JOU is a Japanese contemporary dance artist, choreographer, performance director, and production-turg. She has been based in Tokyo since 2000 after living in U.S.A. and Malaysia. She has won a Special Prize for Foreign Choreographer at The 2008 Seoul International Choreography Festival. Currently, she is a part time lector at faculty of media at Musashino Art University and Tokyo Polytechnic University.
Besides her career as a dance artist, JOU founded and directed Osumi Kagoshima Art Festival (2012-15), aimed to provide artists and the local residents opportunity to be connected through interactive and collaborative performance and events.

Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/odorujou

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