiko Shimabukuro. After he graduated from the Department of Music, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, majoring in Ryukyuan performing arts, he is a member of the second graduating class of the National Theatre Okinawa's two-year Kumiodori Training Program. Recent credits include: "Kumiodori: Nido Tekiuchi" and other classical repertoires at the National Bunraku Theatre in 2018; "Kumiodori: Koko no Maki" at Kyoto Art Theater Shunjuza in 2019; "300th Anniversary of Kumiodori" national tour (2019); "Kumiodori: Nido Tekiuchi" and "Kumiodori: Hedo no Ufunushi" as part of the celebratory program, "30th Anniversary of Emperor Akihito’s Reign & 300 Years of Kumiodori & 15th Anniversary of Opening of the National Theatre," held at the National Theatre in Tokyo (2019); and "Kumiodori: Makarushi" at National Noh Theatre (2019). Tamaki is an educator of Miyagi-ryu School Toyomu-kai Association, and teaches kumiodori performance at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.