Alissa Horowitz, the spawn of a dancer–artist duo, was raised free–spirited and surrounded by art. As a modern dancer living in NYC, she teaches dance to the kiddies, and in the past has worked in arts publicity. Alissa lived in Madurai, India for four months, where she studied th

Butoh is always intense. It is the dance of darkness after all. But in the work of the second-generation Butoh company, Sankai Juku, there is a peaceful element, more otherworldly than visceral. Even their name, which means "studio by the mountain and the sea," implies serenity and calm. Their wor