Maki Tabata started learning ballet at the age of three, but by the time she reached high school she began having doubts about dancing in toe shoes, and entered Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music to search for other possibilities for expression. After many twists and turns, she finally began her career as a dancer, and toured throughout Japan with many different choreographers before starting making her own works in 2007. She received dual prizes in 2009, at the Yokohama Dance Collection R : the ‘Yokohama Prize for Brilliant Future’ and the ‘MASDANZA Prize’; and in the following year was selected as a finalist of the Toyota Choreography Award. She has toured not only in Japan but also in Spain, Holland, South Korea, Singapore, Berlin and Poland. Now with her own company Co.TABA-MAKI, she works extensively as choreographer on an international basis.
Anna performed:
Come Come Theater (2026) at Aubade Hall, Toyama
Come Come Theater (2023) at Aubade Hall, Toyama
Tabama Kenkyushitsu vol. 2 (2022) at Double Tall – Art & Espresso Bar, Tokyo
Ichihara Lakeside Museum Opening Performance: Matisse’s Dance (2013) at Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba
The wandering song (2012) at Zou no hana Terrace, Yokohama (Choreography Assistant)
Outdoor Performance (2012) at Redbrick Warehouse