RIE KATAGIRI
Based out of Los Angeles, Rie has choreographed and coached Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei for Darren Aronofsky's acclaimed film The Wrestler, as well as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Juno Temple and Lana del Ray. Her passionate pursuit of embodying raw feelings and wild beauty through movement can be seen in all of the projects Rie has been involved in.
FILM AND TV:
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The Last Thing He Told Me, intimacy coach for Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Daisy Jones & the Six, movement coach for Riley Keough
Where the Crawdads Sing, movement coach for Daisy Edgar Jones (theatrical release, July 2022 )
The Wrestler, choreographer for Oscar Nominee Marisa Tomei
Ghost Whisperer, choreographer for Jennifer Love Hewitt
Californication, choreographer for Eva Amurri
Afternoon Delight, choreographer and movement coach for Juno Temple
Will & Grace, dance consultant for Debra Messing
MUSIC VIDEO/SHORT FILM:
Tropico, pole dance instructor for Lana Del Rey
Midnight Moan - What I Need, choreographer and dancer
Polyplastic - My Prescription, choreographer
Polyplastic - I See a Dip
LIVE:
Eve Ensler’s V Day 2009, 2011, 2018 - after party show director/choreographer/performer
The Rouge Follies - Henry Fonda Theater, pole dance soloist
The Rouge Cabaret - King King Hollywood, pole dance soloist
LA Unbound - El Portal Theater, choreographer/dancer
Blackout, Beverly Hills - Aqua, pole dance trainer
“Rie was an amazing dance teacher, I think it’s actually AN amazing thing for a young woman because you’re growing up, figuring out your body, working it out… she’s so sensual about the human female body and she said that each moment where you kind of strike a sexy pose, it should feel like a stretch for you so it was a great experience learning to do all that. Very nerve wracking when I had to do it on camera but she was there and she was really supportive”. - Juno Temple on Afternoon Delight