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.
NEW EVENTS
—–2026—–
December 2026
-07-11 Ciudad de México. Foro Contigo América: Taller Intensivo de la técnica de actuación de Antonio Gonzalez Caballero.
-07 Ciudad de México. Foro Tadeco: Mesa redonda sobre la práctica escénica y el futuro de la técnica de actuación de Antonio Gonzalez Caballero.
-04 Ciudad de México. Foro Tadeco: Demostración y plática de la técnica de actuación de Antonio Gonzalez Caballero. Con venta de libros de la técnica.
-01-02 Puebla. Centro de las Artes Tetiem: Taller de Butoh
November 2026
-29 Mexico City. Foro Los Talleres de Coyoacán: “Cuerpos Lánguidos” Butoh Performance.
October 2026
-29 Berlin. Circus Potoo: Butoh performance “Cempasúchitl” as part of Day of the Dead event directed by Kukulkan Rituals.
August 2026
-27 Berlin. Monopol Berlin: “Rabbit Hole -うさぎの穴-” Butoh collaboration with Coco Katsura (Bondage art)
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.
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
WORKS/OBRAS
Butoh and Organic Sculpture. Germany-Israel, 2024.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Belle Shafir (Sculpture and Visuals).
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).
Butoh. China, 2019-2023.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh).
Butoh and video. Mexico City, 2016.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Omar Ramírez Casas (Video).
Butoh. Mexico City,2014.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh).
Photography Exhibition and Performance. China, 2018-2022.
Gustavo Thomas (Photography and Butoh performance) and Wing Han (Modeling and Tango performance).
Butoh and Bassoon. China, 2020.
Gustavo Thomas (Butoh) and Michael Garza (Bassoon).
Theatre and Butoh. China, 2019.
Gustavo Thomas.
Documento. 2012 Mexico. Spanish edition.
Gustavo Thomas (Recopilador).
