Kako Kishimoto

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Kako Kishimoto is the artistic director of BUoY Arts Center Tokyo, which is founded in 2017: former bowling alley and public bath, renovated by young artists into theatre, gallery and cafe. She has been the director of Tokyo-based multilingual performance company 空(utsubo), which she founded in 2009. She has worked as a translator and dramaturge at Festival/Tokyo 2008-2010 and the World Theatre Festival under Mt. Fuji 2012, which was held at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center. She holds a B.A. from Waseda University with a major in anthropology. She also holds a M.A. from the University of Tokyo with a major in cultural studies, and a MFA from Columbia University with a concentration in dramaturgy. She is now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tokyo. She received the first prize at Geisou Connect Vol.7, the highly acclaimed young directors festival in Osaka. She has taught as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Women’s Christian University, Senshu Univerisity and Musashi University.

Last Updated: 2018

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