Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute announces a public showing of The Slowest Wave, the culmination of Founder and Artistic Director Vangeline's 2022/23 Gibney Dance in Process (DiP) Residency, on January 26, 2023 from 6-9pm at Gibney Dance, Studio Y, 280 Broadway, NYC 10007. The evening will include a presentation of work followed by a talkback with the artists and neuroscientists. For more information and to RSVP, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-slowest-wave-at-gibney-dance-dip-residency-final-presentation-tickets-503356221007.

During the residency, butoh artist Vangeline has continued developing The Slowest Wave, a pioneering project combining butoh and neuroscience. In collaboration with neuroscientists Sadye Paez, Constantina Theofanopoulou and Jose 'Pepe' Contreras-Vidal, and composer Ray Sweeten, Vangeline choreographed a 60-minute ensemble butoh piece, which is uniquely informed by the protocol being established for a scientific pilot study researching the impact of butoh on brain activity. For the pilot study, dancers' brain activity will be recorded at the University of Houston, Texas, with real-time visualization of the dancers' neural synchrony and slow brain wave activity. Results will then be disseminated in scientific journals.

Vangeline and Sweeten have built on a 20-year history of creative collaboration with a soundscape that is informed by techniques of brainwave entrainment (techniques that affect consciousness through sound). The Slowest Wave investigates the relationship between human consciousness and dance through the use of scalp electroencephalography (EEG); and will foster connections and understanding between dancers, artists, scientists, engineers, and audiences from around the world.