2023 Salish Sea Butoh Festival

Welcome Butoh Family New and Old

Salish Sea Butoh invites you to join us for 8 days of dance immersion on the northeastern tip of the Olympic Peninsula! For this special event, we bring together a diverse array of intergenerational Butoh teachers to facilitate multiple day-long workshops and dynamic Butoh experiences both indoors and outdoors in nature! In celebration of the Pacific Northwest’s unique landscapes and beautiful moss-covered forests, workshop attendees will have the option to stay at a local organic farm campground, sharing communal meals and feedback circles around the bonfire after a full day of Butoh training in a gorgeous forested environment.  

Over the Past two years of this incredible event we have taken the time to grow and change in the face of an ever shifting and dynamic world. For those of you who have joined us before, you may notice some specific changes in our workshop schedule. We hope that increasing the amount of free time throughout the week will allow us to create more connection with each other and foster a sense of community. This journey we embark on together requires us to feel resourced and we hope our schedule reflects a creative container that prioritizes experimentation, connection, and rest.

Festival Schedule

  • 9AM - 9PM Arrive to Port Townsend

    We Highly encourage Attendees to arrive in Port Townsend on Friday- this way folks can have some time to settle in and get their bearings (especially if they are setting their spot up at our camping location)

  • 8AM-12:30PM this is the final window to Arrive in Port Townsend before the first day of Workshops

    12:30PM - 4:30PM This is the first workshop session of our festival which will be lead by our Pacific North West Butoh Teaching Artist Sheri Brown.

  • 11AM - 6PM Workshop day with ANASTAZIA LOUISE ARANAGA

    @ The Cottonwood Building in downtown Port Townsend (607 Water Street

  • 11AM - 6PM Workshop day with ANASTAZIA LOUISE ARANAGA

    @ The Cottonwood Building in downtown Port Townsend (607 Water Street

  • 11AM - 6PM Workshop day with ANASTAZIA LOUISE ARANAGA

    @ The Cottonwood Building in downtown Port Townsend (607 Water Street

  • DAY OF REST & BUTOH CABARET

    This is our Mid-week day of rest. Baking this day of rest into our schedule will allow attendees to recharge and explore the beautiful landscape of the Quimper Peninsula. Additionally Attendees who will be performing their original new works will have the day to tech and dress rehearse for our BUTOH CABARET SHOWCASE.

    7PM - 9PM BUTOH CABARET

  • 10AM - 6PM Workshop with

    EUGENIA VARGAS

    @ QUIMPER GRANGE

  • 11AM - 6PM Workshop with

    EUGENIA VARGAS

    @ QUIMPER GRANGE

  • 11PM - 6PM Workshop with

    Kota Yamazaki

    CHIMACUM GRANGE (9572 Rhody Drive)

    7PM-10PM Teacher Gala Performance

  • 11AM-3PM 11PM - 6PM Workshop with

    Kota Yamazaki

    CHIMACUM GRANGE (9572 Rhody Drive)