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 ...

TO DANCE butoh is not to dance at all. The word comes from two Japanese characters: bu, which means "dance," and toh, which means "step." The term describes the Japanese-derived expressionistic ...

Assistant professor of theater arts Mitsu Salmon creates original performance and visual works that fuse multiple disciplines, but she has a special connection to butoh. She has taught the unique ...

BODY LANGUAGE: Japanese butoh master Atsushi Takenouchi, pictured, and composer Hiroko Komiya are the featured performers at the upcoming Asheville Butoh Festival. Photo by Raul Bartolome A wisp-thin ...

He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction. By Alex Williams Ushio Amagatsu, an acclaimed dancer and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Butoh performance will feature Akihito Ichihara and students in costumes ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute presents The Flower of Life ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It was an auspicious beginning: It was May 1959, at a dance performance in Japan where a man was ...

Renowned South African choreographer, academic researcher, and theatre-maker jackï job is set to unveil a captivating exploration of artistic engagement through her latest collaboration, 1–2–3 As One: ...