Category: Butoh

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Butoh Contemporary dance Japanese tradition

Ballet x butoh x kabuki : A dance remembered in Tohno

From December 26 to December 28, the contemporary dance company of K-Ballet, Opto, associated with the famous butoh dancer, Akaji Maro and the French-Japanese kabuki wonderboy Onoe will premiere A dance remember in Tohno in Brillia hall (Ikebukuro). Revolving around a mythical young kamikaze and its pains, performed by the company who enchanted us with their Petit collection in 2022, and 2 great individuals, this is a show not to be missed – as of Dec.18, there were still places available.
For more information there is a great article in Japan Times here

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Butoh Contemporary dance

Butoh at Kochuten – Multilayered body animal

Dairakudakan presents a one-man butoh performance by Konan AMOKU / Conan Amok, Multilayered body animal, from December 11 to December 14th, in Kichijoji, Tokyo. Kochuten, the paradise in a jar, the 50-seats venue of the oldest existing butoh company (est.1972), has re-started their regular spectacles / producings. After Jongye YANG Rite of spring all female Dairakudakan members sold-out performances in November, and before Shinshoku (March 2-8), it is a perfect time to taste Butoh pieces blessed by Akaji MARO, who is acting as artistic director for this piece. For more information on Dairakudakan / Kochuten programs, and on Butoh in 2025 and beyond.

Other recommended performing arts spectacles until end of the year : From October to December
And for the first quarter 2026

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Butoh Circus Contemporary dance

Floating squid, Butoh, dance and juggling

Wakaba Coffee presents a triple staged show on December 26 and 27, featuring Wakaba Coffee butoh pair, obviously, a poetic juggling performance by Yosuke Meguro – who was invited to present his Life Work in Setagaya Public Theater earlier this year -, and contemporary dance by Manami and Mamiko Hosokawa. A triple bill followed by a coffee, for an exclusive event. Wakaba’s butoh pieces are always intriguing, often entertaining, and this will be a great combination, no doubt. In Nakano.
More info on butoh in Tokyo in 2025.

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Butoh

Tensui Hokusai Manga Butoh

On November 14/16, butoh meets pro-wrestling in an old factory in Sumida-ku. Butoh dancers Emiko Agatsuma and Tomoshi Shioya share a choregraphy with wrestlers. This session inscribes itself in the Hokusai butoh series in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, which already featured such butoh dancers as Wakaba and Kana Kitty.

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Butoh Dance

The rite of spring, butoh style

Dairakudakan, the famous butoh company established in 1972 and still headed by Akaji Maro, one of the most famous butoh dancers and choregraphers still alive, will perform a revisited Rite of Spring, choregraphed by Jongye Yang. This is a great chance to see an exciting works, performed at the company’s home base, Dairakudakan Kochuten, in Kichijoji. From October 28 to November 3rd. Tickets go on sale from September 20. As the Dairakudakan theatre has a limited capacity, it is advised to book early.
Information for booking : click on the link or on Rite of Spring

For more context
Akaji Maro, profil(e) in French
A short history of contemporary dance in Japan
Contemporary dance venues & others
And for more performances, dance and theatre in the autumn
Tokyo stages from October to December
Dance Bridge 2025 – Vol 2

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Butoh

Sankai Juku – Totem in Tokyo

Sankai Juku will be touring in Japan in October, presenting the late work of Ushio Amagatsu Totem in Tokyo from October 9 to October 13 (in Setagaya Public Theater) and then in BiwaKo on November 1st.

For reservation, it is best to use the Japanese version of Setagaya Public Theater (on the English version, there is no availability).

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Butoh Dance

Little red riding hood

Butoh performance around the famous fairy tale figure, by Kohei Wakaba at Koenji. December 20 and 21st. For more details, info@wakaba.coffee. I had the chance to see other performances of this underground butoh group 2 months ago, and can recommend.

https://www.instagram.com/wakaba.coffee.butoh/