Emi Miyoshi
Photo: Marc Doradzillo
Emi Miyoshi was born in Japan and studied dance at Ehime University. Miyoshi has worked in the dance company pretty ugly tanz koeln, under the direction of Amanda Miller. In 2008, she received a grant from the Kunststiftung NRW and took part in the SiWiC (Swiss International Continuing Educatiοn for Choreography) as a choreographer. Since 2014, she has been producing in Freiburg im Breisgau under the name SHIBUI collective at the intersection of dance and installation. Her work has already been shown at dance festivals in Cologne, Munich, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Japan. She has received a three-year conceptual grant from both the city of Freiburg im Breisgau and the state of Baden-Württemberg. In 2017 and 2019, she won the Dance and Theater Prize of the City of Stuttgart, and the State of Baden-Württemberg. Emi and SHIBUI collective have recently received the support of the program TANZPAKT RECONNECT, entailing funding from Bureau Ritter for one year. This funding will enable her to strengthen the structure of her collective, professionalize, and build a better network nationwide. She is a member of the advisory board of the local dance network TANZNETZ Freiburg.
