2008
- Crosscut JAJ in the Garden at Experimental Sound Studio, Collaboration between Josh Berman (cornet) & Art Union Humanscape - Jason Roebke (double bass) & Ayako Kato (dance). July 12-13, 2008.
- July 1. Crosscut JAJ, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Intercontinental Dance Festival, Collaboration between Josh Berman (cornet) & Art Union Humanscape - Jason Roebke (double bass) & Ayako Kato (dance).
- June 27. Mullbau, Lucerne, Switzerland
- June 25. Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France
- June 6-8, 2008. Ten Nights Dream: Sound and Movement Mandala, Group. Dance: Julia Rae Antonick, Asimina Chremos, Angela Gronroos, Margaret Morris, Mary Willmeng, Ayako Kato. Music Collaboration with: Jason Roebke (doubel bass), Brian Labycz (electronics, koto), Josh Berman (cornet). Art Installation: Nobuki Yamamoto. Epiphany Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL. Supported by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Epiphany Episcopal Chicago, and the Japan Foundation, NY.
- Crosscut JAJ Project, Collaboration between Josh Berman (cornet) & Art Union Humanscape - Jason Roebke (double bass) & Ayako Kato (dance). Vol. 4 February 10, 2008. Vol. 5 March 23, 2008. Vol. 6 April 20, 2008. Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL. Supported by Experimental Sound Studio and Links Hall.
2007
- Crosscut JAJ Project, Collaboration between Josh Berman (cornet) & Art Union Humanscape - Jason Roebke (double bass) & Ayako Kato (dance). Vol. 1 Enemy, Chicago, IL. October 13, 2007. Vol. 2 Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL. November 10, 2007. Vol. 3 Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL. December 8, 2007.
- August 25 & 26. Land the land – 9, a peace of idea (2006), Duo. die pratze dance festival - International Series. Performed by Ayako Kato, Hiromi Murata. Music by Stephen Mathieu, W. A. Mozart, J.P. Sousa, Tsujiko Noriko, Sun Ra, J.S. Bach. Video by Ayako Kato. Azabu die pratze, Tokyo, Japan.
- August 15. Untitled, 815 Forum, Solo. Performed by Ayako Kato. Music by Ryoichi Hattori. JK Dance Atelier, Tokyo, Japan.
- August 9. dance & play, Dance: Ayako Kato, Live music collaboration with: Tetsuzi Akiyama (guitar), Michiyo Yagi (koto). Koendori Classics, Tokyo, Japan.
- June 1-3. EVE - Sound and Movement Ten Nights Dream III, Group. Live music collaboration with Jason Roebke (double bass), Brian Labycz (koto, electronics). Links Hall, Chicago, IL. Supported by Richard H. Driehaus Foundation (Small Theater & Dance Grant).
2006
- August 5. Living Room. Milwaukee
- June 28. Issue Project Room. with Tim Barnes. NYC
- March 31 – April 2. Land the land – 9, a peace of idea, Duo. Premiere: Performed by Ayako Kato, Helen Lee, LinkUp Performer in Residence, Links Hall, Chicago, IL. Reproduction: November 27. Performed by Ayako Kato, Hiromi Murata, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. Forest of Dance, Tokyo, Japan. November 3, 2006. JK Dance Atelier, Tokyo, Japan. October 31, 2006.
- March 25. Heaven Gallery. Chicago with Brian Labycz (electronics/koto)
- March 3. Fragile. The Body Breaks Festival. Links Hall, Chicago
- February 11. Canterbury House. Ann Arbor, MI
2005
- December 3. Heaven Gallery. Chicago video
- November 5. Les 7 Lezards. Paris
- November 3. l'Atelier Tampon. Paris
- September 23-25. Sound and Movement Ten Nights Dream II, Group (Performed by Mihoko Tsurumi, Yuji Jin, Taku Kobayashi, Ayako Kato), Live music collaboration with Michiyo Yagi (koto) and Jason Roebke (double bass), Alley Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
- June 24. Harold Washington Library auditorium. Chicago. American Library Association conference.
- April 22-23. DTW Fresh Tracks. New York. Ayako Kato (solo dance) Land the land - standing point
- April 15. 8 p.m. Silverspace. Chicago, IL. Invisible Power with Akemi Kubota, Asimina Chremos
- March 5. Chez Bushwick. Brooklyn, NY. Art Union Humanscape, Matt Bauder
- March 3. 3030. Chicago
- January 27. LUX Gallery. Chicago with Michael Zerang (percussion)
2004
- December 11. planB Tokyo, Japan (workshop and performance)
- December 3. Vanilla Gallery Tokyo, Japan
- Sept. 23-25. Sound and Movement Ten Nights Dream I, Group piece (Performed by Mihoko Tsurumi, Joh Oyamada, Taku Kobayashi, Ayako Kato), Live music collaboration with Michiyo Yagi (koto), Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
- May 2. La Guillotine. Paris. 24, rue Robespierre at Montreuil
- May 7 Studio 301 Amsterdam with Magpie Music Dance Company
- January 16. planB Tokyo, Japan with Michiyo Yagi
2003
2002
- December 6-8. Chicago, IL - Links Hall 3 Dots concert with Asimina Chremos / Nathaniel Braddock duo and Chremos / Kato duo
- August 28. Chicago, IL - Links Hall "Chance Dance" with Akari Rokumoto and Rebecca Reynolds
- April 5. Chicago, IL - Candlestick Maker
- April 6. Brooklyn, New York - Aqui the Bushwick with Aaron Siegel
- April 11. Middletown, Connecticut- Wesleyan University
- April 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts - Zeitgeist Gallery
- April 17. Oshkosh, Wisconsin -University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- April 19. Bloomington, Indiana - Space 101 Bloomington Eye and Ear Control
2001
- December 1. Dansu no mori. Machida, Tokyo. with Ayako Kato, Kunie Suzuki, Tomoko Shioda, Saiko Kino (dance), Jason Roebke (bass), Masahiko Okura (saxophone), Utah Kawasaki (analog synth)
- December 2. Dansu no mori. with Ayako Kato, Kunie Suzuki, Tomoko Shioda, Saiko Kino (dance), Jason Roebke (bass), Taku Sugimoto (guitar), Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board).
- September 7. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. with Akari Rokumoto (sculpture)
- February 16-17. Canterbury House Ann Arbor, MI
- February 20. WNUR Radio - live interview from Northwestern University
- February 20. Hot House with guest dancer Tomoko Kurokawa. Chicago, IL
- February 24. Gus Lucky's Gallery Minneapolis, MN
- February 25-27. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point lectures/masterclasses
- February 26. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Michelson Hall - Fine Arts Center
- February 28. St. Norbert College. De Pere, WI
2000
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. Echigo-Tsumari, Japan (August 6-13, 2000)
performances in conjunction with
- Cai Guo Qiang (China): DMOCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), A 35 m long kiln relocated from China. Location -Tsunan Town
- Hossein Valamanesh (Iran/Australia): In Memory of Snow, Using white ladders, white houses and white horizontal wooden poles, the artist creates an imaginary landscape in a grove of beach trees. Location: Tokamachi City
- Ken Kageyama (Japan): HERE-UPON time place, hundreds of thousands of waribashi chopsticks collected by local people and painted in various colors. Location - Tsunan Town
- Marina Abramovic (Former Yugoslavia): Dream House, a converted guest house where people sleep and dream, then write about their dreams. Location - Matsunoyama Town
- Nagato Iwasaki (Japan): Fossil, with the theme of Jomon, twenty figures made from driftwood are scattered in the Kiyitsukyo ravine tunnel. Location - Nakasato Village
- Tadeusz Myslowski (Poland): Untitled, a cross assembled with grids and lit with candles. Location - Matsudai Town
- Katsuyuki Sakazume (Japan): Fugue (Overlapping sculptures by means of counterpoint for Matsudai Town), ceramic artworks installed vertically in the front and horizontally in the back. Location - Matsudai Town
- Takamasa Kuniyasu (Japan): The Seat of Rain Spirit, A huge spiral structure using logs and bricks. Location - Matsudai Town
- Alfredo Jar (Chile): Culture Box, The simple 6m x 3.6m building composed with timber, chloroethylene and acrylic sheets, etc. is designed as a mini museum of art. Location - Matsudai Town
- Tatsuo Kawaguchi (Japan): Relation-Earth/The Big Dipper, Holes are cut into the shape of the big dipper on a sheet of corten steel that covers the ground. The predicted shape after 100 thousand years will be made at a later date.
- Tokyo Performing Arts Market. Tokyo International Forum. (August 3-4, 2000)
1999
- Imaginative Garden of Kamiooka. Yumeo'oka Office Tower. Yokohama. Japan (December 1999)
- Hillside Terrace (Art Front Gallery). Daikanyama, Tokyo. Japan (December 1999)
- Kaermel. Roppongi, Tokyo. Japan (December 1999)
- Winds Cafe. Kichijoji, Tokyo. Japan (November 1999)
- Faret Tachikawa. Tachikawa City, Tokyo. Japan (November 1999)
1998
- University of Michigan Media Union. Ann Arbor, MI. USA
- University of Michigan School of Music, Dance Department. Ann Arbor, MI. USA
