Dreaming, we straddle the possibilities between what is and what could be. Our dreams, ambiguous and enticing, draw us into liminal consciousness where everything and nothing is real. Real or imagined, dreams begin and end in wonder.

Funhouse movement theater returns to Yume Japanese Gardens to take you on an exquisite butoh journey between enigmas and shadows.

A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh is a seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, and traditional Japanese performing arts. Butoh compels both performers and audience to investigate the primal, universal energies that connect us, and invites us to share an embodied experience of the collective unconscious.

Enigma of Shadows is directed by Lin Lucas and features Sabrina Geoffrion, Marquez Johnson, Karenne Koo, Lin Lucas, Sherry Mulholland, Keita Tsutsumi, and Cynthia Wasco with spoken word by Taylor Johnson and music by Paul Amiel and company. Visitors to this unique performance will encounter dancers dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in choreographed and improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment.

The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot:

Saturday, March 4th, 2023: 3:00PM-4:00PM OR 4:15PM-5:15PM

This is a limited admission event. Advanced ticket reservation is required.

General Admission: $28, Members/Seniors: $25, Children 3-15: $15.