Michiyo Sato, inspired by mythologies, makes dance blending Modern and Japanese Dances, seeking for archetypal body languages.  She is especially interested in the revival of dance theaters of the ancient Japanese and Greeks in which dance, drama and music were integrated into one.  She makes dance that shares the experiences of women, especially Asian women who have recently undergone great social changes.

Graduating Tsuda College, on scholarship from the Rotary Foundation Ms. Sato studied modern dance and choreography at NYU Master of Dance Education program, as well as with Dr. Jeanne Bresciani's Isadora Duncan International Institute (IDII), Erick Hawkins/Lucia Dlugoszewski, Mary Anthony, Martha Myers, and Sachiyo Ito (Japanese traditional.)  She received a Master of Dance Education degree from NYU along with the Dr. Patricia Rowe Award for              “Outstanding Commitment to Dance Education.”

Subsequently she toured around the U.S., England and Japan with her choreography.  New York Times described that she “has a sophisticated way with style and content.”  In 2004 she had full evening concerts titled, “SILK AND UME BLOSSOMING: To Women of Japan” with full audience at Joyce SoHo in New York. 

As a dancer in 1994 she served as Dance Assistant in Carman Moore’s “Mass for the 21st Century” at the Lincoln Center.  In 1998 she danced the Angel role in the musical “The King and I.”  As Ambassador to Japan of Isadora Duncan International Institute, in 2001 she held a performance and workshops titled       “Homage to Isadora Duncan from East and West” at the British Museum with Dr. Bresciani, and has performed Isadora Duncan's choreography at St. Lawrence Center for the Arts in Canada, Parthenon Tama in Tokyo, the Delphic Game in Greece, among other venues.

She has taught at Tsuda College, National Educational Workshop Forum, Gakushuin Women’s College in Japan as well as in the US at New York University Sports Center, United Nations Friendship Club, and in England at London Institute, among others.

Currently she is writing “Isadora Duncan's Dance Education and Spirituality” and nominated for the Fresh Face Award by the Japanese Dance Critique Association in 2003 and 2004.