Satoshi Miyagi

Director, General Artistic Director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Born in 1959 in Tokyo. He studied at the University of Tokyo under Yushi Odashima, Moriaki Watanabe, and Hachiro Hidaka, and established his theatre company Ku Na’uka in 1990, which was acclaimed for its highly stylized reinterpretations of European texts based on Asian physical sensibilities. He became the general artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in 2007. In addition to directing work himself, he also invites leading overseas artists to produce and present at SPAC. He has also developed new programs for young people in Shizuoka. His staging of “Mahabharata – Nalacharitam” was invited to the Festival d’Avignon in July 2014. Other major productions include “Medea” and “Peer Gynt”.

Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC)

SPAC was Japan’s first publicly funded performing arts organization with its own resident company and production staff. The first general artistic director was Tadashi Suzuki, who opened the first season in 1997. In 2007, Satoshi Miyagi became the second director and further developed the programs at the center. It is known both for its ambitious international productions as well as its training and development schemes, and outreach projects.
Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) website