Here’s a list of butoh training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes – organized by area in the United States this winter, December 22, 2017 – March 20, 2018.
New York City, NY
- 1/20: Butoh: The Crucible of Body & Mind with Vangeline, Zen Center of New York City
- 2/15 – 2/18: Noguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai, NY Butoh Institute
Ongoing:
- Sundays, 6pm – 8pm: Community Butoh Class with Vangeline, NY Butoh Institute
Asheville, NC
- None currently scheduled. For most up-to-date information, check out: http://www.ashevillebutoh.com
Ongoing:
- Mondays, 6:30pm – 8:30pm (starting 1/8): Aspects of Butoh Practice, Asheville Butoh Collective
Tampa, FL
- 1/18 – 1/20: Shadow Body Butoh Intensive
Chicago, IL
- 2/8 – 2/11: Noguchi Gymnastics with Mari Osanai, Butoh Chicago
Ongoing:
- Sundays, 12pm – 2pm: Butoh Body Weekly Classes, Outerspace
Seattle, WA
- 2/1 – 2/5: ShadowBody Land-Based Butoh Intensive on Whidbey Island, Butopia
- Daipan Butoh Collective: None scheduled. For most up-to-date information, check out: http://www.daipanbutoh.com/workshops/
Ongoing:
- Saturdays, 2pm – 5pm (first Saturday of ea. month, Jan 6 – July 7) Daipan / UW Workshop Series
Portland, OR
- 2/21 – 2/25: Noguchi Taiso / Butoh Workshop with Mari Osanai, Water in the Desert
Ongoing:
- Mondays, 6pm – 8pm: Butoh Foundations, Meshi Chavez
Northern California, CA
- 1/19 – 1/21: Humboldt Butoh Festival with Workshops by Leslie Castellano, Anastazia Louise, & Jordan Rosin
- 2/24 & 2/25: “monsters of delight: dances of otherness and wonder” with Leslie Castellano, Humboldt Butoh
Ongoing:
- 2nd & 4th Sundays, 4:30pm – 6:30pm: Community Butoh Class (Winter/Spring 2018) with Leslie Castellano & Jordan Rosin, Synapsis Nova
San Francisco & Bay Area, CA
- 1/5 – 1/7: Unusual Presence Workshop with Shinichi Iova-Koga, inkBoat
- 1/14: Stillness Studies Workshop with Anastazia Louise of Bad Unkle Sista
- 1/20: Berkeley Butoh – Harupin-Ha Butoh Class
- 3/1 – 3/4: Noguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai, Butoh San Fransciso
Ongoing:
- ButohSF: None scheduled. For most up-to-date information, check out: http://www.butohsf.com/classes.html