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Mariko Sanjo
Born (1933-06-12) 12 June 1933 (age 91)
Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationDancer

Mariko Sanjo (Japanese: 三条万里子 born June 12, 1933) is a Japanese modern dancer, choreographer, director based in New York City and Japan.

Biography

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Mariko was born in 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. She started dancing at the age of three, trained by Hiroshi Ohno who is a disciple of Baku Ishii, a pioneer of modern dance in Japan, and by Takaya Eguchi, another master teacher who studied with Mary Wigman.[citation needed] She established her own dance studio in 1952.[1][2]

In 1962, she was invited from Alvin Ailey to study with him in the United States.[3][4] She also studied with Martha Graham,[5] Donald McKayle,[6] Jose Limon and Louis Horst.[citation needed] She appeared as a protagonist in McKayle's Legendary Landscape,[6] and premiered Ailey's Labyrinth and Suspension at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the spring of 1963.[7]

Mariko had choreographed multiple pieces and has performed in New York City; her works that have been reviewed by The New York Times include Dance Opinion in 1968,[8] Bird in 1976,[9] and Voice VI in 1985.[10] She has also performed in Tel Aviv,[2] and Japan.[citation needed]

Awards

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In 1966, Mariko was awarded by the Japan Ballet and Music Critics Association, the first woman and first dancer to receive this honor,[5][11] and received a Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States With Martha Graham.[5] In 1968, she was awarded the Art Encouragement Prize at the Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) National Arts Festival in Japan.[12] In the same year, she was awarded the best performing artist in modern dance by the Ongaku Shinbun Newspaper, and the 10th Annual Dance Award from Dance Critics Club in Japan.[1][better source needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mariko Sanjo". Mariko Sanjo. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Sowden, Dora (1988). "Exquisite bird". The Jerusalem Post Magazine. p. 3. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ritual Dancer". The Jerusalem Post Magazine. 1988. p. 6. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (1996). Alvin Ailey : a life in dance. Internet Archive. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-201-62607-0.
  5. ^ a b c Hersh, Regina (1975-11-25). "Montclair adult school to offer Japanese dancer". The Montclair Times. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  6. ^ a b McKayle, Donald (2002). Transcending Boundaries: My Dancing Life. Routledge. p. 298. ISBN 978-0415270175.
  7. ^ DeFrantz, Thomas F.; DeFrantz, Thomas (2006). Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture. Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-19-530171-7.
  8. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (1968-11-13). "Dance: East, West and Mariko Sanjo; Spoof on Graham Done by Japanese Troupe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  9. ^ McDonagh, Don (1976-09-21). "Mariko Sanjo's Dances Have Hypnotic Intensity Extraordinary to the Eye". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  10. ^ Anderson, Jack (1985-03-03). "DANCE: MARIKO SANJO". The New York Times. p. 48. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  11. ^ "The Japan Ballet and Music Critics Association in 1966" (PDF).
  12. ^ The list of the award recipients at the Art Encouragement Prize at the Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) National Arts Festival in Japan, 21st to 30th. (Japanese)
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