Kazuko
is a native of Japan where she received her B.S. Degree. She subsequently
received a diploma from the Juilliard School. Her grants and awards
include: and AGMA Prize, the Doris Humphrey Choreography Fellowship,
the Nimura Award, a NEA Choreographic grant, and a NYSCA grant. She
formed the Triad Dance Theatre and served as the Director for the
Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater. She has been on the faculty at:
Bennington College; Randolph-Macon Women's College; Kirkland College;
North Carolina School of the Arts; the London Contemporary School
of Dance; the Centre International de la Dance, Paris; Ballet Nacional
de Mexico; Alvin Ailey American Dance Center; Martha Graham School
of Contemporary Dance; the Juilliard School; Netherland Dance Theatre;
Rotterdam Dance Academy; Ballet Academien; Ballet Gulbenkian; and
she was the Artistic Director of the International Dance Festival,
Osaka, Japan. Kazuko has choreographed for several of the above listed
schools or companies and the Purchase Dance Corps. In 1999, in Japan
she created a new full evening length piece based on Faust as a special
commission.
Kazuko
is a native of Japan where she received her B.S. Degree. She subsequently
received a diploma from the Juilliard School. Her grants and awards
include: and AGMA Prize, the Doris Humphrey Choreography Fellowship,
the Nimura Award, a NEA Choreographic grant, and a NYSCA grant. She
formed the Triad Dance Theatre and served as the Director for the
Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater. She has been on the faculty at:
Bennington College; Randolph-Macon Women's College; Kirkland College;
North Carolina School of the Arts; the London Contemporary School
of Dance; the Centre International de la Dance, Paris; Ballet Nacional
de Mexico; Alvin Ailey American Dance Center; Martha Graham School
of Contemporary Dance; the Juilliard School; Netherland Dance Theatre;
Rotterdam Dance Academy; Ballet Academien; Ballet Gulbenkian; and
she was the Artistic Director of the International Dance Festival,
Osaka, Japan. Kazuko has choreographed for several of the above listed
schools or companies and the Purchase Dance Corps. In 1999, in Japan
she created a new full evening length piece based on Faust as a special
commission.