Uta Takemura was born in Japan and grew up in Singapore and Taiwan before moving to the USA at the age of 18.

She received her BFA with honors in dance from State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she was a recipient of the Siedman Award for Dance.

She has performed and taught nationally and internationally with numerous dance companies, including Mark Morris Dance Group (for 24 years) and Pam Tanowitz Dance with whom she received the New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award. Uta began volunteering with the Dance for PD ® community in Brooklyn in 2010 and has never stopped. She has had the pleasure of teaching with Dance for PD ® with Mark Morris Dance Group since 2014. She also enjoys sharing her love of dance and movement with older adults through Mark Morris Dance Center Community Education program.