BUTOH DANCER. DIRECTOR. SINGER. 20+ YEARS UNDER DIEGO PIÑÓN, AKIRA KASAI, TAKETERU KUDO. BORN IN MEXICO CITY'S OPERA SHADOWS. DIRECTS IX-BUTOH SINCE 2009 — GUTTURAL CHANT, ANTI-FORM, SOMATIC FIRE.
Coco has performed in numerous Butoh festivals around the world, including NYC, Amsterdam, Spain, Mexico among many others.
Students, audience, participants — hundreds have trembled witnessing his stage across Tulum beaches, Turkish marathons, Berlin Kiez, Indonesian jungle, Butoh festivals, theater festivals, trance festivals, street jungles, and underground spots where the veil is thinnest.
MEXICAN FIRE + BUTOH VOID = MYSTIC EXPLOSION IN EVERY RITUAL PERFORMANCE.
WORKSHOPS — ENTER THE WOUND
Since 2007, Coco has guided hundreds through Butoh's unnameable pulse—in 4 of the 5 continents. His rituals aren't classes; they're rebirths, dissolving ego in somatic fire for souls worldwide.
“I was not used to that intensity in a Butoh class, and Butoh classes can be intense, but a Coco Butoh class is something that stops you on your tracks. You are not the same person before the class; when you leave a Coco class, something will have happened.”
— Adam Koan (@shadowbodybutoh)
WOUNDS
A raw excavation of the body's hidden scars. No healing. No story. Only the tremor that speaks when words fail. Coco guides you into the wound—not to close it, but to dance from its depth. Bring your silence. Leave your name at the door.
BUTOH IS NOT NOURISHED BY BUTOH
A workshop for those ready to forget Butoh. No steps. No form. No legacy. Only the breath before the name, the joy before the fall, the scar before the story. Coco ignites the void where dance feeds on life—not on dance.
UPCOMING TREMORS
WTF Is Butoh?
A 2-Day Journey of Body and Voice with Coco Villarreal
Is Butoh an aesthetic? Is Butoh a lifestyle? Is Butoh fashionable? WTF is Butoh?
A 2-day immersive workshop exploring Butoh physical principles, Water Body / Noguchi Taiso, and voice.
Feb 21–22 | 11:00–19:00 Ufferstudios, Berlin
220€ new students / 180€ old students Limited spots!
Pic 1, "Bodhi" Rafael Nuñez
Pic 2, "Tajin Butoh" Daniel Villa
Pic 3, "Kodama" Clara Urbano
Pic 4, "Butoh is not Nourished" Sandro Mosco
Pic 5, "WTF?" Carmen Vera Barrera
Pic 6, "Rio Hebro" Felipe Delgado
Pic 7, "Ix Journey" Cecile Dasilly
Pic 8, "El Cala" Michael Brandt
