BioKANJI SEGAWA is currently a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater under the direction of Robert Battle since 2011. Originally from Japan, he began his dance training with his mother Erika Akoh, studying ballet with Kan Horiuchi and Ju Horiuchi in Tokyo. In 1997 Segawa came to the U.S. under the Japanese Government Artist Fellowship to train at The Ailey School. He was a member of Ailey II from 2000 to 2002 and Battleworks from 2002 to 2010. Segawa worked extensively with Mark Morris from 2004 to 2011. He appeared with Mark Morris Dance Group in Mr. Morris's various productions including The Hard Nut, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, King Arthur with English National Opera, Orfeo ed Euridice with Metropolitan Opera, and Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare as an original cast member. He also performed Cease Your Funning, a world premiere by Mr. Morris, that toured in the production Off Kilter throughout Scotland, UK. In 2011, Segawa performed as a principal dancer in John Adams/Peter Sellars' opera Nixon in China, choreographed by Mr. Morris at The Metropolitan Opera. Segawa is a master teacher and choreographs for companies and educational institutions. His work Future premiered during Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2021 Virtual Spirit Gala. Since 1999, Segawa has been Creative Associate for Jessica Lang, assisting her creations for companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Washington Ballet, and The National Ballet of Japan, among others, and staging her work on many companies, universities and schools around the world.