Biography

Amane Takaishi, a native of Tokyo, Japan, is a dance educator, choreographer, and performer with extensive experience in dancing with professional ballet companies, as well as teaching ballet and Pilates.

As a performer, Amane’s career highlights her debut as the Snow Queen with City Ballet of Boston, along with roles such as Violent Fairy and Jewels Pas de Trois in Sleeping Beauty. Amane’s other repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, such as Walpurgisnacht Ballet, and a solo piece, Footsteps by Margot Parsons, director of DanceVisions. She has also danced with Eugene Ballet Company, Ballet Tucson, and A&A Ballet. Prior to her professional career, Amane received her ballet training through Elmhurst Ballet School in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Central School of Ballet in UK. Her earlier training started with Mitsuyo Kishibe, in Tokyo, Japan.

Amane’s professional dancing experience has shaped her teaching approach, which blends technical rigor with artistic expression, as well as historical and anatomical insight. A registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance, she is a lecturer at Boston College where teaches ballet, pointe, and the history. Amane’s ballet instruction is complemented by her work in Pilates—Amane holds a Balanced Body Comprehensive Pilates Certification and teaches both Pilates and ballet at Boston University. Extending this integrated approach, she is also certified to teach Progressive Ballet Technique, a body-conditioning program designed to develop the strength, alignment, and muscle memory essential for dancers and athletes of all ages and levels. In addition to teaching ballet and Pilates, she also enjoys choreographing for Boston City Youth Ballet, a scholarship program at Tony Williams Dance Center.

Amane holds BA with honors in Professional Dance and Performance from the University of Kent, UK, and MA in Education (Dance Teaching) from the University of Bath.