Mee Ae Caughey ’00 on Queer Butoh: Finding Belonging in the Dance of Darkness
Mee Ae Caughey ’00. Photo by Jari Poulin
“When I’m dancing, I can be a man, I can be a woman. I can be gay or straight.” says Mee Ae Caughey ’00. Drag is a cornerstone of Caughey’s shape-shifting practice of Butoh—an avant-garde movement, born in Japan after World War II—that she discovered while studying at Bard College.
Post Date: 07-03-2020
Post Date: 07-03-2020