Kazuo Ohno

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Kazuo Ohno
Ohno in October 1986
Born	(1906-10-27)October 27, 1906[1] Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan[1]
Died	June 1, 2010(2010-06-01) (aged 103) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Alma mater	Japan Athletic College, Tokyo
Occupation	dancer
Years active	1933–2007
Known for	Butoh dance
Notable work	"My Mother" "Dead Sea" "Water Lilies" "Ka Cho Fu Getsu" "The Road in Heaven, The Road in Earth"
Spouse	Chie Nakagawa (died 1997)
Children	Yoshito Ohno
Awards	Michelangelo Antonioni Award for the Arts (1999)
Website	Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Kazuo Ohno (大野 一雄, Ōno Kazuo, October 27, 1906 – June 1, 2010) was a Japanese dancer who became a guru and inspirational figure in the dance form known as Butoh.^[2] He is the author of several books on Butoh, including The Palace Soars through the Sky, Dessin, Words of Workshop, and Food for the Soul. The latter two were published in English as Kazuo Ohno's World: From Without & Within (2004).

Ohno once said of his work: "The best thing someone can say to me is that while watching my performance they began to cry. It is not important to understand what I am doing; perhaps it is better if they don't understand, but just respond to the dance."^[2]