Flowers & Waves: Butoh Dance Demonstration

Join us for a butoh dance demonstration by visitng artist Dai Matsuoka, with special guests.

December 14

7-8pm

UH Mānoa Kennedy Theatre - Earle Ernst Lab Theatre

Space is limited. Visitor parking on the UH Mānoa campus is available for a fee.

Interested in learning butoh? Join our free all-levels dance workshops led by Dai Matsuoka, Dec. 10-12. More info

About the artist:

A graduate of Sophia University and Kuwasawa Design School, butoh dancer/choreographer Dai Matsuoka has been performing with internationally renowned ensemble Sankai Juku since 2005, and has appeared in some of their major works including Kinkan Shonen, Tobari, Unetsu, ARC and TOTEM.

Matsuoka has directed LAND FES since 2011, a festival that invites audiences to experience dance performances as they walk around the city. He has been an instructor for the Scramble Dance Project in Odawara City since 2018, in which both people with and without disabilities create dance together. He also runs BUTOH CHOREO LAB, an online platform with video lessons by high-profile Butoh dancers.

Matsuoka has collaborated globally with artists such as Phantom Limb Company (NY) on "Falling Out," and Paola Prestini (NY) on "Houses of Zodiac." In 2021, Matsuoka joined as a curator of "Tokyo Real Underground," the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special13 program. He is also a Life Kinetik® certified trainer.

Some background about butoh:

https://www.sadlerswells.com/discover-dance/more-about-dance/butoh

https://www.vangeline.com/butoh

Supported by: East-West Center Arts Program, UH Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance, EnMa, UH Mānoa SEED IDEAS, and the Norma Nichols Fund

Photos: Performance of Score, photos by Masbumi Kimura

Host or Publisher East-West Center Arts Program