From November 19-22, 2026, the festival features internationally acclaimed master Butoh artist Maureen Fleming (New York), a film by Seattle Butoh pioneer Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh,… Read More »Seattle International Butoh Festival 2026
Join us for an evening of poetry, butoh and music in a garden setting in Green Lake. The Homestages are intimate outdoor experiences that Joan… Read More »Homestage in Green Lake
DAIPANbutoh Collective is pleased to announce its Seattle International Butoh Festival 2025, which will take place November 14 through November 23 at YAW Theater in… Read More »Seattle International Butoh Festival November 14-23, 2025
A free performance and a filmed interview and dance film of an South African Butoh dancer Tebby Ramasike. Mr. Ramasike is a remarkable butoh artist… Read More »Afro Butoh Film and Performance (Tacoma)
Experience Butoh dance as six choreographers—Sheri Brown, Dhyana Garcia Snyder, Joan Laage, Vanessa Skantze, Mary Cutrera, and Helen Thorsen—bring new dances to the Tacoma Armory.… Read More »Fresh Ground Butoh Dances Tacoma
Join us in our annual celebration of butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata’s life. Performers include Vanessa Skantze (who organizes events at Teatro de la Psychomachia), Kaoru… Read More »Celebrating Hijikata
Laage/Kogut+Falzone+An+Harmonson & Wolfe+Shannon+Stanford With new solos Joan/Kogut & Katrina return to the Chapel collaborating with well-known local musicians in an evening celebrating the richness and… Read More »Two new solos by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh & Katrina Wolfe with live music
Presented by DAIPANbutoh Collective, the Seattle International Butoh Festival 2024 features guest artists Mari Osanai (Japan), Eugenia Vargas (Mexico) and Tebby Ramasike (South Africa/Netherlands) to… Read More »Seattle International Butoh Festival 2024
Slime molds. Ocean waves. Phosphorescent plankton. All are formed by tiny, individual particles working together. And all were embodied by the five women of DAIPANbutoh… Read More »Witnessing the Ritual at Butoh Festival
