About ButohOUT!
ButohOUT! is the only creative platform of its kind in Australia focusing on this distinctive art form and it is important to continue to build on its growing reputation.
ButohOUT! has woven its way into the fabric of the Melbourne art scene since 2017 and it has built a unique Artists-led creative and laboratory space across Victoria, Australia.
Providing artists, and community members of all ages a creative ground, ButohOUT! celebrates diversity and authentic expression through the idiosyncratic artform of Butoh, and continuously aims to actualise our vision for a radically inclusive artistic practice.
ButohOUT! is a creative platform that breaks expectations and boundaries. It invites diverse arts and non-arts communities to engage with the profound internationally acclaimed art form of Butoh.
ButohOUT! engages with international Butoh dancers to interact with local Australian practitioners to form new initiatives in an open exchange of expertise and performance.
ButohOUT! is the only festival of its kind in Australia focusing on this distinctive art form and it is important to continue to build on its growing reputation.
“Butoh, originally called Ankoku Butoh (Dance of Darkness) conceived in Japan during the late 50’s& early 60’s, during the social turmoil after the war.
Rather than aspiring to an aesthetic ideal, the dance attempts to expose the joys and sorrows of life, exploring the most fundamental elements of physical and psychological existence. ”