Butoh dancer TO-EN photographed by Pawel Maciak, Malgorzata Taraszkiewicz, Martin Gustavsson, Maciej Grochala, Natalia Osuch, Dawid Linkowski and Andrzej Grzelak.

The exhibition shows works of photographers who were present in TO-EN’s artistic career. The authors perpetuated TO-EN and TO-EN Butoh Company performances and imprinted their visual sensitivity in TO-EN’s artistic vision, where butoh dance and its philosophy go beyond the theatre walls.

Butoh – Butoh is a contemporary dance form originated from Japan in the late 1950s. Butoh’s main founder – charismatic dancer and choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata, broke principles of the dance genre and created new modes of artistic expression.

TO-EN (Jap. EARTH – GARDEN) is a butoh dancer and choreographer. For many years she has been living in Sweden and studying the body work and butoh dance with SU-EN Butoh Company. Her solo debut White – bialy was a starting point for TO-EN Butoh Company. Currently in Poland, TO-EN works in the field of stage performances, multidisciplinary and site-specific projects, improvisations, workshops, exhibitions, lectures. www.toenbutoh.com