Hal Tanaka

Hal Tanaka
International Butoh artist

In 1982, Tanaka was a member of the Butoh Company Hokkaidō Butoh-ha and toured all over Japan. After leaving the company, he collaborated with many local and international artists, including the renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, and toured his solo and collaborated works. In 2010, he hijacked a building as part of his performance and became the hot topic in the mass media for ‘building hijacking’.

In 2013, the exhibition "Haru Tanaka - Death of the City -" by Spanish photographer Ricardo Baeza was held.

Hal was invited to participate in a research project at Lodz University of the Arts, Poland and was engaged as a movie performer, designer, and Butoh dance teacher.