Ushio Amagatsu

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Ushio Amagatsu (天児 牛大 Amagatsu Ushio?, born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan in 1949) is a Japanese choreographer known for the creation of the Butoh troupe Sankai Juku (山海塾). Amagatsu formed the internationally celebrated and innovative modern dance group in 1975. He was also co-founder of the equally seminal Butoh collective Dairakakudakan in 1972.

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