SALISH SEA BUTOH FESTIVAL is an annual artistic convergence in Port Townsend, Washington to celebrate and deepen the study of Japanese Butoh and Butoh performance. Since 2021, our retreat-style summer festival has featured immersive Butoh dance workshops taught by veteran Butoh artists from Japan and around the world.
- Port Townsend,
- WA
- Community Focus: Eastern Asian
- Japanese
SALISH SEA BUTOH is a collective of USA-based dancers, performers and multimedia artists — originally co-founded by Iván-Daniel Espinosa and Cosmo Rapaport — in the Pacific Northwest to deepen the study and exploration of Japanese Butoh and Butoh performance.