ballet; jazz dance; SASUKE ("Ninja Warriror"); fitness (TheFIRM, yoga, cardio kickboxing etc.) and nutrition(I am a bit of a workout freak...); freshwater aquaria; gardening; piano; collecting yukata (Japanese summer-time cotton kimono); bargain hunting on eBay; gaming ("Final Fantasy" series and "Legend of Zelda"); Japanese manga, especially "Inuyasha" and "Mermaid Saga" both by Rumiko Takahashi, and "Swan" by Kyoko Ariyoshi.
In my favorite yukata -- I have been writing yukata/obi related guides on eBay in English so that non-Japanese people can also enjoy those beautiful garments that I adore so much.
Müzik
Depeche Mode; New Order; John Mayer; Sting; Jamie Cullum; Seal; Pet Shop Boys; Rush; most classical music; cello (Jacqueline Du Pré, Yo-Yo Ma); piano music by Nobuo Uematsu (FFX especially!!!), David Lanz, and Michael Nyman ("The Piano");Joe Hisaishi (composer for Miyazaki's films); Absolutely positively no rap or country!
Piano is the instrument of my personality. I feel it is the grandest and most stylish of all instruments. The range(88 keys)of expression it affords us is tremendous. The few shortcomings(for the lack of better words) are that it is not portable (would be fun to jam on the main street like those guitar guys...), that you cannot control the volume once the key is struck and the sound is produced, and that it takes so long to tune/scale the instrument(again...88 strings to tune). Cello is a close second that I would like to pick up and learn someday. I love the cello concerto by Elgar. This piece was prominently featured in the movie "Hilary and Jackie" about a British cellist, Jacqueline du Pré, which is one of my favorite movies. Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" and Elgar's cello concerto always move me to tears.
"Music is the space between the notes." -- Claude Debussy
Filmler
most of Hayao Miyazaki films; most of Satoshi Kon films; Luc Besson films ("The Big Blue" is my favorite!); "The Last Samurai" (Ken Watanabe!!!); "Gladiator"; "Enter the Dragon" (Bruce Lee!!!); movies with Jet Li in them -- "Kiss of the Dragon" was based on a story by Li, screenplay written by Besson et al., and co-produced by both and "Danny the Dog" ("Unleashed" in US), another Besson/Li collaboration with Morgan Freeman as the blind piano tuner!!!(Mr. Freeman can bring instant credibility to all his movies ... amazing.); all the "Spider-Man" movies (with Tobey & Kirsten who bring so much "heart" to these movies, and cameos by Bruce "Don't call me Ash" Campbell -- guess he and Sam Raimi go way back to the "Evil Dead" days...); "The Piano"; "Shine"; "Hilary and Jackie"; "What the Bleep Do We Know?!"; "The Secret"; "The Wedding Singer" (love making fun of the 80's)
Many of my favorite movies make the list because of the soundtrack!
"As you think, so shall you become."
-- Bruce Lee
Televizyon
I love SASUKE (now showing on G4 as "Ninja Warrior")!!!;
adultswim on Cartoon Network ("Samurai Champloo", "Lupin the 3rd", "Paranoia Agent" and "Inuyasha"); "Medium"; "The Simpsons"; "Futurama"; "King of the Hill"; "Avatar: The Last Airbender" on nickleodeon; "Star Trek TNG"(Capt. Picard!!!); "X-files"; dance programs on Ovation TV. I don't like most of the so-called "reality" shows from AI to beauty pageants on free TV. I much prefer satellite TV! I probably use the TV for my workout videos and DVDs more.
Kitaplar
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens; "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami; "Coin Locker Babies" by Ryu Murakami; "Speak to Me, Dance with Me", an autobiography by Agnes De Mille
Kahramanları
My husband and daughter.
All the people who inspired me, encouraged me, and believed in me, and all those who will.
"Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles."
-- Henry Ward Beecher
Mesa State College
Grand Junction, CO
Mezun Olduğu Okul: 1991
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Ana dal: Social & Behavioral Science -- Psychology
Kulüpler: Psi Chi -- the National Honor Society in Psychology; graduated Cum Laude; Dean's List; student tutor (English, probability & statistics, sociology, psychology)
Yunanlı:
Psi Chi
Hakkımda: Hi, my name is Mutsumi "Mitzi" Sato-Wiuff. I am the owner/artist/designer of Studio Miyabi Ballet Gift Shop (www.cafepress.com/studiomiyabi) and the original Studio Miyabi -- an Online Ballet Watercolor Art Space & More(studio-miyabi.com). As of 11/23/09, I have over 1,700 ballet/dance gifts and apparel at the store, all designed by me, using my original ballet paintings done in watercolor, colored pencil or both. I aim to produce artwork that appeal to a broader range of audience/dance fans, not just children. My paintings and drawings are not cartoonish or cutesy, but whimsically realistic with emphasis on accurate depiction of ballet technique.
Here's a small sample of products that are new to the store for Fall/Winter 2009. www.cafepress.com/studiomiyabi
I was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to US when I was 19, so I can read, write and speak both Japanese and English equally well. It does come in handy from time to time when I least expect it. I now teach private lessons and classes in conversational Japanese to American students in my area.
My parents never allowed me to take ballet when I kept asking them from when I was in kindergarten to when I was about 10. I knew it would be too late to start training at that point to ever hope for a professional career in dance, so I stopped asking when I was about 12. It was years later when a friend spoke the words that struck a chord in me -- "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." Somehow, these words made me realize that I no longer needed anyone's permission to seek what my heart had been desiring for all those years. Although I had a relatively late introduction to the world of dance (jazz at 17 and serious ballet at 28), I have been a part-time ballet and jazz instructor at The Institute of Dancing Arts since 1999. I still take regular technique classes in ballet and do public performances with the company associated with the studio.
I started drawing with crayons as soon as I was able as a very small child. I ruined walls, appliances and furniture with my unbridled creativity (the proof is still at my parents' house). I loved creating art and it came more naturally to me than anything else. I had won numerous awards for my watercolor works as well as some wood prints while still in elementary and middle school. However, my parents did not encourage me to pursue this path, and there was a long hiatus from painting from high school to after college. Then as an adult, I came across a colored pencil book by a Canadian artist Bernard Poulin which changed the course of my life. Inspired by the unlimited possibilities of humble colored pencil as a medium, I was back creating large works in colored pencil, and several years later, became one of the signature members of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) and I had some of my works published. I was doing extremely tightly rendered and photographic art for fine art markets, juried exhibitions and other competitions for a while. It was years later when I finally combined my love for ballet/dance with my love of art. The result is the Studio Miyabi Ballet Art Gallery. Finally, I feel I have found my true self.
When I am not dancing or painting, I love to play my piano. Lately, I have been playing many pieces from the soundtrack of Final Fantasy X. Many selections from the soundtrack of the movie "The Piano" have been in my repertory since shortly after the movie came out. One of the most flattering comments was given to me when I was playing "Big My Secret" (by Michael Nyman) unknowingly in the company of a piano teacher and he asked "Do you teach?" (Imagine my surprise!) He was serious and offered me a teaching job at his studio, but I knew I could not consider myself a trained musician (even though I'd learned to read music and play the piano by the time I was in second grade). I am just happy that I can play at all for my own enjoyment and have music with me always.
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." -- Siddhartha Gautama
"What I dream of is an art of balance and purity, of serenity devoid of troubling and depressing subject matter." -- Henri Matisse
Kimle tanışmak isterim:
People who could inspire me in some way. Creative and original people who dare to tread the road less travelled.
(I would also like to meet a computer guru who can solve all my computer problems and an honest and reliable mechanic....)
But if I could just dream about meeting anyone, I would like to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama in person someday.
Friend requests are welcome. Please note that I have to decline friendship to people whose profile photos are not family friendly (This includes images that are too provocative, too dark or violent in theme, or profanity in caption.) because this is a public profile with friend list viewable to all. Thank you for your understanding. For more information on my 'cyber friend' policy, please read my blog entry titled, "My MySpace Friend Policy (rev. 5/25/07)".
Studio Miyabi Ballet Gifts | Arkadaşlar (En İyi 38)
At the name of Jesus, ev'ry knee shall bow.
Ev'ry tongue confess Him King of glory now.
'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call Him Lord,
Who from the beginning was the mighty Word.
Crown Him as your captain in temptation's hour.
Let His will enfold you in its light and pow'r.
Jesus, Lord and Savior, shall return again
with His Father's glory o'er the earth to reign,
'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call Him Lord,
Who from the beginning was the mighty Word.
Dear friend
I thank God for His blessings,
For shelter, friends and food;
For every need He did supply
And most of all, for you.
hey Mitzi, i hope everything is ok? i'm just checking in on you. I read your blogs and i would love to still be your friend even though you are no longer doing ballet. I am very sorry to hear about your injury and would love to hear from you soon.
p.s. our friend monique is M.I.A. she deleted her profile again lolz!
