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Updated 11/18/2020

Michael Sakamoto

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Michael Sakamoto is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar active in dance, theatre, performance, photography, and media. His solo, ensemble, and visual works have been presented in 15 countries throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Michael’s recent tours include: "Flash," a butoh/hip-hop duet with Rennie Harris; "Soil," a dance theater trio with performers from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam/USA; and "blind spot," an intermedia performance around personal identity and corporate militarism. Michael's research and performance interests include contemporary imaginings of the butoh-based "body in crisis," corporeal and mediated embodiments of self-reflection and social resistance, and performing the cultural commons and cultural sustainability. He holds an MFA in Dance and PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA, is former Co-Director of Goddard College's MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program and former Assistant Professor in Dance at the University of Iowa. In addition to his artistic and scholarly practice, Michael currently serves as Associate Director of Programming and Director of the Asian Arts and Cultures Program at the Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst. 

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MICHAEL SAKAMOTO
Job Title: Dance Theater / Photography / Media / Scholar
Phone: 3105627947
Address:
Amherst, MA 01002

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - Photography

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Criticism / Journalism
  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Community Arts
  • Consulting - Curatorial Services
  • Design Services
  • Marketing Services
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Publishing
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 5

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • School Groups

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Dance Studies Association

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Dance Studies Association

Awards

Awards:

  • National Dance Project Production Grantee
  • Asian Arts Council grantee
  • Japan Foundation Arts and Culture Grantee
  • DanceUSA/James Irvine Foundation California Dancemaker Grantee
  • Arts International touring grantee
  • Meet the Composer Grantee
  • California Community Foundation Artist Fellowship Grantee
  • Center for Cultural Innovation Grantee

Education

Education:

  • PhD, Culture and Performance, UCLA, 2012
  • MFA, Dance, UCLA, 2010

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

$500 - $5,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

$500 - $5,000

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Variable. Stage-based works require lighting package, house stereo system, and sometimes video projection. Site-specific work requirements TBD.

Fee Range:

$500 - $20,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

5