Vangeline

One dancer kneels on the floor, wearing a long wig and a garment wrapped around their waist. Their feet are bare and flexed, and they lean forward, with downcast eyes and hands near their mouth. The stage behind them is covered with lemons and limes. The dancer is Quentin Chaveriat. He has become a fantasy of surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington.
Photo: Shahryar Shahamat

Queer Butoh Festival: Still Life

Jen George

The Queer Butoh Festival 2025 offers a rare generosity of access, vulnerability, and narrative layering.

Photo: Cesar Alberto Guzman

Paradoxical Transmissions: The Dance of Darkness in Words

Leslie Bush

Butoh explained through science in Vangeline’s Butoh: Cradling Empty Space