Kanjiyama Mime English Profile

Mr. Takeo Fujikura
c/o Theatre and Drama, UW-Madison, 6173 Vilas Communication Hall
821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706-1497, U.S.A.

Email:mime@kanjiyama.com

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Theatre University of Wisconsin - Madison [Dec. 2006]
• Master of Arts in Theatre Arts[May. 1985]
• Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts[Dec. 1981]
• State University of New York at Binghamton
  

Professional Accomplishments, Awards, Honors

• -Featured in two major entertainment TV programs ("The Artist and His Art", "Special Artist Collection") produced by NHK TV (the only national and the most prestigious TV company in Japan) [Jul. and Aug. 2002]
• -Founded, directed and acted in Kanjiyama Mime, a leading professional mime troupe in Japan.
  More than 120 performances annually throughout Japan. [Aug.1985-Jul.2001]
• More than 50 national network TV appearances [1991-Jul.2001]
• -Selected as one of the artists in a 6 -volume series of video tapes entitled'The Masterpiece of Japanese Entertainment Artists Since 1950', produced by NHK TV [Nov. 1999]
• -Appointed as one of the National Art Festival performing teams by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. [Dec. 1998]
• -Acted and directed in ABU award-winning (Asian Broadcasting Union Award in Educational TV program section) NHK children's TV program 'Yomediago Kodomo Jyuku' [Nov. 1996]
• -Featured as a new trend artist in NHK's news program 'Good Morning Japan' [Sep. 1995, Feb. 1994]
• -Silver award for up-and-coming entertainer by the National Theater of Japan. [Jan. 1992]
  

Teaching Experience

• Instructor of English, Toho University, Chiba, Japan [April 2006-Present]
• Teaching Assistant in“drama in education” class, U.W.-Madison [Sep.2002-May2005]
• Guest Instructor of mime, Macalester College, St.Paul, MN (The following classes in Japan are the very first mime classes taught in Japanese schools) [Apr. 2003]
• Instructor of physical expression, Toho Gakuen Music High School. [Sep.1999-Jul.2001]
• Instructor of mime, Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education. [Apr.1996-Jul.2001]
• Instructor of mime, Department of Theatre, Toho Gakuen Junior College. [Apr.1995-Jul.2001]
• Teaching Assistant of Mime class, Theatre Department, SUNY at Binghamton. [Fall,1981, Sep.1983-May1985]
  

Publications and Articles
(The following books are the very first books on mime in Japan)

• The Pantomime, Otsuki Shoten, Publisher. [Sep. 1996]
• Oshaberina Pantomime, Otsuki Shoten, Publisher. [Feb. 1994]
• "A Haiku Journey Recited with Physical Movement", for Nihon Keizai Shinbun's Culture Page. [Feb. 1994]
• Translation & commentary of The Mime Book by Claude Kipnis, Bansei Shobo Publisher. [Jun. 2000]
  

Professional Training

Tony Montanaro Advanced Mime Workshop, South Paris, ME. (Summer 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1993, 1988, 1984, 1983, 1981)

Additional Qualifications

• Teacher's Training Certificate in Yoga, Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M..Samiti, Lonavla, India. [Jul 1991]
• Shiatsu Therapist, National License issued by Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare. [Feb 1991]