Sheri Brown (sheribrown.com). DAIPANbutoh Collective Artistic Director. First butoh teacher: Shinichi Iova-Koga. Primary subsequent teachers: butoh masters Katsura Kan, Diego Pinon, Joan Laage. Influential other masters: Akira Kasai, Minako Seki, Su-En, Jay Hirobashi, Natsu Nakajima, Yoshito Ohno. Grants received: Conductive Garboil, GAP.
Highlights from years with American butoh-inspired troupe P.A.N.: San Francisco Butoh, Overseas Korean Arts, and Chuncheon Mime Festivals. Solo highlights: Bangkok, Boulder, Asheville and Seattle Butoh Festivals + being selected to tour Europe and Americas with Katsura Kan.
Recently joined Katsura Kan in Seattle International Dance Festival, produced and presented new group work in Next WAVE Seattle Butoh Festival 2011 (daipanbutoh.com), and toured south Japan for fifth time with her Japanese musician collaborator Marron of DubMarronics.
Recently danced as one of three “New Women in Butoh” part of 1Fest in Portland. Looks forward to teaching, performing, and collaborating in Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation in August, as well as dancing in the Japanese Gardens and Chapel, Gypsy Café and Seattle Center. Then Breadline and the Boulder Butoh Festival with dance partner Alan Sutherland in October 2011.