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  Date / Time: 10/26/2009 10:29 PM UTC

  Women Making a Difference w/Katie Takahashi
  

  Hi Everyone-
  A few house-keeping things:
  
  Remember to listen to all Women Making a Difference interviews & VOTE for your favorite one starting December 1-12th!!  All interviews through Nov 30th will be included in voting.  On the Dec 14th show, I will announce our Women of the Year!  Email your vote to us at the show...click on "Send a message" and we'll tabulate votes.
  
  Katie Takahashi is one of my fave people...She is my friend, but more importantly, she is one of the strongest, bravest people I know.  Katie is a prime example of strength, courage & a determination to make dreams come true...even if it takes packing your bags, leaving your home AND country to pursue & follow that dream! 
  
  I'm totally stealing some of Katie's gems of wisdom:
  

   

  1. Have a plan in mind (i.e. lemonade is what you WANT to make), HOWEVER, pick up ALL OF THE FRUIT you come across on your journey to creating the lemonade...You'll end up w/a Fruit Punch that can be better than what you originally thought!  Don't limit yourself to flavor, color, consistency...let the other fruit (i.e life experiences, set-back, gains) help the Fruit Punch mix!
  2. Always TRUST what it is you WANT w/the HOPE that it will appear....(I love that...).  Don't let anyone ever tell you that what you want (i.e. your lemonade) is stupid, bad, not achievable or any of the other negative talk we hear....if you want something, there is a reason for it.
  3. No life experience is ever a waste.  All that we experience, and all that cross our paths come into our lives for a reason...look at it and see WHY...(i.e. why are we finding lots of grapes & apples, but no lemons?).
  4. And finally, when I asked Katie what it was that inspired her to cross an ocean, learn a new language and become a musician even though she isn't formally trained & can't read music?  She stated simply "My WANT is greater than my FEAR".  Think about that and apply that simple question to your dreams and goals.

   

  Here's more on Katie:
  
  

  Katie Takahashi Bio

              Katie Takahashi was born and grew up in Tokyo. She spent one year thoroughly enjoying a unique experience of being a foreign exchange student in Darwin High School in Australia. There she first tasted what it was like to perform in public, and to do an Australian TV commercial.

   

              Followed by her brief stint in the music industry working for a major international record label in Tokyo, Katie crossed the ocean to the US. She graduated from a two year-programme at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York.

   

              Katie Takahashi has worn many hats in the field of performing arts in Japan and the US. As artistic director, she develops collaborative theater projects (www.teamtakahashi.com) such as the new musical “Voices of the Wind – The Story of the Ninja” (Ninja Project) that she recently conceived, produced, wrote, co-songwrote, and directed.Utilizing her skill and knowledge of Japanese traditional dance, she is known for her successful fusion of the elements of Japanese style theatre with western style theatre.

   

              Katie has also performed extensively as an actor, dancer and singer. She has performed such New York theatres as LaMaMa ETC, Theatre Row theatre, and Joyce SoHo. Her international media performance credits include guest starring on Knights of Prosperity (ABC-TV), on-camera hosting for TV Japan and NHK-BS, and voice over narrations for numerous bilingual projects across the globe.

   

   

  Web site: http://www.teamtakahashi.com/
  
  

  About Team Takahashi/ this theatre group’s mission

              An innovative theatre group, Team Takahashi was founded by Artistic Director

  Katie Takahashi in 2004 with the goal of creating thought-provoking theatre pieces through international collaboration.

   

              Fostering cultural exchange among the Team's artists, the collective creates engaging and accessible presentations that simultaneously highlight and celebrate both similarities and differences of the cultures, with the goal of promoting a deeper understanding of them and therefore, humankind. Productions seek to create work that is simultaneously innovative and appealing to a wide range of audiences.
  
  
  
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