Nami Yamamoto

Nami Yamamoto, from Matsuyama, Japan, holds an MA in Dance Education from New York University and a BA in Physical Education from Ehime University. Nami is a Bessie awardee (The New York Dance and Performance Award) for the outstanding production of Headless Wolf presented at Roulette in 2017. Her work has been funded by Creative Capital, Jim Henson Foundation, City Artist Corps, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and others. She has been nurtured and inspired by her residency experience at Movement Research, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, New Dance Alliance, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Gibney DiP Resident Artist, CPR-Center for Performance Research and Baryshnikov Arts Center. Nami served as a core member of Artists of Color Council at Movement Research in 2020-2023. She is honored to be a Hodder Fellow at Lewis Center for the Arts at PrincetonUniversity in 2024-2025 and USA Fellowship in 2025. She is also grateful to be TOPAZ ARTS’ APPI Dance Artists in Residence 2025-26. She currently teaches at Lehman College and NYC public schools through Together in Dance.

  • Artist in Residence
  • 2014 Artist in Residence
  • Faculty
  • AoCC
  • Artists of Color Council
  • Studies Project Participant
  • Movement Research at the Judson Church Performance Series
  • Fall 2017 MR@Judson Artist
Photo of Nami Yamamoto performing. She is on stage lunging away from the camera. She waves a large bundle mede up of long strips of brown paper over her head. She wears a short patterned dress. Photo by Scott Shaw
ID: Photo of Nami Yamamoto performing. She is on stage lunging away from the camera. She waves a large bundle mede up of long strips of brown paper over her head. She wears a short patterned dress. Photo by Scott Shaw