Primary Medium

Performance/Dance

Address

252 Green Street
Brooklyn, 11222

Artist Statement

Sindy Butz is an interdisciplinary visual artist, visionary choreographer, and performer whose work merges conceptual endurance performance, Butoh dance, and multisensory installations. Renowned for her research-driven practice, she explores themes of rituals and altered states of consciousness through slow-time perception and hyper-controlled micro-movement, creating works that challenge and captivate audiences globally. A principal dancer with the Vangeline Theater since 2010, Butz has trained extensively in Japanese Butoh under masters such as Yoshito Ohno, Natsu Nakajima, Mari Osanai, and Semimaru of Sankai Juku. She has been a faculty member of the New York Butoh Institute since 2016 and is a sought-after educator, teaching at universities, dance schools, and art institutions across North America and Europe. Her immersive installations and performances have been showcased at prestigious venues, including the Momentary, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, the BRIC Arts Media, New York, the United Theater on Broadway, L.A., the Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, New Museum, Dixon Place, Wave Hill, Asian American Art Alliance, and Princeton University. Sindy created the choreography and sculptural desert and forest costumes for the Grammy-nominated opera Black Lodge by David T. Little, produced by Beth Morrison Projects and co-commissioned by Opera Philadelphia. The Marina Abramovic Institute has featured her solo works, Hearth and Homage to Hildegard of Bingen, further cementing her reputation as a pioneering artist. She is currently co-directing and choreographing for the immersive theatrical experience Bardo with award-winning director Sandra Powers for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Butz holds degrees in Visual Arts (AKI Enschede) and Art Science (University of the Arts Berlin) and was a DAAD-funded doctoral fellow at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her groundbreaking work bridges the realms of art, movement, and introspection, positioning her as a leading figure in contemporary performance art.

Links

Website: http://www.sindybutz.com
Instagram: @sindybutz