Butoh and Neuroscience
Colombian neuroscientist Dr. Luis Roberto Amador López, theoretical physicist Dr. José Jairo Giraldo Gallo, and butoh choreographer Brenda Polo research the effects butoh has on the brain and emotions in their project "Black Hole."
July 5, 2022 | Read Article
Isabel Cristina Jiménez: “Dance is Freedom”
Isabel Cristina Jiménez, a plastic artist and butoh dancer with Manusdea Antropología Escénica in Bogotá, Colombia, shares some of her favorite performances and how dance allows her to feel space and freedom.
May 23, 2022 | Read Article
Erik Ferguson: “Dancing is How the Body Learns”
"My entire art practice now is centered on survival." Portland based anti-virtuoso movement artist Erik Ferguson discusses how he has found more access and freedom in fringe dance spaces.
March 4, 2021 | Read Article
Yulia Arakelyan: “It’s Not ‘Despite,’ It’s Because Of Our Unique Bodies”
"It’s because of our unique bodies that we are the amazing dancers (and people) that we are." Portland-based dance artist Yulia Arakelyan discusses common misconceptions and the need to include more diverse bodies in the field, as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.
July 6, 2020 | Read Article
Of Butoh, Bogotá and the Brain
Brenda Polo, a butoh dancer and the director of Manusdea Antropología Escénica in Bogotá, Colombia, shares how butoh can address the violence in Colombia, as well as her research linking butoh, neuroscience and somatics.
February 17, 2020 | Read Article