New York Butoh Institute
presents
A Free Virtual Butoh Festival Series
Oct 1-30, 2021
available at www.vimeo.com/vangeline
Live and in-person performances at
Triskelion Arts
October 27-30 at 8pm
This October, New York Butoh Institute will present a free virtual series highlighting women’s important contributions to butoh. Women Defining Butoh will showcase recent works by two generations of women butoh pioneers.
Virtual performances will live stream on www.vimeo.com/vangeline and be available on-demand for a limited time. The calendar of festivities will be available at www.vangeline.com/calendar-of-upcoming-events. The series will culminate with live performances at Triskelion Arts, October 27-29, 2021, at 8pm and October 30, 2021 at 7pm. Tickets for the in-person performances are $18/$22 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-vangeline-theaters-eternity-123-tickets-166080755009.
Vangeline in Eternity 123- Photo by Bryan Kwon
The series will showcase female pioneers Natsu Nakajima, Saga Kobayashi, Yumiko Yoshioka, Minako Seki, and Yuko Kaseki. Following butoh’s migration East to West, our series follows the spread of butoh in the US via Hiroko Tamano, who settled in San Francisco in 1980, and Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh, who first introduced butoh to Seattle in the 90s. Women Defining Butoh celebrates the legacy of these butoh legends with performances by the all-female troupe DAIPANbutoh Collective (Seattle), Mexican dancer Eugenia Vargas, Chicago-based dancer Cristal Sabbagh, and a live performance by New York-based company Vangeline Theater at Triskelion Art. As a tribute to departed female pioneers, Four Dances with the late Anzu Furukawa will stream the last week of the festival.
Anzu Furukawa in Four dances–film by Regina Ulwer
Schedule of Performances:
October 1, 2021: Launch of series. Natsu Nakajima, Saga Kobayashi, Hiroko Tamano. Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony.
October 1, 2021: Natsu Nakajima performs Ihaien. Online content available until October 11, 2021.
October 2, 2021: Saga Kobayashi performs From Being Jealous of a Dog’s Vein: An Adaptation. Online content available until October 12, 2021.
October 3, 2021: Hiroko Tamano performs Dream Bodies. Online content available until October 13, 2021.
October 7-9, 2021: Zero with Yumiko Yoshioka and Minako Seki with interviews with the artists. Online content available until October 15, 2021.
October 14-16, 2021: Yuko Kaseki in Shoot Jeez My Gosh, Eugenia Vargas* in Umbria: Shadow Trilogy for a Dancer. Online content is available until October 21 and 31, 2021.
October 19-24: Cristal Sabbagh in Sowing Asynchronicities, Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh in Earth Tomes, DAIPANbutoh Collective in Corporate. Online content available until October 31, 2021.
October 25-30, 2021: Anzu Furuzawa in Four Dances, Vangeline in Eternity 123 (live performances at Triskelion Arts). Online content available until October 31, 2021.
* Creadores Escénicos con Trayectoria 2019-2022, FONCA, support.
To kick off this series, New York Butoh Institute is pleased to administer, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lifetime Achievement Awards to Natsu Nakajima, Saga Kobayashi, and Hiroko Tamano.
“Butoh is alive and well today,” says Vangeline, curator of this series, “and it is largely due to the pioneering work of women since the 60s. These women are still very active today and are vital contributors to butoh’s global success. Their legacy endures; with this series, we celebrate women’s achievements and hope to inspire the next generation of dance-makers.”
Schedule of Classes:
October 2, 2021: In-person butoh workshop with Vangeline in New York.
October 7, 2021: In-person class with Vangeline in New York.
October 9, 2021: Masterclass with Yumiko Yoshioka via zoom.
October 10, 2021: Masterclass with Minako Seki via zoom.
October 17, 2021: Masterclass with Yuko Kaseki via zoom.
October 21, 2021: In-person class with Vangeline in New York.
October 24, 2021: Zoom class with Vangeline.
Register for classes at www.vangeline.com/calendar
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
