Kanako Colla

Education

BFA, California State University

Kana is an actor, dancer, physical performer, choreographer, and Movement teacher. She has been a faculty member of the Meisner Studio, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, as well as Terry Knickerbocker Studio, a Meisner Conservatory. Her teaching credit also includes Maggie Flanigan Studio, Future Theatre Artists program at NYU, and LABrynth Theater Company's Intensive Ensemble.

Kana hails from Sendai, Japan, and holds a BFA in Dance from California State University. As a contemporary dancer, she toured extensively for almost a decade with Shen Wei Dance Arts. Her physical and movement training extends beyond all dance forms with the exploration and practice of Yoga, Butoh, Gaga, the Alexander Technique, BMC, and the Feldenkrais Method. She is also a certified Pilates trainer as well as a practitioner of the ancient Japanese bodywork, Kenbiki. As a movement teacher, Kana received mentorship from Nathan Flower and Julia Crockett, gaining deep insights into the work of the Williamson Technique and other pedagogies. She is also trained by Brenna Palughi in Body Intelligence/Allan Wayne Work .

In New York City, she has performed with Julia Crockett & Group and the Virago Theater. Her theater credits also include performances at Lincoln Center Theater and New Ohio Theatre.