Inspired by the Medea myth and Euripides' great tragedy, and using the Japanese Butoh Dance, Yokko brings the tortured spirit of Medea to life. This fusion of Eastern dance and Western drama invites the audience inside Medea’s dark and desperate struggle. Trapped in the underworld, she is forever cursed to relive her tragic journey through love, hate, and ultimate loss. 
Butoh Medea was premiered at United Solo 2014, and received four awards including Best One-Woman Show. It was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. The show has been touring across the USA and Europe (Poland, Scotland, Italy, Turkey, Germany, and Czech Republic) since then. 

Up Next! 

Occidental College Department of  Theatre & Performance Studies
​Presents
the G.William Hume Fellowship in the Performing Arts 
BUTOH MEDEA
​The 48th public performances! 
Sat. Oct. 14, 2023
​at 7:00pm
​Thorne Hall at Occidental College, LA
Yokko became the Hume Fellow this year made possible this performance. ​

Finished...

March 5-6, 2022
The Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Theatre, 
Dell Atre International, Blue Lake, CA

TEAM

Performed, Choreographed & Concept by Yokko
Text Written by S M W
Directed by Brian Rhinehart

Co-Choreographed by Jordan Rosin
Costume Designed by Deepshikha Chatterjee
Lighting Designed by Derek Van Heel
Music by Paul Michael Henry & Hiroko Koyama with Ren Gyo Soh
Assistant Directed by Cihangir Duman 
Speech Coached by Alyssa Ciccarello & Dianna Cortez