NW Butoh Festival - Workshop 2 - Thursday, May 14th, 2026

Workshop Artist - Vanessa Skantze

Vanessa became a student of Jinen Butoh founder Atsushi Takenouchi in 2003. She has trained extensively with Mari Osanai; and drawn deep from workshops with Natsu Nakajima, Seisaku, and Yuko Kaseki. She has created numerous solo and group Butoh works and has taught regularly for 20 years.

Time -  10:00am - 2:00pm

LOCATION - New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont, Ste 2, PDX 97214. [In the WYSE Buliding. Use building doors located on the South side of the building.] 

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL - The Northwest Butoh Festival will be held on May 13th through the 16th, 2026. There will be twelve performances over three nights and four workshop

Artists include Joan Laaga/Kogut Butoh, Julie Becton Gillum, Minja Mertanen, Vanessa Skantze, Iván Espinosa and Co, Ash Pillar, Arlo King, Amapola, Salty Xi Jie Ng, Olga Kravtsova, Monel Chang and Didi (Freddi) Wyss. Workshop guides will be Minja Mertanen, Vanessa Skantze, Julie Becton Gillum and Joan Laage.