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イギリス人の母と日本人の父を持ち、
英語と日本語のネイティブスピーカー。
小金井市出身。
英語絵本作家である母（大江パトリシア）が出版した絵本、"Peter the lonely Pineapple"のテーマソングを12歳で作詞作曲。

音楽を趣味として続けながら

国際教養学部を卒業し、

東ロンドンの難民支援団体PRAXISにてRefugee Youth Art Projectを担当する。

一般社団法人ボランティアプラットフォームを通してカンボジア駐在員としてシェムリアップ村の小学校支援を担当。

子どもに教えることに興味を持ち、帰国後は

株式会社ボーダーリンク（東証一部ウィルグループの子会社）が運営するインターナショナルアフタースクールの立上げに携わり、カリキュラム開発責任者として0歳～12歳のESLプログラム、英語探求型プログラムを開発。

音楽や演劇、アートで英語の表現力を身につけるためのアクティビティも取り入れ、ユニークなアフタースクールの運営を行った。

現在は小金井市English Flower Gardenの主宰、杉並区にあるHana Houseにて英語で演劇や音楽、探求型学習を教えている。
加えて二児の母、シンガー、ナレーターとして奮闘中。
 

Erika was brought up bilingually in English and Japanese by a British mother and a Japanese father.

She composed her first children's song at the age of 12 for a picture book, "Peter the Lonely Pineapple" which her mother, Patricia Daly Oe published. 

After graduating in Liberal Arts, she was in charge of a Refugee Youth Art Project at PRAXIS, a nonprofit organization in East London. Then worked in Cambodia to help run a language program for elementary schools with Volunteer Platform, a nonprofit organization in Japan.

After realizing her passion as a teacher, Erika was requested to help develop the Curriculum at Global Field, an English after-school program in Tokyo. Erika developed a unique curriculum using Project Based Learning methods, and activities that helped children express themselves, through art, music, and drama.

Erika now owns English Flower Garden, an English school based in Koganei, and is a mother of 2 children and a singer and narrator.

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Debbie (デビー)は、５歳からバレエとモダンダンスのレッスンを始める。

すぐにダンスへの特別な想いを抱き、その情熱は１６歳の時、ニュージーランド•ウェリントン市にあるThe New Zealand School of Danceへの奨学生という形で夢を叶える。

卒業後は、ダンス•歌•演技を駆使し、ニュージーランドで多数のダンスやシアターカンパニーで活躍。　

2009年に東京へ来日してからは、数々のショー、ミュージックビデオ、TVコマーシャルに出演。木村カエラ、黒木メイサとの共演、ディズニーワールドクラブエンターテイナーとして日本各地をツアーするなど、プロとしての経験は豊富。

現在は、こどもたち向けに、バレエ、チアダンス、音楽＆ムーブメントの英語クラスを教えている。

Debbieは、クリエイティブな友人たちと共に公演を行ったり、生徒や二人の娘たちと、ダンスや歌への情熱を分かち合うのをとても楽しんでいる。

Debbie began dance lessons at age 5 with Ballet and Modern dance class. She soon realized her love for dance and at age 16 her dream came true when she was offered a scholarship to study full time at The New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington. Since graduating Debbie has enjoyed a career as a professional dancer, singer and actor performing with many New Zealand Dance and Theatre companies. After moving to Tokyo in 2009 Debbie has been featured in various Live shows, Music videos and TV commercials. Highlights have included performing with Kimura Kaela, Kuroki Meisa, and touring Japan as a Disney World Club Entertainer. She currently teaches children’s Ballet, Cheer Dance and Music&Movement English classes. Debbie enjoys to perform with her creative friends and share her love of dance and music with her students and her two daughters.

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Joy grew up in the United States, where her home was surrounded by trees, and deer roaming calmly in the yard was a daily occurance. She loved spending her free time exploring the beautiful woods around her house. She first visited Japan at the age of 13, and was intrigued by how different everything was to her own upbringing. During high school, while also being involved in jazz dance, cheerleading, musical theater, and symphony band, she came to Japan again as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in Osaka. She went on to major in Japanese at Michigan State University and completed a term of study abroad in Shiga Prefecture with a scholarship. After university, Joy moved to Japan to work as an English teacher. She has also done television and movie work, translation, and has volunteered her time including several trips to the Tohoku region after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and offering support to Ukrainian refugees in Japan. Joy has loved musicals ever since she can remember, which she attributes to watching with her mother from a very early age. She now has two children of her own, and enjoys singing and dancing with them every day.

東京都出身。ニューヨーク州の大学で環境デザインを専攻し、卒業後日本で一般企業に勤める。ドイツ居住中に英語で生活を始めたのをきっかけに、３人の子どもを日英バイリンガル育児中。

北米、ヨーロッパなど複数の国に滞在経験があり、保育士免許取得後、現在は幼稚園で海外から来た児童の日本語指導、通訳、小学校の外国語活動（英語）講師など幅広く活動中。学生時代、英語を頑張って勉強するも、思うように話せるようになるまで時間がかかり苦労した経験を元に、楽しく実践的な言語指導を心がけている。

子ども時代はダンス大好き。アメリカの大学在学中に劇場でボランティアをしていた時にブロードウェイミュージカルに熱中する。好きなミュージカルはRENT、Into the Woods.

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根本舞（Mai Nemoto-Kelly）は、5歳でクラシックバレエを始める。

15歳で初めてミュージカル『Cats』を観て、表現の幅広さに感銘を受ける。

19歳で英国のLiverpool Institute for Performing Arts ダンスコースへ入学。

24歳で米国ニューヨークのThe Ailey Schoolへ入学。

ニューヨーク留学中に、日本各地の民踊を踊る『民舞座』に出会い、約10年在籍。

土の匂いのする日本文化に惚れる。

2016年に日本へ帰国後は、双子女子の子育てに奮闘しながら、時々公園のはらっぱで盆踊りを開催。

こどもたちや親御さん、踊りたい人たちと自由に踊ることに喜びを感じる。

Broccoli Bunch Theatreが、念願のミュージカルデビュー。

Mai Nemoto-Kelly started her classical ballet training at the age of 5. 

She was blown away by Cats, the first musical she saw, when she was 15.

At the age of 19, she entered the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in England, and she continued her study dancing at The Ailey School in New York. 

She was a proud member of the Japanese folk dance group based in New York called Minbu-za for ten years.

Since moving back to Japan in 2016, she has been enjoying being the mother of delightful twin girls. When she finds the time, she organizes Bon-odori, Japanese folk dance events at public parks. 

Broccoli Bunch Theatre is her musical debut, which she has been dreaming of for a long time.

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Michele Richardson is happy to be part of The Broccoli Bunch! 

She was a shy kid, always imagining stories, so she started writing plays and getting her friends involved in performing. Her love of storytelling and performing grew and led her to work professionally as an actor in NYC doing film, theater, TV and commercials for about ten years. During this time, she also directed a literacy and performing arts program for kids in addition to joining many collaborations teaching kids, adults and older adults theater-making and storytelling as a vehicle for social change in their communities. 

In 2019, she moved to Tokyo with her family. Acting and voice credits in Japan: Tohoshinki,, Unbelievable, Honda, Shiseido, NHK Business English Radio, NHK Direct Talk news, World Health Organization and various videos/textbooks teaching English. She also works as an English writer and narrator with her husband’s video production company. 

Currently her imaginative and joyous daughters keep her on her toes and in the present. 

東京生まれ。幼少期は、シンガポールや北海道など、様々な土地で育つ。幼い頃より、留学生のホームステイ受け入れなどをしていた体験から、文化の違いや海外の価値観に興味を持つ。早稲田大学国際教養学部では、人種の多様性や、人権について学び、１年間のニューヨーク留学を体験。

幼少期より、クラシックピアノを習い、大学からジャズビックバンドに参加。現在は、ソロのピアノ演奏やジャズバンド演奏を定期的に行っている。また、自然の心地よさを音にのせたオリジナルＣＤの制作など、自身の世界観を大切にしている。

英語講師歴１０年。表現したい方のための英会話教室 Creative English主宰。バイリンガルキッズ向けに英語でのピアノレッスンも開講中。

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Born in Tokyo, Haruka was brought up in Singapore and Hokkaido. With her interests in cultural differences and diversity, she was majored in liberal arts at Waseda University, with one year at State University of New York, Stony brook.

Beside her studies, she has always loved playing piano. Her music style ranges from classic music, jazz and improvisation. She loves nature and also loves to draw.

She has taught English for ten years to all ages using arts and music. Now she teaches piano to bilingual children in English.