Chikae Ishikawa
Artist-consultant

Chikae is an accomplished performer (singer, dancer and actress) with extensive production and teaching experience. She is a Dalcroze trained music and dance/movement teacher at the Thurnauer School of Music at JCC on the Palisades, and at the Lucy Moses School of Music and Dance in Manhattan. She is also a music/voice and ballet teacher for an after school program at PS 130 in the Bronx, as well as an voice teacher for the New Jersey Childrenís Choir in Montclair, NJ. She recently taught a 10-day conflict resolution residency at IS 14 in Brooklyn. She has served as a voice/music director for a theatre arts summer camp in Queens, taught advanced jazz dance workshops, and coached young actors for a historical drama.

Chikae has performed as a singer, dancer and actress in major venues including the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera House, Madison Square Garden, Kennedy Center, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in such shows as Chorus Line, Nine, and Stop The World! I Want To Get Off. She worked with Meredith Monk, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune, and Anthony Newley. She toured Italy as a solo singer for the Harlem Gossi, a Gospel Choir, and performed as a Jazz vocalist in major jazz clubs in Japan and New York.

Her education/training includes: Santa Monica College (Theatre Arts major), Mannes School of Music (Jazz Theory and piano, etc.), Arts in Education Certification from Marymount Manhattan College, Dalcroze School of Music (Teacher Certification Track: Eurhythmics, Improvisation & Solfege), private music theory/composition studies with W.A. Mathieu, Jazz improvisation, vocals & piano with Dr. Barry Harris.

Special Skills: Performing (Singing, Dancing, Acting), teaching voice/music/composition, ballet & jazz dance, Dalcroze eurhythmics (music & movement), Directing a chorus, Bilingual (English & Japanese), Choreography, Conflict Resolution Residence, Japanese Culture Residence

Personal Mission Statement: I believe the most effective way to positively influence the future is to invest in children. I wish to share my passions, knowledge and experiences to inspire them to feel the joy of life, to cultivate their infinite creativity and to help them develop confidence in themselves.