Works

Hijikata Three Chapters 土方三章

Choreographed by Tatsumi Hijikata
Supervised and Narrated by Yoshito Ohno
Performed by Dai Matsuoka

“Hijikata Three Chapters” has been long performed by Yoshito Ohno, since Tatsumi Hijikata choreographed this piece for him in 1985. In 2018, not only for the purpose of delving into the early period Butoh method, but also for the archival purpose to make the important piece survive, Dai Matsuoka asked Yoshito Ohno to pass the choreography on him, and give directions to the new version in which Matsuoka performs the piece.Through this piece, Matsuoka, one of the main dancers of Sankaijuku, realizes the timeless collaboration with the founder of Butoh, and the living legend of Butoh.

LAND FES PLUS

In the time of COVID-19, Dai Matsuoka has started producing and directing dance movies for LAND FES that he founded in 2011.

BUTOH CHOREO LAB

Dai Matsuoka produces the online platform of Butoh exploration, BUTOH CHOREO LAB. https://butohchoreolab.com/

The unique form of Butoh was born out of Japan in the 1960s. Today, Butoh is known internationally and there are practitioners all over the world, but as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, opportunities for people to access Butoh have plummeted. In such times, BUTOH CHOREO LAB aims to develop, popularise and pass on Butoh, by sharing Butoh dancers’ thoughts and techniques on choreography from the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio to an online platform.

Something Called Butoh Interview Series

This interview series is based on the book “Something Called Butoh” which was published in 2020 as a report on worldwide Butoh surveys conducted by the Dance Archive Network from 2017 to 2019. In order to delve into the phenomenon of “Butoh” that is widespread all over the world, Dai Matsuoka, an editor of the book, interviews various Butoh artists.

To purchase the book “Something Called Butoh” (*International shipping available)

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4902098113

Guest #2: Yumi Umiumare (Merlbourne, Australia)

Guest #1: Atsushi Takenouchi (Tuscany, Italy)

Inclusive Dance Workshop in Odawara City

Originally led by Yoshito Ohno, now the workshop is facilitated by Dai Matsuoka and takes place on a regular basis. Hosted by Odawara City in Kanagawa, this workshop is for a wide range of people to experience and have fun with dance, including non-experienced, people with disabilities, and children.

See more at
https://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/field/lifelong/culture/event/2016SDP.html

De-tale

Dai Matsuoka’s solo work in Akira Miyanaga’s projection image for KAAT Exhibition 2017.
https://www.kaat.jp/d/ke2017

振付・構成・出演：松岡大
映像：宮永亮
映像原画：三瀬夏之介
衣装：榎本多賀

Choreography/Direction/Performance:Dai Matsuoka
Video Image:Akira Miyanaga
Original Image:Natsunosuke Mise
Costume:Taka Enomoto

Phantom Limb Company
“Falling Out”

“For the past 10 years, relentlessly inquisitive theater artists Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko have created onstage magic as a means to address current events and timeless mythologies. Their latest is a rippling meditation on water, heartbreak, and healing in response to the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. In collaboration with Dai Matsuoka of dance troupe Sankai Juku, the work weaves flex dance, butoh, and Phantom Limb’s unique puppet theater into a visually arresting tapestry of collective experience and artistic alchemy.”(from BAM website)

Direction and design:Jessica Grindstaff
Original music and puppet design:Erik Sanko
Butoh Master:Dai Matsuoka
Costumes:Henrik Vibskov
Lighting Design:Brian H Scott
Sound design:Darron L West
Video design:Keith Skretch
Dramaturgy:Janice Paran

Produced by Octopus Theatricals.
Creative Producer:Mara Isaacs/Octopus Theatricals

Premiered at OZ Arts Nashville OZ(2018)
Comissioned by BAM(2018)
https://www.bam.org/theater/2018/falling-out

UNBALANCE

UNBALANCE. A multimedia butoh research. from Mariano Leotta on Vimeo.

UNBALANCE is a multimedia performance on human relations where lighting is used unconventionally as an invisible divider between people and the entire environment responds to their movement.

An international collaboration between the Japanese butoh performer Dai Matsuoka and the Canada-based multimedia director Mariano Leotta, triggered in early 2019 during an art residency in Tokyo. The result is this first study that serves as a show backbone and starting point of an experimental multimedia research.

Choreography/performance Dai Matsuoka, Masahiro Nakanishi, Kei Ishikawa
Lighting/Multimedia design Mariano Leotta, Sho Tokura
Photo Shooting Bozzo, Noriko Kubota, Yasuko Tadokoro
Video Shooting Yuta Sugihara, Issam Kechouri
Post Production Mariano Leotta, Issam Kechouri
Music “Program Q Nex” by Plaster (Feat. Tonbo)
Made with the support of Co-iki Art Residency, Prism CO. LTD., TOHO university
Special thanks to Yoko Negami, Endo Youchi, Takato Henmi, Peter Goessner

EARTH WOMB

Collaborative production with Malaysian Butoh company Nyoba Kan and director Lee Swee Keong for Kuala Lumpur Butoh Festival 2018.

Diretor:Lee Swee Keong
Butoh:Dai Matsuoka, Jessy Lieu, Lee Swee Keong
Music:Souls Impact Percussion
Lighting:Tan Eng Heng
Installation:Andrew Pok

CLAY with Thomas Bradley

CLAY is a collaborative project between Thomas Bradley (Emanuel Gat Dance, FR) and Dai Matsuoka (Sankaijuku, JP). Still in the process of development, Thomas Bradley and Dai Matsuoka have so far undergone the residency and the showing in progress at kogane4422 in Nagoya(Japan), and Garage Performing Arts Center in Corfu(Greece).