a dance of surrender,
awakening, and return
BUTOH FOR THE BODY, MIND, & SPIRIT
Dancing in the Rift of Becoming
Sheri Brown Dance is the artistic home of choreographer, performer, and educator Sheri Brown.
Since discovering Butoh in 2000, Brown has cultivated a multidisciplinary practice integrating performance, workshops, collaboration, and contemplative inquiry. As a founding member and Artistic Director of DAIPANbutoh Collective since 2010, she continues to develop work rooted in deep listening, embodiment, and MA—the living space between
NEXT PERFORMANCE & WORKSHOPS
Anchor in the Field
(of Becoming)
PERFORMED & CO-CHOREGRAPHED BY
SHERI BROWN IN COLLABORATION
WITH RAPH LAIGO
This post-western Butoh dance work is a ritual of release and transformation blending butoh, sound, visual art, historical research, light and space. The body, once bound by memory and belief, ravels in to presence — thread by thread, gesture by gesture.
The anchor becomes the offering; the field becomes the prayer. Through stillness, rupture, and renewal, the dancer moves toward an embodied redemption — a healing born not from escape, but from trust
and transformation.
Themes of debunked memories, identity, and eventual liberation interweave with the poetic raveling of the “American suit,” revealing a reclaimed landscape of presence within and beyond identity.
PERFORMANCES
AUGUST 21 & 22 | 8 PM
Visual art by Raph Laigo
Music co-edited and curated by Raph Laigo & Sheri Brown
Live music by Stephanie Wood
Set design by Sheri Brown & Raph Laigo
Special thanks to:
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, City Artist Grant
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“I am in awe of your courage to surpass that which is comfortable and which you’ve always known.
You are a brave being on this planet….Your energy made the whole thing more complete.
I learned from watching you be engaged how I’d like to be.”
S.S.
KEEP UP WITH SHERI
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