Choreographer, dancer, and the director of +81, Masahiro Yanagimoto moved to Germany in 1998 and belonged to many different dance companies there. Moving to the Netherlands in 2002, Yanagimoto was involved in creating performances with various choreographers and danced in locations mainly in Western Europe. In 2006, he returned to Japan, where he founded +81 in 2011. Yanagimoto has continued ever since to create work exploring a new world that integrates his unique contact method with theatrical physical expression.