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Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2006 (Victoria Looseleaf)
Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2006 (David C. Nichols)
Backstage West, April 27, 2006
The Oregonian, March 1, 2006 (Catherine Thomas)
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 26, 2003 (Rita Felciano)
The Voice of Dance, August 12, 2002 (Allan Ullrich)
KCRW Dance Notes, July 11, 2002 (Sasha Anawalt)
LA Weekly, September 29, 2000 (Luis Reyes)
LA Weekly, August 6, 1999 (Luis Reyes)
Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1999 (Lewis Segal)
The Voice of Dance
August 12, 2002
San Francisco Butoh Festival, Season 8 Part II: The Grand Finale
by Allan Ullrich, Dance Critic
Sunday evening, it was a case of the simpler, the more successful. The two solo numbers emerged the most finished and purposeful. In "Amai,'' Michael Sakamoto, an artist from Los Angeles, wandered through the theater in a business suit, carrying a briefcase and handing out business cards to patrons, then, on the stage, shed his societally imposed skin to reveal an evening gown under his suit coat. The visuals were intriguing, the music was Japanese pop material and Sakamato's gestures - economical and anguished - provided a glimpse into an act of heroic transformation.