Tamae Yoneda is a contemporary dancer based in Berlin from Osaka, Japan. She is the founder of the dance company “Amaiame”. After reaching the finals at Japan's largest dance competition, ‘Japan Dance Delight’ in 2014, she was invited to various dance events both as a guest dancer and as judge, including ‘Open Your Mind Japan’ 2017 edition. Although her background is mostly Contemporary, she is very interested in and constantly exposes herself to other disciplines of dance. Tamae’s desire is to understand how body movement can be used as a tool to express deep human emotions which resonate with everyone, regardless of their origin or background. Currently she is teaching contemporary dance at the Flying Steps academy, Dart Dance student program, Tanzfabrik Berlin and Tanzhalle for professional training and she is a team member of the London based ‘201 Dance Company’.