Katsura Kan, a master teacher and Butoh dancer, will visit campus to give a special lecture on "The Origin of Butoh in post-WWII Japan" on Thursday, Oct. 30, 7-9 pm.  The lecture will include video examples, as well as anecdotes from Kan's 29 years of Butoh performance and teaching.  A question & answer period will follow the lecture.  Watch excerpts from a recent performance by Kan at Naropa College here. 

Based in Kyoto, Japan since 1979, Master Butoh artist, choreographer and teacher Katsura Kan (b. 1948) is a Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan’s first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe Byakkosha (1979-1981). For the past 29 years, Kan has worked with dancers in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, and South East Asia, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan cultures. Katsura Kan seeks to spread knowledge of the art and practice of Butoh globally, while educating students, artists and audiences about the links between Butoh and classical Japanese Noh theatre.