Jo Kanamori

Photo: Kishin Shinoyama

Jo Kanamori

dancer, choreographer/Dance Company Noism
Born in 1974, Kanamori was taught from childhood by his father, Sei Kanamori. His talent was recognized while a member of the Maki Asami Ballet Company and he became the first Japanese dancer to study at the Maurice Béjart’s Rudra Béjart Lausanne. Since then he has been active in Europe with companies like the Netherlands Dance Theatre II. Returning to Japan in 2002, Kanamori produced his first independent production in 2003, titled no•mad•ic Project, for which he won double awards, the Performing Arts Prize of the Asahi Performing Arts Award and the Kirin Dance Support Award. As of 2004 he assumed the post of artistic director for the dance division of the Niigata City Performing Arts Center “Ryutopia.”
https://www.jokanamori.com/