Mami Itasaka-Keister

Mami Itasaka-Keister (Ms. Miko Bando) is Co-Director of the CU Japanese Ensemble at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received the B.A. in English Literature from Komazawa University in Japan and has studied traditional Japanese dance under numerous master teachers, including Ms. Miyoka Bando. In 2012 she received her licensure in classical Japanese dance (nihon buyo) of the Bando school, one of the oldest schools of dance in Japan, and received the artist name Miko Bando.