Erina Nakamine

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Erina Nakamine

Born in Okinawa Prefecture, Erina Nakamine is a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, where she also completed a master’s degree in Theater Arts. She has worked at museums throughout the prefecture as a curator specializing in art and crafts from the era of the Ryukyu Kingdom through to modern Okinawa, and joined Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt as a Planning and Production Manager and Curator in 2021. Nakamine has been responsible for the planning and production of contemporary art exhibitions and stage performances at NAHArt, with projects including exhibitions such as Chiharu Shiota’s The Shape of Life and Yuken Teruya’s Chorus, the Ryukyuan performing arts stage work Kokera Otoshi no Gi to commemorate the venue’s opening, and Yuken Teruya’s Okinawan adaptation of the opera . She is also active as a Ryukyuan dance performer, and received an honorable mention at the 6th National Theatre Okinawa Creative Dance Awards. She heads the Ryubu Kenkyujo (Ryukyuan Dance Research Institute), and also works as a part-time lecturer at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.