PORT TOWNSEND — The weeklong Salish Sea Butoh Festival is taking place at Fort Worden. “Butoh is like a contemporary dance theater,” said festival founder and executive producer Iván-Daniel Espinosa.

Akihito Ichihara is Japanese Butoh dancer (ELF, Sankai Juku). Ichihara started acting in his teenage years. In the 1980s, he was greatly influenced by watching the renowned Butoh troupe Sankai Juku on ...

Surface Area Dance Theatre, an innovative dance company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, will join Queer Butoh 2025 on June 25 and 26. This performance will be led by Christopher Fonseca, a talented ...

Some of Jonathan W. Marshall's research into butoh was supported by an ARC-LIEF grant. Both Hijikata’s and Suzuki’s work attracted followers in Australia, and continue to have influence today. They ...