About

Interdisciplinary artist, scholar, educator, and curator active in dance, theatre, performance, media and photography. My solo, ensemble and visual works have been presented in 15 countries throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Michael’s recent tours include…(more)

Creative Projects

Current projects:
MuNK
Nikkei-Chan
George/Michael (work in progress)
Our Utopia (work in progress)

Writing

An Empty Room: Imagining Butoh and the Social Body in Crisis – book released April 5, 2022 from Wesleyan University Press (Order here!)

Empire of Prisons: Reading Roland Barthes and Hijikata Tatsumi in the animus of laughter

MuNK: Loving the Non-Alien (in Global Performance Studies 3.1)