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 ...

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 ...

Join Akihito Ichihara (Sankai Juku), ELF dancers and students on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 8pm at Father Duffy Square for the closing performance of the New York Butoh Institute Festival. The event ...

Dancer Michael Sakamoto on “time/life/beauty,” his collaboration with DJ Spooky that fuses hip-hop and butoh to honor the late Japanese musical innovator.

Some of Jonathan W. Marshall's research into butoh was supported by an ARC-LIEF grant. Both Hijikata’s and Suzuki’s work attracted followers in Australia, and continue to have influence today. They ...

Butoh, a Japanese style of dance created in the 1960s, is as unique as it is intense. According to a Butoh expert who introduced last Wednesday’s performance of “To the White, to the Sky,” a Butoh ...

Renowned South African choreographer, academic researcher and theatre maker Jackï Job presents a bold, new, provocative collaboration of performance and masterclasses that explore non-Western dance ...

For those looking for something a little different, the passion of flamenco, the grotesquerie of Butoh and the innovations of modern dance are on the program at the 27th Annual Dionysian Dance ...

Ushio Amagatsu, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who brought worldwide visibility to Butoh, a hauntingly minimalist Japanese form of dance theater that arose in the wake of wartime devastation, ...