Sawako Ogo

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sawako_horsemackerel/
Web: http://sawako.dance

Description

Sawako Ogo is a freelance dancer and movement model based in Berlin, Germany, originally from Tokyo, Japan. Sawako's career launched in San Francisco, California after completing her study with B.A. in Dance at San Francisco State University. She has worked with recognized choreographers and companies such as, Kristin Damrow (Kristin Damrow and Company), Lenora Lee (Lenora Lee Dance), Joe Landini, David Herrera (David Herrera Performance Company), Erin Chih-Fang Yen (Dragons Dance), Christian Burns, as well as numerous others, where she was not only a dancer but also a collaborator.

Sawako had also been a part of many film projects, including "Hello Hello on Fire!" music video by Josiah Johnson, directed by Pete Lee, and choreographed by Natasha Adorlee.

As a choreographer and an independent artist, Sawako completed several residency programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, where her works were commissioned and presented by organizations and festivals such as RAWDance's Concept Series and the 29th West Wave Dance Festival. Her improvisational works were presented locally in the Bay Area as well as at Texas Dance Improvisation Festival in 2022.