Sachiyo Ito Explained

Sachiyo Ito
Native Name:伊藤さちよ
Birth Place:Tokyo
Years Active:1972–date
Known For:Japanese dance
Website:http://dancejapan.com

Sachiyo Ito (伊藤さちよ; born 1949) is an artist and choreographer of classical, traditional, and contemporary Japanese dance, and arts educator in the United States since 1972.[1] [2]

Career

Ito's professional debut was at the American Dance Festival held at Connecticut College in June 1972, where she gave a kabuki dance performance and offered a workshop. That fall, she began her Master of Arts degree in dance at NYU’s School of Education. Soon after, she began working for Japan House, now called Japan Society, to introduce the arts and culture of Japan into the New York City Tri-State area public schools. In the 1980s to 1990s, she performed for Asia Society’s education department, and from 1999 to 2000, she was a touring artist for Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education.[3]

Her New York debut in 1974 was at Japan House,[4] [5] where she has offered a variety of performances and programs.[6] [7] Under the sponsorship of Asia Society in the mid-1980s, she performed throughout the United States[8] [9] and Canada, earning the and the Midwest,[10] where her performances were identified as the "Rocky's Kabuki."

From 1970 to 1980, she was invited to perform on tour throughout the United States with the All Nations Dance Company based at International House in New York City.[11] Outside the USA, she has performed and offered workshops at Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland (1979), Bonn International Dance Workshop, Germany (1983),[12] and Congreso Mundial, Spain (2009). Her tour to South America in 2005, was sponsored by the Japan Foundation.[13]

Her performance credits include Japan Society (1974, 1979, 1980), New York City Center (1980), Theater of the Open Eye (1981), Asia Society (1981, 1983, 1984), Riverside Church (1982, 1984, 1986),[14] [15] Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (2006), and Waves of Tradition at Brooksfield World Trade Center Rotunda (2017). Performances at Lincoln Center in New York include Performing Arts Library (1995, 1996, 2005), Allice Tully Hall (1999), Clark Studio Theatre (1999), Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011), and Meet the Artists (2014). Ito also performed at numerous museums throughout the United States, including Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1981), Metropolitan Museum of Art (2003), Philadelphia Museum of Art (1979, 2004), and Museum of the City of New York (2010).

In addition to her performing career, Ito has served as a visiting professor at colleges[16] and universities and gave workshops at numerous schools and cultural institutions. She also offered courses at several American colleges and universities including The Juilliard School and New York University, where she served as Adjunct Professor the 1970s to the 1980s.[17]

Sachiyo Ito and Company

In 1981, Ito founded Sachiyo Ito and Company, a performing dance company and school of classical, traditional, and contemporary Japanese dance that also offers workshops, lecture demonstrations and other educational and public events on Japanese dance and culture.[18] [19]

The company has performed for many festivals, including the Japanese festivals in Missouri Botanical Garden (1985, 2014)[20] and cherry blossom festivals, such as Sakura Matsuri at Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 1981,[21] The Cherry Blossom Festival in Philadelphia in 2002 and 2003, Bloomfest at Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ since 2015, and National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. in 2019, 2022, and 2023.

The 25th Anniversary concert (1997) of Ito's debut in USA was the Company's first home season concert to receive recognition for cultural exchange by the Japanese Ambassador of New York.[22] Subsequent benchmark performances, such as the 50th Anniversary Concert of Ito's Japan debut and 30th anniversary of Sachiyo Ito and Company, were supported by the Consulate General of Japan in New York.

From 1998 to 2023 the Company presented its Salon Series, an ongoing program of performances and lecture-demonstrations that introduced and explored various aspects of Japanese performing arts and culture. Held three times a year, it was a forum for dialogue and exchange between audiences and world-class guest artists.[23]

Awards and commemorations

In 2008, Sachiyo Ito received the Foreign Minister's Award from the Japanese Foreign Ministry in recognition of her work in introducing the arts and culture of Japan to the United States, and for fostering a good-will friendship between the countries.[24]

In 2011, Ito received a Proclamation from the Mayor of New York City commemorating 30 years since the founding of Sachiyo Ito and Company non-profit organization.[25]

Reception

Numerous articles have been written about Ito's choreography and dance performances.

BK Reader

New York Times

The Trinity Tripod

Publications

External links

Official Website

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Performances on YouTube

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2023-05-04 . 2023-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504015130/https://dancejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Dance-Magazine-Jan-2008.pdf . live .
  2. Graham, Ruth. (2004, July 27). Sharing Her Art With a Flick of Her Fan and a Flutter of Her Kimono Sleeve. The New York Sun, p. 15.
  3. Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education. (1999).1999-2000 Repertory. Summer Session Bulletin 1999 [Brochure], p.11.
  4. McDonagh, Don. (1974, April 19). Control and Grace in Miss. Ito's Dance. The New York Times, p.25.
  5. Jowitt, Deborah. (1974, April 25). Dance. The Village Voice, p. 41.
  6. Jowitt, Deborah. (1979, February 12). Who Are the Watchers, Who the Dancers? The Village Voice, p. 83.
  7. Anderson, Jack. (1979, January 19). Dance: Mythology of the Japanese. The New York Times, p.23.
  8. Lawson, Evelyn. (1974, July 12). Sachiyo Ito Dances Show Rare Beauty. Cape Cod Standard-Times, p. 2.
  9. Bass Jr., James T. (1984, March 21). Skilled Japanese Dancers Show How Less Can Be More. Macon Telegraph and News.
  10. Fox, Peter. (1985, April 19). Genius and Genesis in Kabuki Show. The Billings Gazette.
  11. Anderson, Jack. (1982, October 15). Dance: Sachiyo Ito Presents The Old and New Japanese. The New York Times.
  12. Reichow-Schürmann, Von Christa. (1983, July 12). Tanzkunst auf leisen Sohlen. General-Anzeiger.
  13. Espectáculo gratuito de danzas japonesas. (2005, December 2). ABC.com.https://www.abc.com.py/espectaculos/espectaculo-gratuito-de-danzas-japonesas-872553.html
  14. "Sachiyo Ito to Capture Japanese Dance". SUNY Cortland. 5 March 2013.https://www2.cortland.edu/bulletin/news-detail.dot?id=d3d39c55-1dc9-461e-9fda-90c00c93b1e2
  15. Harbarger, Molly (3 December 2009). "Japanese dance students at Stephens College prepare for performance". Columbian Missourian.https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/japanese-dance-students-at-stephens-college-prepare-for-performance/article_ad8dbac3-fea7-589e-8ba8-39f61df78f8d.html
  16. Anderson, Jack. (1982, October 15). Dance: Sachiyo Ito Presents The Old and New Japanese. The New York Times.
  17. Parks, Gary. (1984, April 11). Sachiyo Ito: East Meets West. Washington Market Review, Vol. V, No. 17.
  18. Birzen, Lisa. (2009, October) Nihon Buyo -- Dance is a Mirror into Japanese Culture. Chopsticks NY, Vol. 30, p. 49.
  19. Berdah-Canet, Ruth. (2016, August). Sacred Traditions Meet Art in Traditional Dancing. Chopsticks NY, Vol. 112, p.36.
  20. Sarah Bryan, Miller (August 29, 2014). "Sachiyo Ito & Co. brings classical dance to Japanese Festival". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.https://www.stltoday.com/search/?nsa=eedition&app=editorial&d1=2014-05-04&d2=&s=start_time&sd=desc&l=25&t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&q=dance+is+a+Mirror+of+a+Culture&d1=2014-05-04&d2=2014-10-01
  21. Tobol, Sarah. (2009, April 28). Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossoms Return to Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
  22. "Sachiyo Ito: 25th anniversary." (1997) [video]. General Dance Video Archive: Jerome Robbins Dance Division. New York Public Library. Retrieved October 9, 2022.https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86bb0de6-227d-4e4d-8138-de4e95d287c3
  23. "世界の中での日本舞踊を伝えて". nyseikatsu.com. June 20, 2019.https://www.nyseikatsu.com/featured-article/06/2019/25730/
  24. "2008 Foreign Minister's Commendations". Consulate-General of Japan in New York. September 9, 2008.https://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/photo_gallery/2008/pg080909.html
  25. "Sachiyo Ito Reflects on 30 Years of Teaching Japanese Dance in New York". Japan Culture NYC. January 7, 2012.
  26. https://www.bkreader.com/arts-entertainment/photos-japanese-dancers-bring-extra-color-to-bks-blooming-botanic-garden-6546731
  27. News: Rocco . Claudia La . 2013-05-27 . Now Resurfacing, the Myth of the Serpent Scorned . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307164230/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/theater/reviews/dojoji-the-man-inside-the-bell-at-clurman-theater.html . live .
  28. News: Anderson . Jack . 1999-12-14 . DANCE REVIEW; Peace Quest, Personal And Global . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504015128/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/14/arts/dance-review-peace-quest-personal-and-global.html . live .
  29. News: Anderson . Jack . 1986-10-04 . THE DANCE: SACHIYO ITO, WITH A BOW TO THE PAST . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504021137/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/04/arts/the-dance-sachiyo-ito-with-a-bow-to-the-past.html . live .
  30. News: Anderson . Jack . 1982-10-15 . WORLD TOUR OF DANCE AT HOME . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509041410/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/arts/world-tour-of-dance-at-home.html . live .
  31. News: Dunning . Jennifer . 1980-02-22 . Dance: Sachiyo Ito Presents Classics at Japan House . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230506135552/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/02/22/archives/dance-sachiyo-ito-presents-classics-at-japan-house.html . live .
  32. News: Corry . John . 1979-06-30 . The Theater: 'And the Soul Shall Dance' . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509041412/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/30/archives/the-theater-and-the-soul-shall-dance-the-cast.html . live .
  33. News: Anderson . Jack . 1979-01-19 . Dance: Mythology of the Japanese . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230506042715/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/19/archives/dancemythology-of-the-japanese.html . live .
  34. News: 1974-04-19 . CONTROL AND GRACE IN MISS ITO'S DANCE . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-14 . 0362-4331 . 2023-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504015126/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/19/archives/control-and-grace-in-miss-itos-dance.html . live .
  35. Brenman, Steven (March 8, 1983). "Dancer Breathes Delicacy, Exquisite Movement into Oriental Dance Form". The Trinity Tripod. p. 10.https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2243&context=tripod

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