Mio Sakamoto is a Toronto based contemporary dance artist originally from Japan. She is a performer, choreographer, dance filmmaker, dance educator and Co-Founder of MillO Dance Projects. Mio has performed (selected) October Sky by Paul-André Fortier at Nuit Blanche, Mani.Deux by Northfoot Movement at Fall For Dance North, TouchX and I am the Child of… by Kaeja d’Dance at Harbourfront Theatre Centre as part of Torque International Contemporary Dance Series 2022, Miigis: Underwater Panther by Red Sky Performance at Canadian Stage, and Nine Bronze Pieces (remount) by Maxine Heppner at Salerno Danza Festival. Her choreographic works (selected), Submerge, Systematic, Oblivious or Naive, and Cater To You, were presented in Canada and Japan. She was also Kaeja Elevation Choreography Assistant for the Wendy & Peter Pan production of the Stratford Festival in 2019/2020. Her dance film Lucid Space (co-directed with Geanderson Mello) has been presented at film festivals globally; at BIPOC Film Festival (Canada), Moovy Tanz Film Festival (Germany), IMARP – Mostra Internacional de Dança – Imagens em Movimento (Brazil), Dance Spotlight – Plesni žaromet (Slovenia), dance: made in canada/fait au canada (Canada), 8-Count by Fall For Dance North (Canada), and more. It was selected as a Finalist at BIPOC Film Festival and Semi-Finalist at Moovy Tanz Film Festival. In 2020, she received the RBC Newcomer Arts Award by Neighbourhood Arts Network – Toronto Arts Foundation. In 2021, she was selected for the first year-long Artist in Residence of Kaeja d’Dance.