Oguri

Native of Japan, Oguri’s inspiration to dance came after meeting Butoh founder Hijikata Tatsumi. He started performing in 1985 with famed dancer Min Tanaka's company, Mai-Juku, and participated in founding Body Weather Farm. Oguri also began performing solo dance in Tokyo. He practiced traditional organic farming, experiencing the rhythms and cycles of this most human lifestyle. This connection of the human body to nature is a foundation of Oguri’s dance. Oguri moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and joined Roxanne Steinberg sharing Body Weather Laboratory. Oguri has been teaching, creating, and producing formal dance theater settings and site-specific venues worldwide. He continues to investigate the relationship of dance to the environment and the boundaries between performer and audience. In 2011, Oguri formed ARCANE Collective with Morleigh Steinberg, touring full productions and live concepts.

Oguri has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, The Annenberg Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project, the Rockefeller Foundation, The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The Getty Center, the James Irvine Foundation/Dance USA, Japan Foundation, USA Doris Duke Fellow 2018, among others.