Works and New Events

Butoh and Theatre Performances, Photography Projects and Exhibitions, Books. Extracts of all the works by Gustavo Thomas and the news and events to come.
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Performances de teatro y Butoh, proyectos fotográficos y exposiciones, libros. Muestras de todas las obras de Gustavo Thomas y eventos por venir.

Masks (2019)

GAO Huacheng Arts Festival

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

Languid Bodies

(Infancy)

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

2016-2020

Languid Bodies

(Violence)

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

2016-2020

Languid Bodies

(Silence)

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

2016-2020

La Vida Sencilla (2020)

Dahua Poetry Festival

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

Humedad Expansiva (Excerpt)

Digital Performance Event

Gustavo Thomas: Butoh improvisation

Yoatzin Balbuena: video & audio

Carolina Arteaga: Video & Photography

Zayda Gómez: Sound & Video

Flesh Memories of The Women I come From (2024)

Gustavo Thomas creation and performance

Stage Works sites:

-Languid Bodies (2016-2022)

Creation and performance: Gustavo Thomas

https://gustavothomasteatr.wixsite.com/languidbodies

-Exorcism of the Father (2024)

Creation and Performance: Gustavo Thomas

Art Installation: Belle Shafir

https://gustavothomasteatr.wixsite.com/the-exorcism-of-the

-Masks (2019)

Creation and Performance: Gustavo Thomas

https://gustavothomasteatr.wixsite.com/masksbutoh

-Pride Chinese Style (2018-2022)

Performance and Photography 

Original idea, photography and Butoh performance: Gustavo Thomas

https://gustavothomasteatr.wixsite.com/pridechinesestyle

-Quarantine: Memories of a Forced Confinement(2020)

Photography and Butoh: Gustavo Thomas

https://gustavothomasteatr.wixsite.com/quarantine

NEW EVENTS

—–2026—–

December 2026

-Mexico City. González Caballero Acting Technique Workshop. Foro Contigo América.

November 2026

-Mexico City. Butoh Workshop and Performance.

August 2026

-Berlin. “Rabbit Hole -うさぎの穴-” Butoh collaboration with Coco Katsura (Bondage art). Metropol Berlin.

July 2026

-Berlin. Modeling for Barragan Runway at Berlin Fashion Week.

—–2025—–

-December 2025: Performance of “Exorcism of the Father” Butoh and Art Installation. With Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Belle Shafir (Visual Art)

-October 2025: “Portraits of Chinese Monkey”. Launch of the photography book of monkeys in the Chinese areas of Emei mountain in Sichuan and Zhangjiajie in Hunan.

-September 2025: “Pride in Chinese Style: Queer Photography and Performance in the South of China (2018-2022)”. Launch of the new book documenting those four years of a photography exhibitions and performances with and about the queer community of Guangzhou in China.

-April 5th till 9th: “Weaving Memories”. Butoh workshop. Dali, Yunnan, China.

-April 4th, 2025: “Flesh Memories of the People I Come From -Part 4-“ Show performance. Dali, Yunnan, Province.

-April 3rd, 2025: Butoh introduction class. Dali, Yunnan province, China.

-March 23 and 24, 2025: Two Day Butoh Class Session 10:00 to 12:00hrs and 14:00 to 16:00hrs.

-March 23 and 24, 2025: “重逢” (Meeting Again). Show performance by Gustavo Thomas and Zhiren Xiao in Guangzhou, China. 20:00 hrs.

-March 2nd, 2025: “Sharing my Own Butoh”. Online session for Chinese audience. 10:00hrs (Beijing time).

-February 27th, 2025: “Exorcism of the Father” Butoh and Art Installation. Show performance at the Mexican Embassy in Berlin, Germany. 19:00hrs.

WORKS/OBRAS

Photography Book “Portraits of Chinese Monkeys”
“Pride in Chinese Style: Queer Photographs and Performances in the South of China (2018-2022)”
“The Frozen Dancer” (Butoh work)
Exorcism of the Father
Butoh and Organic Sculpture. Germany-Israel, 2024.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Belle Shafir (Sculpture and Visuals).
El Conejo en la Luna
Short Story, Butoh performance and Graphic novel about dance as medium to enjoy inner balance. Germany-Mexico 2024-2025.
Gustavo Thomas (Writing, Butoh) and Luis Alberto López (Graphics).
The Passing of Time
Butoh. China, 2019-2023.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh).
Cuerpos Lánguidos / Languid Bodies.
Butoh and video. Mexico City, 2016.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Omar Ramírez Casas (Video).
Las Cenizas del Maestro / The Teacher’s Ashes.
Butoh. Mexico City,2014.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh).
Pride Chinese Style.
Photography Exhibition and Performance. China, 2018-2022.
Gustavo Thomas (Photography and Butoh performance) and Wing Han (Modeling and Tango performance).
Study of the Properties of Water and The Passing of Time
Butoh and Bassoon. China, 2020.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Michael Garza (Bassoon).
Masks
Theatre and Butoh. China, 2019.
Gustavo Thomas.
Libro del Método de Actuación de Antonio González Caballero
Documento. 2012 Mexico. Spanish edition.
Gustavo Thomas (Recopilador).
Obras de teatro auto-publicadas: La cura, Vestido de negro, Mígajas, Invocación. (KDP Amazon)
“Carta a los gringos”, publicada en la antología Teatro de Frontera 11 (Mexico, 2002).
Escombros, obra de teatro publicada en Punto de Partida (UNAM Mexico 1998)

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