ButohOUT! 2022 ”Kabuku-off!”
We are all kind of weird and twisted and drowning - Haruki Murakami
ButohOUT! 2022 KaBuKu-Off! celebrates the extraordinary beauty in distortion through Butoh, Dance of Darkness. It focuses on our fundamental nature of being slightly off centre, weird, twisted and even drowning in a sea of chaos in a post pandemic contemporary way of living life.
ButohOUT! 2022 Spring Season (Thu 24 - Sun 27 Nov 2022) brings the energy of the Japanese MATSURI 祭 to the Abbotsford Convent. MATSURI 祭 loosely translates as ‘festival’ and describes a community gathering space where rituals are shared with a spirit of celebration.
Photo: Vikk Shayen
ButohOUT! 2022 will hold three events in this season;
the Convent Kids program presented by Abbotsford Convent, Peek-A-Butoh, a 50 min fun and family-friendly Butoh workshop for kids,
the site-specific performance work titled Blessed Chaos 祝福のカオス, and
the contemporary Butoh themed DJ & performance night, ButohOUT! NightOUT!
With food, drink, music and dance, we foster our connection withinin the community through the unique fluidity of Butoh!
Past Events
Official Support and Partnership
ButohOUT! Festival 2022 is greatly supported by and partnership with Abbotsford Convent Foundation.