Dai Matsuoka graduated from Sophia University, the Faculty of Comparative Culture and the Kuwasawa Design School. Dai Matsuoka has been performing with Sankai Juku since 2005 and has appeared in some of their major works including Kinkan Shonen, Tobari, Unestsu and ARC.
Matsuoka is a founder and director of LAND FES since 2011, a non-profit organization that has the purpose of connecting dance artists, local communities and social minorities.
He has been leading the Scramble Dance Project since 2017, in which both people with and without disabilities create dance together. This inclusive dance project initially instructed by Yoshito Ohno, a legendary figure of Butoh, has been continued by Dai Matsuoka and his organization LAND FES until now and presented its works in several opportunities such as Korea International Accessible Dance Festival 2023 in Seoul, South Korea.
He also runs BUTOH CHOREO LAB, an online platform with video lessons by high-profile Butoh dancers.
He has collaborated globally with artists such as Phantom Limb Company(NY) for “Falling Out”, with Paola Prestini (NY) for “Houses of Zodiac”. In 2021, he was the curator of “Tokyo Real Underground”, the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special13 program. He is a Life Kinetik® certified trainer.
Links to work:
e.g show with wheelchair dancer!
Review by Total Theater of “Houses of Zodiac”
Review by Los Angeles Times of “Tobari”
Contact information:
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