Kana Ote is originally from Hamamatsu, Japan. She has recently been chosen to be a certified Gaga teacher and also a practitioner of the Ilan Lev method. Currently she teaches Gaga and practices Ilan Lev in Tokyo and throughout Japan.
In 2010, she received a grant from Pola Art Foundation (Japan) to study Gaga with Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, Israel, and soon after joined the Gaga Teacher Training Program.
In 2005, she began working as a freelance dancer in Europe, participating in the projects of Compagnia Zappala Danza, Compagnie Linga, Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater, and Ventura Dance Company, while also dancing with Bern Ballet and Carte Blanche. In 1999, she graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Lyon.