For two decades Hisako contributed to the developement of the Body Weather Laboratory. A kinesthetic and movement research initiated by dancer.farmer Min Tanaka. This comprehensive movement training offers open and incisive investigations to challage physical limits and scale, evoke sense memory and rigorously re-examine the body as a dynamic, transformative enviorment.
Steven Carlino is a butoh influenced multi- disciplinary performance artist. Performed and collaborated with punk, noise avante-jazz bands in the Midwest, designing sound for dance/theater.
MORGAN VON PRELLE PECELLI works as curator, producer, anthropologist and artist in NYC. www.lostnotebok.org
Bill Mullen is a visual artist working in NY, has studied/performed with Takuya Muramatsu (Dairakudakan), has been an active participant in the Butoh-Kan training, Program at CAVE.
Stephanie Lanckton is a dancer/choreographer, trained in Ballet/Modern/Capoeira/Hip-hop. Graduated from Point Park College, attended Intelochen Arts Academy, is a certified Pilates instructor. Performed with Akira Kasai, in “Butoh America”(2007).
DENISE FUJIWARA is a choreographer, dancer, actor, dance impresario and teacher with 27 years of professional experience. Fujiwara’s dance has been featured in dance festivals in Seattle, Washington DC, Vancouver, Calgary, Copenhagen, Ecuador and India. Based in Canada, Fujiwara continues to develop original solo and ensemble dance performance
Yuko Kawamoto wants to express light in darkness, movement in tranquility and a strong sense of existence.She trained in ballet before her work with Shinonome Butoh.
Ko Murobushi trained and performed with butoh’s creator Tatsumi Hijikata and was a founding member of Dairakudakan, the longest-running butoh company. His influential group Ariadone introduced Europe to butoh in 1978. Based in Japan, he leads the Edge Company and tours internationally throughout Europe and South America. Ko Murobushi trained and performed with butoh’s creator Tatsumi Hijikata and was a founding member of Dairakudakan, the longest-running butoh company. In 1974, he founded the female butoh company Ariadone with Carlotta Ikeda; two years later he founded Sebi, a corresponding all-male butoh group. In 1978, Murobushi introduced butoh to Europe with a … Continued