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.

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 ...

Butoh Ritual Dance and Theater will present Raw Butoh Night, with a performance of 'Happy Chocolate' by Vangeline and Coco ...

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.

Here on a recent weekend, a group of people has gathered to begin a 100-mile journey on foot through the desert, a trek organized by Los Angeles dancer and choreographer Oguri. Four years ago, Oguri, ...

The festivities will commence with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 AM on West 17th Street and Avenue of the Americas, featuring this year's esteemed Grand Marshals-Danny Tenaglia, Mercedes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...