Naropa University guest artist Katsura Kan is a master Butoh artist and ranks among Japan’s first generation of Butoh. The Kyoto native studied at the Kongo School, formed his own multinational dance ...

There’s a difference of opinion about something among some of the members of an upcoming performance titled “Fragments of Dream: Butoh Dance Relations from Over the Rainbow.” The dance/theater ...

The Kyoto-based choreographer, known for applying Butoh techniques to contrastive Western works such as “Giselle,” now offers a more complementary pairing, with “Butoh Beckett Notations 09.” Beckett’s ...

Beyond Butoh In "Harvesting Beauty in the Dark," famed butoh choreographer Katsura Kan, who is known for his influential late '70s-early '80s butoh troupe Byakko-sha, presents his company ...

Chances are you'll laugh or cry from fun or fright at "Curious Fish," a butoh dance performance slated to take place this weekend at culture/art club La Plantation. Butoh, the eclectic, avant-garde ...

As an underground dance style to emerge from Japan during the late-1950s, Butoh was wooed by Western critics and enjoyed great popularity from the 1980s to 1990s for its risqué appeal. Despite its ...

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