Vangeline Artist Statement

Whether we explore the Self through words, images, music or movement, we symbolically offer to others a vision and a statement about that which we are. We help define and shape collective ideals by undertaking this journey into ourselves.

Butoh leads us back to our conflicts, our wounded selves, and through the process brings what is hidden into the light. The process is deeply healing and transformative.

Shedding various masks and layers of conditioning leads to more honesty. When we are stripped of our defenses, we can offer our best. We become more capable of intimacy. We can be fully creative.

Butoh can take us on a path to embracing ourselves fully, transforming our Shadow, finding beauty and strength from the depth of our fragility.

It can be an instrument of personal and collective transformation in the 21st century.
This transformation comes from holding a mirror to each other and integrating our many facets - the beautiful and the ugly; and from reintegrating the forgotten of our society into our midst.