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DAIPANBUTOH COLLECTIVE

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WHO WE ARE

Seattle-based collective group for butoh

DAIPANbutoh Collective is devoted to strengthening the presence of butoh in Seattle and the Northwest USA, both by producing the work of its members and by bringing in international artists for performances and workshops.


Formed in 2010, DAIPANbutoh Collective is a collective of seasoned performers and choreographers who, though all acknowledging butoh’s origins and decades of development globally, continue to hone their individual artistic voices. By bringing our collective energy, experience, and talent together, we support each other’s work by helping produce it and performing in it as well as being audience members. In order to strengthen the collective spirit, we made a conscious decision to create two group works with all members. DAIPANbutoh Collective members continue to create work individually, and as a collective, produce the Seattle Butoh Festival annually.

DAIPANbutoh Collective is very grateful to our community, including our financial supporters, for helping us stay present during 2020 and into 2021. DAIPANbutoh Collective was able to host two web events and able to pay artists in the challenging covid time and then in the beginning of summer 2021, members began organizing outdoor performances. We are pleased to bring our annual live butoh festival back this coming November.

Seattle Butoh Festival 2023
Unveiling

NOVEMBER 11-19
DAIPANbutoh Collective presents workshops & performances by 
Shinichi Iova-Koga (SF/USA), Julie Becton Gillum (NC/USA) & DAIPANCollective members

YAW Theater, 6520 5th Ave S, Seattle 98108

DAIPANbutoh Collective's 13th Annual Seattle Butoh Festival features continued contemporary cultivation of unfolding depth of the butoh-infused human-universal enigmatic experience exposed and transformed for cultural and personal expansion and connection.

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Upcoming Events

  • Three Day Autumn Mirando Butoh Training
    Three Day Autumn Mirando Butoh Training
    Fri, Oct 13
    Seattle
    Oct 13, 5:30 PM – Oct 15, 7:30 PM
    Seattle, 115 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Oct 13, 5:30 PM – Oct 15, 7:30 PM
    Seattle, 115 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Led by Dhyana Garcia. Fri&Sun@TK Artist Loft; Sat@Kubota Garden
  • Seattle Butoh Festival 2023: Unveiling
    Seattle Butoh Festival 2023: Unveiling
    Fri, Nov 17
    Seattle
    Nov 17, 7:00 PM – Nov 19, 10:00 PM
    Seattle, 6520 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    Nov 17, 7:00 PM – Nov 19, 10:00 PM
    Seattle, 6520 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    DAIPANbutoh Collective presents workshops & performances: Shinichi Iova-Koga (SF/USA), Julie Becton Gillum (NC/USA), DAIPANbutoh Collective members November 17-19, YAW Theater

"We shake hands with the dead, who send us encouragement from beyond our body; this is the unlimited power of Butoh."

Tatsumi Hijikata