https://danceparade.org/
New York Butoh Institute
presents
Freedom's Descent
Choreographed by Yazmin Gonzalez
Featuring:
Yazmin Gonzalez
Genevieve Jencson
Celeste Laborde
Alex Shanahan
Alison LeBrun
Robyn Wong
Stephanie Larriere
Oscar Suh - Rodriguez
Rute Ventura
River Luna
Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute are excited to announce that The New York Butoh Institute will be in Dance Parade New York on May 17, 2025. Over 10,000 dancers will take to the streets in a dazzling display of artistic expression and cultural celebration at the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival. The festivities will commence with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 AM on West 17th Street and Avenue of the Americas, featuring this year’s esteemed Grand Marshals—Danny Tenaglia, Mercedes Ellington, Funmilayo Chesney, and David Parsons—who are being honored for their outstanding accomplishments in the field of dance. Performances by renowned dance troupes, including The New York Butoh Institute, will set the stage for the vibrant procession. Starting at 12:00 PM, all dance groups will move down the Avenue of the Americas, merging traditional and contemporary styles in an extraordinary fusion of movement and music. For more information, please visit www.danceparade.org.
This year’s Butoh performance will be choreographed by Yazmin Gonzalez for The New York Butoh Institute.
Yazmin Gonzalez began her dance education at 18, studying Egyptian Classical Belly Dance under the guidance of Maria Jammal. Upon moving to N.Y., she encountered East Coast Tribal Belly dance and became enamored with the fusion path under the tutelage of Sera Solstice and Zuleika Milan. Seeking to provoke emotional exploration through movement, she came to the New York Butoh Institute, and felt immediately engaged by the profound power of focus and deliberation that Butoh offers. She currently studies under the primary guidance of Vangeline and has been privileged to train with several Butoh masters, such as Atsushi Takenouchi, Tetsoro Fukuhara, Yumiko Yoshioka, and Joan Laage. Throughout a decade of inner diving, she has sought to transfer the arising emotions in her movement through a melding of Middle-Eastern, Latin-Fusion, and Butoh dance. Her first solo ‘Desire’ was showcased in 2019 for the N.Y. Butoh Institute festival. Yazmin has also showcased ‘Venus Invites’ for the Ritual Cabaret Festival in 2023 as well as a duet with Andres Sepulveda entitled 'Posturas' -- featured at the 2023 Queer Butoh Festival. Her latest and most cherished presentation 'Desire' made its second debut at the 2nd Excavate:Works in Progress series.
This program was made possible by an award from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the City Council.