Butoh Dancer/Choreographer, LAND FES Director. Dai Matsuoka has been performing with Sankai Juku since 2005, and has appeared in some of their major works including Kinkan Shonen, Tobari, Unetsu, ARC and TOTEM. Director of LAND FES since 2011, a festival that invites the audience to experience dance performances as they walk around the city. He has been an instructor for the Scramble Dance Project in Odawara City since 2018, in which both people with and without disabilities create dance together. He also runs BUTOH CHOREO LAB, an online platform with video lessons by high-profile Butoh dancers. He has collaborated globally with artists such as Phantom Limb Company(NY) for “Falling Out, with Paola Prestini(NY) for “Houses of Zodiac. In 2021, Matsuoka joined as a curator “Tokyo Real Underground, the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special13 program. Life Kinetik® certified trainer.