2024 Salish Sea Butoh Festival TEACHING ARTISTS:
* Tadashi Endo (Göttingen, Germany)
* Yukio Suzuki (Tokyo, Japan)
* josie j / divinebrick (Los Angeles, USA)
* Sara Zalek (Chicago, USA)
WORKSHOPS are SOLD OUT, but WE STILL HAVE ROOM FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND AUDIENCES TO ATTEND OUR 2024 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES on August 16th & 17th. Buy your tickets to the show here: www.eventbrite.com/e/salish-sea-butoh-festival-live-performance-gala-tickets-922245600417
2024 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
MONDAY, August 12
4:00 PM — Opening Circle
4:30 to 7:30 PM — josie j workshop “Corporeal Reformation: Butoh Explorations and Body as Phenomenon”
TUESDAY, August 13 — TADASHI ENDO workshop
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Lunch break
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
WEDNESDAY, August 14 — TADASHI ENDO workshop
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Lunch break
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 14 @ 8:00 PM — “BUTOH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE” an ARTIST TALK with Tadashi Endo, Yukio Suzuki, Dr. Joan Laage, Sara Zalek, josie j, Shoshana Green, and Ginger Krebs — facilitated by Iván Espinosa and followed by audience Q&A
THURSDAY, August 15 — TADASHI ENDO workshop + student performance culmination
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Lunch break
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Butoh workshop taught by Tadashi Endo
6:00 PM — student performance workshop culmination
FRIDAY, August 16 — YUKIO SUZUKI workshop
** 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM — Lunch break
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
FRIDAY EVENING, August 16th @ 7:30 PM
— Teaching Artists Performance Night # 1 @ FIREHOUSE Theater in Bellingham
— performances by josie j a.k.a. divinebrick, Sara Zalek + special guests Shoshana Green & Ginger Krebs
SATURDAY, August 17 — YUKIO SUZUKI workshop
** 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM — Lunch break
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
SATURDAY EVENING, August 17th @ 7:30 PM
— Teaching Artists Performance Night # 2 @ FIREHOUSE Theater in Bellingham
— Performances by Tadashi Endo, Yukio Suzuki + special guest Joan Laage/Kogut
SUNDAY, August 18 — YUKIO SUZUKI workshop + student performance culmination
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Lunch break
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM — "catch your body" Butoh workshop taught by Yukio Suzuki
6:30 PM — student performance workshop culmination
MONDAY, August 19 — josie j / divinebrick workshop + Butoh CABARET @ night
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM — “Corporeal Reformation: Butoh Explorations and Body as Phenomenon”
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Lunch break
3:00 to 6:00 PM — “Corporeal Reformation: Butoh Explorations and Body as Phenomenon” taught by josie j
MONDAY NIGHT, August 19 — Butoh CABARET !!
9:00 PM — Butoh Cabaret show @ the SALOON stage
11:00 PM — DJ dance party celebration !!
TUESDAY, August 20 — SARA ZALEK workshop + Farewell ritual offering
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM — “Butoh Body” workshop with Sara Zalek
3:00 PM — CLOSING CIRCLE & FAREWELL
