Here’s a list of Butoh Dance training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes in the United States throughout the year 2018. The list is organized alphabetically by state, then chronologically for events within a given state.

Festivals

• 1/19 – 1/21: Humboldt Butoh Festival (Eureka, CA)
• 4/2 – 4/30: Butoh College (Portland, OR)
• 4/27 – 4/28: UNFIX NYC (New York City, NY)
• 5/30 – 6/23: SOAK A Stream of AcTs and Training, CAVE/Leimay (Brooklyn, NY)
• 7/5 – 7/15: Seattle Butoh Festival (Seattle, WA)
• 10/10 – 10/21: New York Butoh Institute Festival (New York City, NY)
• 10/25 – 10/28: Asheville Butoh Festival (Asheville, NC)

Dates TBA

• Post-Butoh Festival (Chicago, IL) [date tba]

Workshops and Ongoing Classes

California

Ongoing Classes:

• 2nd & 4th Sundays, 4:30pm – 6:30pm: Community Butoh Class (Winter/Spring 2018) with Leslie Castellano & Jordan Rosin (Eureka, CA)
• Sundays, 4pm – 6pm (starting 1/28): Community Butoh Class, Butoh SF (San Francisco, CA)
• Last Friday of ea. Month, 6:30pm – 8:30pm: Noguchi Taiso with Ranko Ogura (San Francisco, CA)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 1/5 – 1/7: Unusual Presence Workshop with Shinichi Iova-Koga, inkBoat (Berkeley, CA)
• 1/14: Stillness Studies Workshop with Anastazia Louise of Bad Unkle Sista (Colfax, CA)
• 1/20: Berkeley Butoh – Harupin-Ha Butoh Class (San Francisco, CA)
• 1/20 & 1/21: Noguchi Taiso “Water Body” Butoh Work w/ Ranko Ogura (San Francisco, CA)
• 2/11 & 2/25: Butoh Dance: Exploring the Water Body with Leslie Castellano (Eureka, CA)
• 3/1 – 3/4: Noguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai (San Francisco, CA)
• 4/13 – 4/15: Yumiko Yoshioka Butoh Workshop (San Francisco, CA)
• 6/3, 6/24, & 7/15: Butoh Classes with Hiroko Tamano (San Francisco, CA)
• 6/11 – 6/14: Resonant Bodies: Butoh & Movement Workshop for Actors with Jordan Rosin & Yokko (Los Angeles, CA)
• 6/17: Special Community Butoh Class with Jordan Rosin (San Francisco, CA)
• 9/15 – 9/16: Ankoku-Butoh Workshop with the Harupin-Ha Dance Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
• 10/27 – 10/28: Butoh & Movement for Actors Workshop with Yokko (Los Angeles, CA)
• 12/21 – 12/22: Celebrating Empty – Full Moon / Winter Solstice Butoh Dance Workshop with Jordan Rosin (Eureka, CA)

Colorado

Workshops / Intensives:

• 10/26 – 10/28: Body Ritual Movement with Diego Piñón (Durango, CO)
• 11/2 – 11/4: Body Ritual Movement with Diego Piñón (Boulder, CO)

Florida

Workshops / Intensives:

• 1/18 – 1/20:Shadow Body Butoh Intensive (St. Pete, FL)
• 1/21 – 1/22: Shadow Body Butoh Intensive (Tampa, FL)

Illinois

Ongoing Classes:

• Sundays, 12pm – 2pm: Butoh Body Weekly Classes, Outerspace (Chicago, IL)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 2/8 – 2/11: Noguchi Gymnastics with Mari Osanai, Butoh Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• 3/2 – 3/3: Body Tales – Jakob Maché, Butoh Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• 3/18 – 3/25: Make the Brutal Tender with Eryka Dellenbach, Butoh Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• 4/19 – 4/22: Body Resonance with Yumiko Yoshioka, Butoh Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Massachusetts

Workshops / Intensives:

• 8/31 – 9/2: Delicious Movement Workshop with Eiko Otake, Earthdance (Plainsfield, MA)

New York

Ongoing Classes:

• Sundays, 6pm – 8pm: Community Butoh Class with Vangeline, NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• Thursdays, 8pm – 10pm (2/15 – 4/26 and 7/5 – 9/6): Ren Gyo Soh Weekly Class w/ Yokko (Brooklyn, NY)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 1/20: Butoh: The Crucible of Body & Mind with Vangeline, Zen Center of New York City (Brooklyn, NY)
• 2/15 – 2/18: Noguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai, NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• 2/19: Butoh & Movement with Yokko, SUNY New Paltz (New Paltz, NY)
• 3/8 – 3/10: Ren Gyo Soh Winter Workshop, The Ume Group School of Physical Theatre (New York City, NY)
• 3/23 – 3/25: Coney Island Ritual Cabaret Workshop / Performance (Brooklyn, NY)
• 4/16 – 4/17: Body Weather Workshop with Frank van de Ven, CAVE (Brooklyn, NY)
• 4/22: Masterclass with Dai Matsuoka (Sankai Juku), NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• 4/25 – 4/27: Workshop with SU-EN (Sweden), CAVE (Brooklyn, NY)
• 5/3 – 5/6: Yumiko Yoshioka Butoh Workshop, NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• 6/13 – 6/15: Sharpening the Water Body with Shinichi Iova-Koga (Brooklyn, NY)
• 6/29 – 7/1: “Eating Things in the Dark”, Butoh Workshop with Vangeline, NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• 8/3 – 8/5: “Resonant Bodies: Movement Workshop for Performers” with Jordan Rosin (New York City, NY)
• 8/10 – 8/12: “Ren Gyo Soh Summer Workshop” with Yokko (New York City, NY)
• 9/6 – 9/9: Butoh workshop series with Vangeline: Mastering the Mind Body Connection, NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)
• 10/23: Butoh Master Class with Natalia Cuellar (Chile), NY Butoh Institute (New York City, NY)

North Carolina

Ongoing Classes:

• Mondays, 6:30pm – 8:30pm (starting 2/5): Aspects of Butoh Practice, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 3/8 – 3/11: Noguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)
• 4/7: Floor Essence, A Butoh Workshop with Shadowbody, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)
• 6/3: The Dance of Intimacy with Constance Humphries, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)
• 7/1: Aspects of Butoh with Julie Gillum, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)
• 8/5: Butoh & Archetypal Symbol with Jenni Cockrel, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)
• 8/27 – 8/28: Workshops with Seisaku and Yuri Nagaoko, Asheville Butoh Collective (Asheville, NC)

Oregon

Ongoing Classes:

• Mondays, 7pm – 8:30pm: Butoh Foundations, Meshi Chavez (Portland, OR)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 2/21 – 2/25: Noguchi Taiso / Butoh Workshop with Mari Osanai, Water in the Desert (Portland, OR)
• 4/4 – 4/29: Butoh College, Water in the Desert (Portland, OR)
• 8/16 – 8/17: Resonant Bodies: Butoh / Movement Workshop with Jordan Rosin (Portland, OR)
• 8/23: Butoh Workshop with Kudo Taketeru, Water in the Desert (Portland, OR)
• 9/15: Stillness Studies Workshop with Anastazia Louise (Corvallis, OR)
• 9/21 – 9/23: Stillness Studies Workshop with Anastazia Louise (Portland, OR)

Virginia

Workshops / Intensives:

• 8/10: Butoh Dance: Alchemy of the Spirit with Jordan Rosin (Richmond, VA)

Washington

Ongoing Classes:

• Saturdays, 2pm – 5pm (first Saturday of ea. month, Jan 6 – July 7) Daipan / UW Workshop Series (Seattle & Bothell, WA)

Workshops / Intensives:

• 2/1 – 2/5: ShadowBody Land-Based Butoh Intensive on Whidbey Island, Butopia (Whidbey Island, WA)
• 6/2: Butoh Masterclass Workshop with DAIPAN’s Helen Thorsen, Daipan (Seattle, WA)
• 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2: “Awakening Physical Poetry” Butoh Class Series with Daipan Teachers, Daipan (Seattle, WA)
• 7/7: Butoh Masterclass Workshop with Mizu Desierto, Seattle International Butoh Festival (Seattle, WA)
• 7/8: Butoh Masterclass Workshop with Mushimaru, Seattle International Butoh Festival (Seattle, WA)
• 7/12: All-Ages Outdoor Workshop for Families with Mushimaru, Seattle International Butoh Festival (Seattle, WA)
• 7/14 – 7/15: Snohomish intensive weekend workshop retreat with Mushimaru Fujieda, Seattle International Butoh Festival (Seattle, WA)