Butoh Artist Talk and Community Discussion with Joan Laage

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC-06:00

Heritage Museum of Asian Art | Chicago

Heritage Museum of Asian Art
Publisher/HostHeritage Museum of Asian Art
Butoh Artist Talk and Community Discussion with Joan Laage
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A rare chance to hear artist and scholar Joan Laage discuss her butoh learning and exploration with members of the Chicago butoh community.
About this Event

Come join us for a rare opportunity to hear artist and scholar Joan Laage discuss her butoh learning and exploration alongside members of the Chicago butoh community. This event is a collaboration between the Heritage Museum of Asian Art and Butoh Chicago.


Please note tours may be canceled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.


This is generously funded by the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation as part of the Dragon Within: Loong and Global Symbols event series.


Artist bio: 

Residing in Seattle WA for many years, Joan/Kogut is known as the Northwest butoh pioneer. She is one of the few non-Japanese to study with and dance under Yoko Ashikawa in her Tokyo-based group Gnome in the late 80s. She also studied with Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno. Joan has performed and taught at many festivals including the first New York butoh festival, Vienna’s Hybrid Butoh Festival), Paris Butoh Festival (Tenri) and En Chair et En Son Acousmatic Festival in Paris. Joan was invited by Vangeline to present a solo in New York City and was a featured artist at Frankfurt’s Winterwerft Festival. Joan wrote a dissertation on the butoh body and is featured in Tanya Calamoneri’s Butoh America. Since living in Krakow 2004–2006, she has been known as Kogut (rooster).


Butoh (舞踏, Butō) is a form of contemporary Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. 


Accessibility

The Heritage Museum of Asian Art's Entrance is on West 35th Street. Take the elevator to the third floor and turn right to the Museum Reception Desk. Accessible and standard toilets are located on the same floor. Free parking space is available next to the museum via West 35th Street.


If you have any programming questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with [email protected] or 312-842-8884.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Heritage Museum of Asian Art, 3500 South Morgan Street, Chicago, United States

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