Sayoko Onishi Explained

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

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,^[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 is considered one of the most important innovators in the international butoh panorama.^[18]

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)

Publications

• 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^[19]

External links

• https://www.butoh.it
• https://www.newbutohschool.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: eX...it!'19 international dance-eXchange and performance festival – august 2019. exit.broellin.de. October 17, 2019.
2. Web site: Animal Inside Cultures clip-fr. Tebby W.T. Ramasike – TeBogO Dance. fr-FR. October 17, 2019.
3. Web site: Studio L.U.M. dell'attore – ISCRIZIONI CHIUSE. unipa.it. it. October 17, 2019.
4. Web site: compagnia Dulcamara Teatro Sosta Palmizi. www.sostapalmizi.it. October 17, 2019.
5. Web site: Bio Sayoko Onishi. hangartfest. it. October 17, 2019.
6. Web site: Il Personaggio/ Sayoko Onishi la danzatrice butoh che ama Rosa Balistreri. February 4, 2016. Accentonews.it. it-IT. October 17, 2019.
7. Web site: A PALERMO – NEW BUTOH SCHOOL. March 5, 2011. Scomunicando. it. October 17, 2019.
8. Book: Whelan, Christal. Kansai Cool: A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan. March 25, 2014. Tuttle Publishing. 9781462914128. en.
9. Web site: Butō. Prospettive europee e sguardi dal Giappone. Casari. Matteo. Cervellati. Elena. September 28, 2015. dar.unibo.it. it. October 14, 2019.
10. Web site: Dusk and Soil: New Butoh. franciscasousa. September 21, 2015. Butoh Thoughts. October 17, 2019.
11. Book: The unconscious roots of creativity. Madden, Kathryn Wood. 9781630513863. Asheville, North Carolina. 953927527. 2016.
12. Web site: Foto spettacoli e libri una settimana dedicata la Giappone – Parma – Repubblica.it. Parma – La Repubblica. November 16, 2010 . October 17, 2019.
13. Web site: New Butoh Dance Workshop con Sayoko Onishi. marchespettacolo.it. October 19, 2019.
14. Web site: Successo per il primo workshop di new butoh. Mimma Di Vittorio: "Grande emozione". Fracchiolla. Veronique. May 2, 2019. Ruvesi.it. it-IT. October 19, 2019.
15. Web site: Official website. New Butoh School. 2020-02-17.
16. Web site: Danse à Flers. Vidéo. Eden, Eden, Eden, de la compagnie Man'ok. Ouest-France. Par. 2016-02-16. Ouest-France.fr. fr. 2020-01-15.
17. Transgression et littérarité : l'oeuvre de Pierre Guyotat et son influence sur les milieux artistiques et littéraires. Université Clermont Auvergne. 2017-03-16. phdthesis. fr. Yoann. Sarrat.
18. Cervellati. Elena. Il butō: declinazioni europee. Hystrio. 1. 2012. 50. 1121-2691.
19. Web site: New Butoh al profumo di zagara : Sayoko Onishi / di Eugenia Casini Ropa. Casini-Ropa. Eugenia. 2020-01-13. opac.sbn.it. it. 2020-01-15.