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Butoh: Into the Depth-5 week course with Vangeline with performance March 12

  • Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute 126 10th Street Suite 207 Brooklyn, NY, 11215 United States (map)

Butoh: Into the Depth-5 week course with Vangeline with performance March 12


Learn to meditate through movement, tapping into subtle body systems and the unconscious. Butoh, the dance of darkness, is a transformative practice from Japan being taught in Brooklyn by renown teacher Vangeline. Will end in a performance by students. Open to dancers and non-dancers alike.


🗓  4 classes + 1 performance, Feb 12th-March 12th

🕰️ Wednesdays 6pm-9pm

🗺 Vangeline Theater: 126 10th Street, Suite 207, Brooklyn

💰 Sliding scale of $130 (scholarship) to $500 (supporter)

📋 Application deadline: Feb 1st

👥 Class limited to 16 students

Explore the inner worlds of the unconscious & the body

Butoh, the dance of darkness, is an avant-garde dance form that emerged in Japan in the 1950s. The form resists definition, but is often characterized by meditative movement that is variously informed by sensation, emotion, play, micromovement, surrealist techniques, the grotesque, and – above all – authenticity.

This exploration will include space for conversation after each session and a final show for students to perform.

Class Schedule

6:00-7:45 pm class

7:45-8:00 pm break

8:00-9:00 pm eat & discussion

Wednesday Dates

February 12

February 19

February 26

March 5

March 12 (performance)

Earlier Event: March 9
Butoh Class with Vangeline at 6pm
Later Event: March 16
Butoh Class with Vangeline at 6pm