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Sayoko Onishi (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 1968) is a butoh dancer, choreographer and master, known for the development of the new butoh style, and the foundation of the International Butoh Academy in Palermo, Italy (2005).

Life

Sayoko Onishi was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido on April 24, 1968.

In 1986 she started studying Butoh dance in the dance company Hoppo-Butoh Ha, with Ipei Yamada, then she began an intensive artistic activity under the supervision of Hironobu Oikawa, absorbing the choreographic style of butoh dance.[1]

Since 1990 she lives in Europe working as a professional choreographer and a dancer,teaching and performing all over the world. Her choreographic projects have been founded by the Deutche Oper in Berlin[2], the Amsterdams Fonds voor de kunst[3], the University of Palermo[4], the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.[5]

She has been a guest teacher of butoh and new butoh for the Accademia Nazionale di Danza di Roma[6], the University di Siena[7], and the University of Palermo.[8]

In 2000 Sayoko Onishi established in Palermo, Italy where she founded a the International Butoh Academy at the presence of master and butoh founder Yoshito Ohno[9][10]. Sayoko Onishi and Yoshito Ohno are credited as being the first butoh choreographers to speak about New Butoh style[11]. The academy name was changed in New Butoh School in 2007[12][13].

With her new butoh style Sayoko Onishi [11]is one of the most important innovators in the international butoh panorama.[1][14]

Awards

  • 1st prize at the International Dance Competition in Augusburg (Germany) (1997)
  • 1st prize at the Die Platze contemporary dance competition in Tokyo with her performance "Primavera Siciliana" (2006)

Filmography

Ju-Ni Hitoe oder die Entdeckung der Seele (Documentary, 1994)[15]

https://www.butoh.it

References

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  2. ^ "Minako Seki", Wikipedia (in German), 2019-05-02, retrieved 2019-10-17
  3. ^ "Animal Inside Cultures clip-fr". Tebby W.T. Ramasike - TeBogO Dance (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. ^ "Studio L.U.M. dell'attore - ISCRIZIONI CHIUSE". www.unipa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  5. ^ "compagnia Dulcamara Teatro | Sosta Palmizi". www.sostapalmizi.it. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  6. ^ "Bio Sayoko Onishi". hangartfest (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  7. ^ "Il Personaggio/ Sayoko Onishi la danzatrice butoh che ama Rosa Balistreri". Accentonews.it (in Italian). 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  8. ^ "A PALERMO - NEW BUTOH SCHOOL". Scomunicando (in Italian). 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  9. ^ Whelan, Christal (2014-03-25). Kansai Cool: A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462914128.
  10. ^ Casari, Matteo; Cervellati, Elena (2015-09-28). "Butō. Prospettive europee e sguardi dal Giappone". www.dar.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  11. ^ a b franciscasousa (2015-09-21). "Dusk and Soil: New Butoh". Butoh Thoughts. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  12. ^ The unconscious roots of creativity. Madden, Kathryn Wood,. Asheville, North Carolina. ISBN 9781630513863. OCLC 953927527.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ "Foto spettacoli e libri una settimana dedicata la Giappone - Parma - Repubblica.it". Parma - La Repubblica. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  14. ^ Cervellati, Elena. "Il butō: declinazioni europee". Hystrio. 1.2012: 50. ISSN 1121-2691.
  15. ^ "Sayoko Onishi". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-14.