Butoh Performance | Angela Rogers

Sunday, September 3

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Governors Island

Colonels Row, House 407A

Original Butoh dance performance by Fountain House artist Angela Rogers. Part of Governors Island Arts’ House Fest 2023.

Butoh is characterized by dancers covered head-to-toe in white body paint, slow and arrhythmic body contortions expressing a confluence of anguish and rapture, and a dedication to form and improvisation that is deeply connected to the nature of being.

About the Artist

Angela Rogers is a self-taught artist who, after having brain surgery and developing a seizure disorder in 2012, began creating three-dimensional forms by wrapping sticks with yarn. Over time the forms became figurative and incorporated a variety of media such as clay, fabric, wire, beads, and talismans. Angela refers to these creations as “Poppets,” an Old English spelling of the word “Puppets.” She has exhibited for many years at the Outsider Art Fair and has shown at venues including Andrew Edlin Gallery, Gallery at HAI, and Art on A Gallery. Her pieces are in numerous private collections, and she has participated in residencies at the Ace Hotel and the Carlton Arms Hotel. Angela has been a reader of Tarot cards for over 40 years, which has informed her work. She created several original Tarot decks and a feminist comic book titled No One Likes a Woman. She is a performer and co-founder of the bands Lone Vein and Ash Negative. Angela’s paintings have been featured in films such as Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects, and What Maisie Knew.

Follow her @angelajrogers on Instagram