Tamae Yoneda is a contemporary dancer from Osaka, Japan, now based in Berlin. After becoming a finalist at Japan Dance Delight, she began expanding her work internationally performing and serving as a judge at various events including the 2017 Japanese edition of “Open Your Mind.” Grounded in contemporary dance and inspired by urban movement cultures, Tamae creates work that explores human emotion through thoughtful and expressive movement. Since relocating to Berlin in 2019, she has engaged in battles, collaborations and artistic projects that continue to broaden her cross disciplinary practice. She teaches her original method “Movement Poetry” at Tanzfabrik Berlin, Motions and Flying Steps Academy and is an active member of the Be Marvel crew. Most recently, she founded her artistic collective “My Piece of Paper”to share her work more openly and to support emerging dancers.