On September 20, 2026, I was able to successfully hold my Primitive Butoh solo performance. There were many challenges until ...

Vangeline has received a grant to perform her solo Butoh work THE SLOWEST WAVE and teach classes at Chile's FIBUTOH Body and ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The third annual Salish Sea International Butoh Festival will begin today with a free street performance at the Haller Fountain in downtown Port Townsend. The celebration at various ...

On the night of Saturday, October 24, 2026, I watched the Butoh performance 'White Room 2' at Banryu-ji Temple in Meguro.

REBELLIOUS BODIES BUTOH FESTIVAL will bring five Japanese butoh artists to London, featuring AN EVENING OF BUTOH PERFORMANCE ...

1. Historical: "In May, 1959, Butoh pioneer Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-1986) premiered his seminal work, 'Kinjiki' ('Forbidden Colors'). It is considered the first public Butoh performance. The more ...

Suppose you combined kabuki, pantomime, modern dance, and avant-garde performance art. Suppose you added some haunting, atonal music. Suppose you stripped the performers of most of their clothing and ...

Despite the setting — a small stage filled with nine dancers — there was a feeling of separateness and sadness. The Vangeline Theater, a Butoh dance group, celebrated its 10th anniversary on February ...

Art Complex, responsible for the phenomenally successful show "GEAR" in Kyoto, plans to open a new theater to showcase the Japanese avant-garde dance, Butoh. The Kyoto Butoh-kan, likely the first ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Dance will host a performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 on Butoh, a form of dance, performance and movement based on art that first appeared in Japan as a ...