Faculty

Tomoko Kawaguchi was born in Sapporo, Japan where she graduated Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan with a B.A. in Modern American Poetry, and later Christie's Auction House, London with a Diploma in Modern Art History. In 2002 she moved to New York City and graduated with Diploma at the Manhattan School of Music in the Professional Study of Piano. M.M. in Piano (2004) under Professor Phillip Kawain. Since 2004 she has played for Barnard College, and Instructors: Katie Glasner, Kathryn Sullivan, Tessa Chandler. Ballet Academy East, and Instructors: Olga Dvorovenko, Nina Heintz, and Melissa Wilson. Broadway Dance Center, and Instructors: Madame Darvash, Dawn Hille. Steps on Broadway, and Instructors: Kathryn Sullivan. Harbor Conservatory, with Instructors: Nina Klyvert-Lawson, Blanca Alonso, Alma Cruz, and Naomi Shimashita. New Dance Group, with Instructors: Nadine Tomlinson. Plus the Martha Graham School (Modern Classes)