Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute announces that founder Vangeline appears in a new music video, for “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN” by A Perfect Circle. The video and new release are available at https://apc.lnk.to/TWIMC.

Co-founded by Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle has been a major presence in alternative rock for more than two decades. Their debut album, Mer de Noms (2000), became the highest-charting debut album of its time. Howerdel and Keenan have climbed the charts with their albums, Thirteenth Step (2003), eMOTIVe (2004), and Eat the Elephant (2018), and are now launching an extensive North American tour. The video was made by Rizz. Vangeline is featured dancing her solo Butoh Beethoven.

Vangeline is a New York–based teacher, choreographer, and dancer specializing in Japanese Butoh. As the artistic director of the Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute, she is widely recognized for her rigorous, research-driven approach to Butoh and for expanding the form’s relevance in the 21st century. Her work actively champions diversity and inclusion within the field, creating space for historically underrepresented voices. She carries forward the legacy of Butoh while infusing it with contemporary relevance—through activism, research, and performance.

Through her all-female dance company, Vangeline creates socially engaged, innovative choreographic works that unite Butoh with activism. She is the founder of both the New York Butoh Institute Festival, which uplifts the work of women in Butoh, and Queer Butoh, a festival centering LGBTQ+ voices within the form. She is also the visionary behind The Dream a Dream Project, an award-winning program now in its 18th year that brings Butoh to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities across New York State.