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.

Vangeline Theater, home of New York Butoh Institute, will present Shahryar Shahamat’s Brave Prince in association with The Brick at Brick Aux Studio, 628 Metropolitan Avenue, Br ...

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 ...

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There’s a moment in your first life-drawing class where your perception shifts and you start looking at the naked body in front of you differently. At least that was my experience. Instead of feeling ...

Butoh is an avant-garde dance form that emerged in post-war Japan in opposition to the growing influence of Western culture. Its movements are slow, primal and unrestrained. Dancers paint their bodies ...

Directors Ximena Garnica and Jeff Janisheski faced many challenges in organizing the first New York Butoh Festival, the least of which was giving it a name. With a board of curators and other ...

It is most unusual for a choreographer to shout "Stop dancing!" to the African dancers he is working with. To confuse matters further, Boaz Barkan claims: "Butoh isn't a dance. You have to live it. We ...

Looking for a bit of holiday culture, minus the Sugar Plum Fairies? Try a Christmas play with a Butoh-licious twist — no ifs, ands or nuts: Syzygy Butoh and Maureen Freehill present A Butoh Christmas ...