PROFILE
Kaori Ibuki
Born in downtown Tokyo, Japan and raised in the suburban areas, she was involved in theatrical activities from the middle school to university’s “gekiken” circle where she spent 90% of her campus life to make plays either in the on-campus studio theatre or in the fringe theatres of Tokyo.
She moved to New York City for study in 2003 and started Japanese classical dance (nihon-buyo) in 2004 with Soke Fujima-ryu's IchiFuji-kai Dance Association. She has organized a number of Japanese classical dance events including full-length performances, workshops, and lecture/demos for the community of Hunter College, CUNY where she obtained M.A. in Theatre degree in 2009. She is continuously performing in the festivals of greater NY area and participating in theatrical and Japanese related events.
Apart from Japanese classical dance, she is acting for films and theatres, and singing in a Japanese chindon style band, happyfunsmile, and an Okinawan music unit, Miyarabi, by disguising herself in non-traditional “Kabuki-mono” cosplay.