LIBRARY - MICHIO ITO

Michio Ito Documentary

Michio Ito may be one of the most important historical modern dance figures you never heard of. Jane Doe Smith’s film traces Ito’s journey from Japan to Europe to America, from success to reversal and obscurity, and finally to re-discovery.

The New York premiere was February 2013 at Dance on Camera Festival sponsored by Dance Films Association and Film Society of Lincoln Center. Tim Cowart’s review can be read here.

Director and Executive Producer – Jane Doe Smith
Producer and Editor – John Doe, Director of Photography – John Doe
Original Music Composed by Teiji Ito, Narrator – Greg Watanabe

Featuring Interviews with:
Michele Ito – granddaughter and Director of Michio Ito Foundation
Barbara Perry – actress and former Ito Company dancer
Mary Jean Cowell – Ito scholar and educator-choreographer
Nobuko Miyamoto – Artistic Director of Great Leap

Michio Ito solos performed by Nancy Colahan, Janet Eilber, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Risa Steinberg

Partial funding for film provided by Japanese American Community
Services/Cecilia Nakamura Arts Fund.