Sayoko Onishi

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Sayoko Onishi (born April 24, 1968) is a butoh dancer, choreographer and master from Japan, known for the development of the new butoh style, and the foundation of the International Butoh Academy in Palermo, Italy.

Life

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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. Later she began an intensive artistic activity under the supervision of Hironobu Oikawa, absorbing the choreographic style of butoh dance.[1]

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

She has been a guest teacher of butoh and new butoh for the National Academy of Dance [it],[5] the University of Siena,[6] and the University of Palermo.[7]

In 2000 Sayoko Onishi established in Palermo, Italy where she founded the International Butoh Academy at the presence of master and butoh founder Yoshito Ohno.[8][9] Sayoko Onishi and Yoshito Ohno are credited as being the first butoh choreographers to speak about New Butoh style.[10] The academy name was changed to New Butoh School in 2007.[11][12] In 2018 the New Butoh School established in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy.[13][14][15]

Onishi's active in Europe in the French company Man'ok & Cie in Nancy (France) since 2009 with the project MA2 (Move Art Two).[16][17]

With her new butoh style, Onishi[10] is considered one of the most important innovators in the international butoh panorama.[1][18]

Awards

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  • 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

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Ju-Ni Hitoe oder die Entdeckung der Seele (Documentary, 1994)[19]

Publications

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  • L'arte dell'improvvisazione, atto secondo, due interviste di Vito Minoia a Ginevra Sanguigno e a Sayoko Onishi - Proartis, ISSN 1594-3496
  • Catarsi : teatri delle diversità : rivista europea, A. 2015, n. 68-69, p. 40-41, "New Butoh al profumo di zagara : Sayoko Onishi" di Eugenia Casini Ropa - ISSN 1594-3496[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "eX...it!'19 international dance-eXchange and performance festival – august 2019". exit.broellin.de. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Animal Inside Cultures clip-fr". Tebby W.T. Ramasike – TeBogO Dance (in French). Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Studio L.U.M. dell'attore – ISCRIZIONI CHIUSE". unipa.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "compagnia Dulcamara Teatro | Sosta Palmizi". www.sostapalmizi.it. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bio Sayoko Onishi". hangartfest (in Italian). Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Il Personaggio/ Sayoko Onishi la danzatrice butoh che ama Rosa Balistreri". Accentonews.it (in Italian). February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "A PALERMO – NEW BUTOH SCHOOL". Scomunicando (in Italian). March 5, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Whelan, Christal (March 25, 2014). Kansai Cool: A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462914128.
  9. ^ Casari, Matteo; Cervellati, Elena (September 28, 2015). "Butō. Prospettive europee e sguardi dal Giappone". dar.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  10. ^ a b franciscasousa (September 21, 2015). "Dusk and Soil: New Butoh". Butoh Thoughts. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  11. ^ The unconscious roots of creativity. Madden, Kathryn Wood. Asheville, North Carolina. 2016. ISBN 9781630513863. OCLC 953927527.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ "Foto spettacoli e libri una settimana dedicata la Giappone – Parma – Repubblica.it". Parma – La Repubblica. November 16, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  13. ^ "New Butoh Dance Workshop con Sayoko Onishi". marchespettacolo.it. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  14. ^ Fracchiolla, Veronique (May 2, 2019). "Successo per il primo workshop di new butoh. Mimma Di Vittorio: "Grande emozione"". Ruvesi.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Official website". New Butoh School. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  16. ^ Ouest-France, Par (February 16, 2016). "Danse à Flers. Vidéo. Eden, Eden, Eden, de la compagnie Man'ok". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  17. ^ Sarrat, Yoann (March 16, 2017). Transgression et littérarité : l'oeuvre de Pierre Guyotat et son influence sur les milieux artistiques et littéraires (phdthesis thesis) (in French). Université Clermont Auvergne.
  18. ^ Cervellati, Elena. "Il butō: declinazioni europee". Hystrio. 1 (2012): 50. ISSN 1121-2691.
  19. ^ Ju-Ni Hitoe oder die Entdeckung der Seele, retrieved January 15, 2020
  20. ^ Casini-Ropa, Eugenia (January 13, 2020). "New Butoh al profumo di zagara : Sayoko Onishi / di Eugenia Casini Ropa". opac.sbn.it (in Italian). Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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