Major Dance Pieces
●JOMON
●BIRD
●Dance Opinion I 〜IV
●Voice I ~VII
1967
1975
1968
1976
Awards
1966
The Japan Ballet and Music Critics Association
at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo)
1966
Fulbright Scholarship to study in the U.S.
1978 New York State Creative Artists Program Service Award
1968 The 22nd Ministry of Education Art Festival Prize
1968
The Best Performing Artist of the year 1967 in the Modern
1968
the Ongaku Shimbun Newspaper
Dance Field presented by
The 10th Annual Dance Award from Dance Critics Club
in Japan
Choreography Award
Biography and Performances
1954-'62
1955-'58
1957-'58
1959
1962
1962
1962
1963
1963
1964
1965
1965
Mariko Sanjo School of Modern Dance's Performance in Tokyo
Participated & performed in Tokyo Youth Ballet Company
"Shichi-nin no Kai", "Hokuto no Kai"(study under Takaya Eguchi) guest performance
Danced in the Contemporary Stage Arts Society production at Nihon Seinenkan Hall in June.
Participated the 15th American Dance Festival (Connecticut)
Established a Dance Company with Martha Clarke & Janet Sauce
Joined Alvin Ailey and McKayle Companies as soloist; debuted in New York in McKayle's Legendary Landscape.
New choreographers' performance（Julliard School, Kaufmann Concert Hall /New York）
Danced in Duke Ellington's "My People" for 45 performances in McCormick Place, Chicago
Performed with Ballet de Bleu as a guest artist at Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo
Premiered "Electra", "Taiwa” and more（Sogetsu Kaikan Hall/Tokyo）
Ballet de Bleu "Diaspora"（Sankei Hall/Tokyo）
1966
1966
1966
1967
1967
1967
1968
1968
1969
1969
1970
1971
1972
1975
1975
1975
1976
1976
1976
1976
1977
1977
1977
1977
1977
1977
1977
1977
1978
1979
1980
1980
1980
1981
1982
1982
1982
1982
1983
1983
1984
1985
1985
1985
1985
1985
1986
1986
1987
1987
1988
1988
1988
1989
1989
1992
1992
1994
1996
2004
2004
Appeared with company in nationwide telecast NHK, "Nepenthes", "Wadachi", "Electra"（3 works broadcasted）
NHK Ballet Concert "Phaethon"（Sankei Hall/Tokyo, NHK TV）
Summer Dance Festival （Clark Center /New York）
First New York Concert "JOMON" （Kaufmann Concert Hall/New York）
Performed "Prelude", "JOMON", "Wadachi", "Taiwa"（Clark Center/New York）
"Chaconne", "Concerto" premiered （Toranomon Hall/Tokyo）
"Dance Opinion I" premiered（Toranomon Hall/Tokyo）
Mariko Sanjo & her Company （Kaufmann Concert Hall/New York）
"Dance Opinion II" premiered（Kaufmann Concert Hall/New York）
Marriage
daughter's birth
son's birth
Dancing in the Light（Goethe Institute/Tokyo）
Music from Japan (Japan Society/ New York）
"Equinox" premiered（Azuma Gallery/ New York）
"Bird" premiered（Barnard College Playhouse/new York）Mariko danced "Bird" until 1994.
Mariko Sanjo Body Training Lecture (New York & Tokyo）
"Egg" premiered, Joint concert with Daniel Nagrin (Toshi Center Hall/Tokyo）
"Voice I" premiered （American Theatre Laboratory/New York）
"Saraband" premiered, "Kierosukurou" (Light and Shadow)」（Japan Society/New York）
"Take33" premiered（Great Hall, City College of New York /New York）
"Voice II" premiered（Clark Center/New York）
"Voice III" premiered （City College of New York, Graduate Center/New York）
"Voice I, II, III"（ABC Hall/Tokyo）
"Bird"（Jochi University/Tokyo）
"Bird" Shakespeare in the Park Festival（Delacorte Theatre in Central Park/New York）
"Dance Opinion III" premiered（American Theatre Laboratory/New York）
"Voice III" premiered（Japan Society/ New York）
"Premonitions I" premiered（Great Hall, City College /New York）
Choreographed and performed "Chaconne"（Shepard Great Hall, Davis Center, City University of NY/New York）
"Bird"（Cologne, Nagoya, San Francisco）
Invited to 11th International Dance Competition as a judge.
Taught at 24th International Summer Academy of Dance, Invited for performance and open lesson (Cologne, Germany)
Dance Event (Anikini Gallery/New York）
"Dance Opinion IV" premiered (Video Studio/Tokyo）
at the Gallery（Akira Ikeda Gallery/Tokyo）
"Bird" and more（Seoul/Korea）
"Fluid Semiotics"（Akira Ikeda Gallery/Tokyo）
"Duet for One" premiered (Sogetsu Hall/Tokyo）
"Duet for One" Encore concert（Sogetsu Hall/Tokyo）
"Premonitions II" premiered (Runa Hall/Osaka, Geiso Hall/Nagoya, Shinjuku Bunka Center/Tokyo）
"Voice VI" premiered (Asia Society/New York）
"Haniwa I" premiered
"Reflection" premiered, "Duet for One", "Bird"
"Voice V" premiered (Tower Hall)
"Voice V" (Runa Hall/Osaka, Geiso Center/Nagoya, Sogetsu Hall/Tokyo）
"Haniwa II" premiered, "Voice V"（Shinjuku Bunka Center/Tokyo）
"Outou suru kagami" Lecture & demonstration（American Bunka Center/Tokyo）
"Aria", "Canon", "Lullaby" premiered（Aoyama Round Theatre/Tokyo）
Special Performance at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. Premiered "In Time" and "Intermezzo"
"Visions" premiered, "Canon", "Lullaby'", "Voice V" (Aoyama Round Theatre/Tokyo）
Solo performance "Little Morning Music" premiered, "Canon", "Bird"（Tel Aviv/Israel）
Special Inaugural performance at Teresa Hall in Nagoya. Premiered "Sho" in joint concert with Rokubei Fujita.
"Premonitions II", "to winds" premiered（Jerusalem,Tel Aviv/Israel）
The 1st Aruba Dance Festival（Aruba, Dutch Caribbean）
"kakeri" premiered, "Bird"（Tenri Gallery/New York）
"Evil The Cosmic Shadow", ”Voice in the Shadow”(St. Peters Church/New York）
Hana-tsudou-mai "Voice V", "Bird" (Sogetsu Hall/Tokyo）
"Passages" premiered（Shinjuku Bunka Center, Aichi Arts Center/Nagoya）
"Bolero", "Carmina Burana" premiered (Chikusa-za/Nagoya）
Seminar for a new exercise music by "Bolero（Shinjuku Bunka Center/Tokyo）
