(Alissa Cardone and Michael Sakamoto in the work-in-progress version of Vestiges of Creation)
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(Alissa Cardone and Michael Sakamoto in the work-in-progress version of Vestiges of Creation)
"A dramatic tour de force." - Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times
"An act of heroic transformation." - Allan Ullrich, The Voice of Dance
Shades of Pina Bausch crossed with Woody Allen." - Donna Perlmutter, Los Angeles Times
"Compelling...Sakamoto the choreographer approaches the unsparing power of perhaps the most pitiless Rite (of Spring) thus far created." - Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times
"Serious and absurd, forthright and subversive." - Contemporary Magazine
"Sets up a dialectic between the high gloss commercial art world and unmediated, authentic human expression and interaction." - Flash Art International
CURRENT:
(NEW WORK) "Vestiges of Creation"
New ensemble performance premiering Nov 20-21, 2009 at UCLA World Arts and Cultures.
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"Spirit of the New World"
Performance installation exploring the interplay of syncretic religions and cultural institutions.
Available for presentation...
"Anatta"
Program of dance and music works created with Waewdao Sirisook, Amy Knoles, and Bob Bellerue and inspired by Buddhist concepts.
Available for touring...
Michael was recently awarded research and production grants from the Asian Cultural Council, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts, and the Pacific Rim Research Program.