Dai Matsuoka
Butoh Dancer/Choreographer, LAND FES Director. Graduated Sophia University, the Faculty of Comparative Culture. Graduated 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, Unetsu and ARC. Matsuoka is a founder and director of LAND FES since 2011, 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 … Continued