Akiko Tachiki
Based in Tokyo as a dance critic an journalist, she writes on theatre, performance and dance for Japanese specialised magazines, including Dance Magazine, Ballet, Dance Art and Theatre Arts, and has been writing for several newspapers since the early eighties. She is also correspondent for Ballet International/Tanz Aktuell. Her past activities include the first Conference for Asian Women and Theatre, Triangle Arts Program Project in Dance in 1997, and the international Butoh Project, 'EX…IT 99'. She is a Juror of the Ballet Competition in Nagoya. Her other memberships include: International Association of Theatre Critics, Japanese Society for Dance Research, and the Dance Critics' Society of Japan.