Ushio Amagatsu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ushio Amagatsu

Japanese choreographer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: costume designer, choreographer, scenographer, theater director, dancer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ushio Amagatsu (?? ??, Amagatsu Ushio, born 1949 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa) is a Japanese choreographer known as the leader of the Butoh dance group Sankai Juku, which he founded in 1975.
He is the artistic director, choreographer and a dancer of Sankai Juku.
He was also a co-founder of the seminal Butoh collective Dairakudakan in 1972.
All Sankai Juku works since 1982 were premiered at and co-produced by Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.
Sankai Juku has performed at more than 40 countries, 700 cities worldwide.
Since 1997, he works as opera director as well.