Date and Time
- Thursday, Nov 19, 2026 6pm - 8pm
Location
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St
Details
For over five decades, Butoh has been active in the Bay Area in the shadows, performed mostly in underground venues and intimate settings, with liberating uneasiness, expressions of existential anguish, and radicalism in the absurd. This presentation by Kumiko Uyeda highlights how Butoh first began in Japan in the 1950s; took root in the Bay Area in the 1970s, brought by Koichi and Hiroko Tamano; and subsequently found voice through the Japanese American lens of Judith Kajiwara. The Tamanos were students of Hijikata Tatsumi, who was the founder of the Butoh art form in collaboration with Ohno Kazuo. The Tamanos and Kajiwara have been the cornerstone of Butoh in the Bay Area, dedicating their lives to the expression of the unbridled imagination of the subconscious. The presentation will be followed by a performance of Uninterrupted Rest: A Butoh Awakening.
