International masters Yuko Kaseki, Ko Murobushi, Mari Osanai and Daisuke Yoshimoto will offer beginning and advanced Butoh training in NYC from October 23 to November 25, 2009 as part of the "Fourth ...

What is common between Bharatanatyam and Butoh, a Japanese art form? Not much apparently because on the one hand, the ancient Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam is all about rigid postures and ...

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute has partnered with ELF and the legendary New York artist Machine Dazzle to create a new duet titled MAN WOMAN, a collaboration between Butoh dancers Akihito ...

To understand Amagatsu’s work, it helps to know a bit about Butoh. Butoh (roughly translated as “dance step”) originated as a revolutionary performance art in Japan in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Butoh, an apocalyptic form of Japanese dance characterized by grotesqueries and angst-ridden movement, might be an acquired taste. But when performed well, this in-your-face art form, with its ...

For many contemporary dance cognoscenti, Japan is a hot bed of innovation these days, and among that country's most intriguing creators is Kim Itoh. Itoh was one of the participants in the CJ8 Project ...