Butoh musing with Vangeline

This episode focuses on the making of the duet Man Woman by butoh dancers Akihito Ichihara and Vangeline during their choreography residency at the Monira Foundation in New Jersey in July 2024.

In the first part of this episode, Akihito Ichihara and Vangeline have a conversation about MAN WOMAN. The second half takes you behind the scenes of their creative process as they discuss the piece, section by section, for the sound artist composing the soundscape.

About my guest and collaborator: Akihito Ichihara is a renowned Butoh dancer (Sankai Juku, ELF).

To learn more about MAN WOMAN visit https://www.vangeline.com/news/2024/7/10/vhzk6zy97x0uhmu7kkzwrx5vryork8

In this episode recorded on July 8, 2024, Vangeline and Danish actress Marie Bach Hansen and Christine Albeck Børge discuss the many possibilities of Butoh after meeting in Florence Italy during a Butoh workshop led by Vangeline and organized by Wade Dance.

They also discuss how beneficial gentle butoh techniques can be to actors and performers.

For more information about Christine Albeck Børge, go to https://www.allthatmanagement.dk/klient.php?kid=129&tid=2&lang=da&p=showreel

For more information about Marie Bach Hansen, go to: https://www.instagram.com/missmariebach/

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This second episode focuses on Butoh, Sensitivity, Sensuality, and the Nervous System, and is an audio recording of my video lecture on the subject. This episode also explores Butoh and eroticism, the history of women in Butoh, and Feminism.

Listen to three short preambles by Vangeline recorded on each day of her last 3-day zoom workshop focusing on the art of listening in Butoh.

These reflections are meant to support Butoh practitioners with their Butoh practice and give context on Butoh as an art form.