New York Butoh Institute Announces 2026 Queer Butoh Festival

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute is thrilled to present the 2026 Queer Butoh Festival! This vibrant celebration will span from June 24 to June 27, 2026, at The Brick Theater located at 579 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, 11211, United States.

🎟️ Admission: Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased here.

Celebrating a decade of radical performance and embodied experimentation, the Queer Butoh Festival is ready to return to New York City with four electrifying evenings of performance art. This year, we are excited to bring together local and international artists from Mexico, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore, and Chile, showcasing Butoh as a global and evolving art form steeped in transformation, experimentation, and radical presence.

Featured performances throughout the festival will include:

• Fana Muñoz and Moisés Regla (Mexico)
• Camille Raséra (Belgium)
• Miu Kim (South Korea)
• Dani Cole (NYC)

Additional outstanding performances will feature New Yorkers:

• Milo Longenecker (USA) on June 24–25
• Zo Roze (USA) on June 24 and 27
• Oscar Suh-Rodriguez (Chile/USA) on June 25–26
• Eric Lichtenstein (USA) on June 26
• Robyn Wong Min Xuan (Singapore) on June 27

For more information, please visit here.

Through dance, ritual, sound, and interdisciplinary performance, this festival remains committed to queer expression, artistic risk-taking, and cross-cultural exchange.

💃 About Vangeline: A renowned teacher, choreographer, and dancer specializing in Japanese Butoh, Vangeline serves as the artistic director of Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute. Her pioneering work champions diversity, inclusion, and amplifies underrepresented voices in the Butoh community.

Her all-female dance company creates innovative choreographic works that blend Butoh with activism. Vangeline is also the founder of the New York Butoh Institute Festival, celebrating women in Butoh, and Queer Butoh, centering LGBTQ+ voices within this profound art form. Furthermore, she leads the Dream a Dream Project, reaching behind barriers to share Butoh in correctional facilities across New York State.

Vangeline’s philosophy emphasizes that Butoh can act as a vehicle for personal and collective transformation, integrating the beauty and darkness of the human experience while rekindling voices historically marginalized in society.

Her accolades include international presentations in countries such as Chile, Germany, Italy, France, and more. Among her honors, she proudly received the 2026 National Endowment for the Arts Dance Award and has been featured in major publications like The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.

For further exploration of her works and impact, visit Vangeline's site.

🎭 About The Brick Theater: Established in 2002, The Brick is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to nurturing pioneering emerging artists from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A vibrant hub for unique performances, The Brick hosts 250-300 live events annually, welcoming over 10,000 audience members every year. With a commitment to accessibility and inclusivity, The Brick pushes the boundaries of the performing arts spectrum. Learn more at bricktheater.com.