Moov Voice
Moov Voice with Elaine Lemieux and Sara Zalek Next Workshop FREE Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Thanks to Roman Susan Foundation.
Loyola Park Fieldhouse 1230 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Combines classical vocal techniques with fundamental Butoh exercises, exploring the physical sensations of sound on, in, and with the body.
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Eiko Otake
50 Years of Being A Foreigner May 7 – May 10, 2026. May 2026 marks 50 years since Eiko Otake began living and working in the United States. Eiko & Koma first performed at the Japan Society (NYC) on May 6, 1976. Fifty years later, hosted by the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Eiko returns…
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Explore Butoh: Body and Nature Workshop
Explore Butoh: Body and Nature Workshop: Embodying the Spirit. MARCH 11-12 (Wed & Thursday evenings) 6-10pm The Checkout, 4116 N Clark St., Chicago This workshop is a process of erasing and re-creating the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery. Investigate aesthetics common to butoh through creative explorations and mind/body/b.
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Monthly Butoh Body in Chicago
Come experience our next Butoh Dance class at the Japanese Culture Center, our proud partner! We offer fundamental body and breath exercises, resources for future study, and opportunities to experiment with your imagination and to delight with your darkest soulmate. Look for our classes (about) every third Saturday/Sunday evening of the month in 2026.
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Dance of Life with Hiroko Tamano
Join The Renkon Project for a series of heart-opening experiences for the 80the observance of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including Butoh workshops, performances, video, and live projection on the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, August 1-9, 2025.
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Free Student Performance bam bam boom____
June 1 6pm Links Hall bam bam boom____ transforming / expressing intensities / violent impulses recently saw an enzo sign… a sign of world without beginning or end.
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Min Yoon aka “Citizen Truth”
Min Yoon aka “Citizen Truth” leads a series of post/butoh workshops and a solo performance, dancing-being-in-time at Links Hall, May 27-31, 2025 Min Yoon explores difficult truths beyond language, and against inherited social knowledge, through researching and dancing with unintentional/subconscious movements within impulsive improvisation, physicality, and stillness.
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NexGen Butoh Lovers Showcase
April 11, 12, 2025 @Dovetail Studios: Joyously supported by the Community of Partners through a 3Arts Project Award and a subsidized program at Dovetail Studios. NexGen Butoh Lovers Showcase highlights a diverse cast of emerging artists working to carry forward the lineage and curious path that is Butoh into the Future.
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arboring
arboring: winter sunday, march 2nd 1:00-2:00 p.m. Indian Boundary Park, Chicago (free) a Butoh vigil dedicated to and danced with our tree neighbors a ritual practice of slow endurance a meditation on collectivity through freeze and thaw brightness, thirst, whispers, skin, telepathy, underworld
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Piercing Heart
ONE NIGHT ONLY February 23, 7:30pm Piercing Heart, 50 minutes Solo Butoh Performance Created and Performed by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Commissioned music by Bill Horist Asian Improv aRts Midwest, 4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
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