She was born in Osaka, Began her classical ballet training at age three.
She was chosen as an exchange student with the Bolshoi Ballet at age seven and made her debut as a professional dancer at age 19.
She has won high praise in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, India, South Korea, China, Japan and the U.S.
Shizuno’s quest for her own stylistic voice led her to study old Japanese mythological dances. She undertook a multi-year pilgrimage, performing in every prefecture of Japan, and deepening within her the skill and spirit of mai, the dance.
Beyond the influence of both the West and the East, Shizuno continues to refine her unique mai, a dance attuned to the rhythms of Mother Nature.
Her most recent and successful stage production “Pele and Poliahu” (‘09 & ‘10) is such representation of her passion and inspiration.
Shizuno says “Spirit and Nature – the movement of wind, the stark land of Pele, and the interweaving energies of opposites, yin and yang… We must heal the earth with renewed spirit and awareness of the interconnectedness of all beings and elements.”
Visit her website:
http://dance-shizuno.chu.jp/
