I am a Japanese-American dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. I highlight, yet distort, the human anatomy through contemporary movement, poetic imagery, and improvisation. By embodying the spirit of my rebellious female lineage, both known and unknown, I bridge the distance between her and her ancestral roots. Honoring my sensual and fluid nature, I illuminate the complexities and consequences of patriarchy in Japan and the West.

My work has been presented at ODC San Francisco's State of Play festival, THAT SHOW, Heat Index, and LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. I have been invited to teach for ​the Limon Dance Company Summer Intensive, BigKid Summer and Winter Create + ​Connect, Gibney Dance Summer Studies, DISCO RIOT, and FORZA Dance.

Since earning my BFA from Point Park University in 2019, I have been a long-standing member of Sidra Bell Dance New York (SBDNY). In 2022, I was appointed Rehearsal Director. With the company, I have taught at institutions such as Harvard University, ​The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, University of the Arts, SUNY ​Purchase, and more.

Throughout my career, I have also had the privilege of performing for Volta Collective, Ayoung Kim, Mark Caserta, Doron Perk, Kanon Sugino, KOSTAS Contemporary, Adrienne Swan, Alicia Steeves, and wldflwr dance collective.

ABOUT ME

PERFORMANCE CREDITS

SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK

2019 - PRESENT

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR, TEACHING ARTIST, COMPANY DANCE ARTIST

VOLTA COLLECTIVE

ACE HOTEL, BROOKLYN - 2025

PERFORMER, COLLABORATOR

MARK CASERTA

PERIDANCE CENTER, NYC - 2025

PERFORMER

AYOUNG KIM

CANYON FOR PERFORMA BIENNIAL, NYC - 2025

PERFORMER

KANON SUGINO

TRISKELION ARTS, NYC - 2025

PERFORMER

ADRIENNE SWAN

PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK - 2025

PERFORMER

ALICIA STEEVES

JUDSON CHURCH, NYC - 2025

PERFORMER

KOSTAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE

2022

PERFORMER AND COLLABORATOR

WLDFLWR DANCE COLLECTIVE

2022, 2023

PERFORMER AND COLLABORATOR

“Generously present, Kimie was making distinct ​choices of weightedness or weightlessness over ​and over again, and she was captivating. No ​sentence was entirely complete, and therefore I ​was not ahead of her or behind her, I was with ​her.” >

- HANNAH LIEBERMAN FOR DANCE ENTHUSIAST

EDUCATION ROLES

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SBDNY)

Harvard University

University of the Arts

SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance

ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER (SBDNY)

The Juilliard School

Springboard Danse | Pittsburgh

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Marymount Manhattan College

University of Michigan

Dual Rivet's "Made by Women" Spring Workshop

Perry Mansfield

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER/TEACHER (SELF)

BIGKID Summer and Winter Create + Connect

2025/2023/2022 - Philadelphia, PA

Forza Dance

2025 - NYC

Gibney Summer Studies

2024 - NYC

DISCO RIOT Pop In/Pop Out Master Class

2024 - San Diego, CA

Limon Summer Intensive

2023 - NYC

CHOREOGRAPHY

"KOMAINU DUET" >

presented at ODC Theater's State of Play Festival

San Francisco, CA (2025)

"THE RUMBLING"

presented by Heat Index

Brooklyn, NYC (2025)

"FIG JAM" >

presented by THAT SHOW

Index Space, NYC (2024)

"A MEDITATION ON DISTORTED LINEAGE"

presented by LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival

Campos Community Garden, NYC (2024)

"HOLLOW ENOUGH FOR TWO" >

performed by BigKid Summer Create + Connect participants

Philadelphia, PA (2023)

“Parker and her partner, kira shiina, made a stunning pair, moving similarly but distinctly, with attentive focus and quiet ferocity. When viewed as protectors of the sacred, they become a beacon of hope and an aspirational grounding force.” >

- MELISSA HUDSON BELL FOR SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE