In-Person Butoh class with Eilish Henderson

Sunday, September 14 2025

5-7pm

Location:

115 Wooster Street second floor

$25

Eilish Henderson is an interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, and educator working with subjects of the body based in Brooklyn.  She is currently on faculty at Westchester Community College, and Iona University.  She is the Artistic Director of SHADOWSWELL, a project-based collective established in 2024 which integrates movement modalities of butoh, contemporary dance, and performance art. Her work has been presented as a part of Queer Butoh Festival at The Brick Theater, WADE Dance Festival, Emerging Artists Festival, “The Body as Archive” at Smush Gallery, and Agropoli Dance Festival in Italy.  

She has worked with contemporary dance artists such as Doug Varone, Valeria Valleto, Sean Curran, Adam Barruch, and Javier Padilla. Eilish holds an M.A. in Dance Education from New York University and has trained in Butoh with Akihito Ichihara, Natalia Cuellar, and Vangeline.  

Cancellations for all classes must be made 12 hours before the class start time. Students that do not attend the class will not receive any form of credit or exchange.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.