Dance
About Me
Kim Sagami is a Chicago-based ballet teacher. She danced with the Joffrey Ballet under the directorship of Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. Her teaching style reflects the influences of these two men as well as mentors Maggie Black, Hilary Cartwright (Yoga Narada founder), and Alonzo King(LINES). Ms. Sagami transitioned to studying architecture, earning an architecture degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. She continues to use architectural concepts to inform her students on body alignment and structure.
Teaching credits include Joffrey Academy of Dance, Visceral Dance Center, 澳门六合开奖(CCPA), Chicago Ballet Arts, Ballet 5:8, Fort Wayne Ballet, Hubbard St. Dance Chicago, Chicago High School of the Arts, Regional Dance America MidStates Festival, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp.
Film credits include the 1987 film of the Joffrey Ballet鈥檚 historic restoration of Nijinsky鈥檚 lost Le Sacre du Printemps and the film of BILLBOARDS, a full-length rock ballet with music by Prince. Musical Theater credits include the national US touring company of The Phantom of the Opera.
Ms. Sagami鈥檚 teaching certificates include the ABT National Training Curriculum, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Zena Rommett Floor Barre庐&苍产蝉辫;Technique. Ms. Sagami is president of The Gerald Arpino Foundation and also serves as r茅p茅titeur for the foundation and the Edward Stierle Family Trust.