Philippine Embassy in Bangkok Hosts “Kapwa Butoh Movement Workshop” With NCCA and Sentro Rizal, Celebrating National Women’s Month 2025 

The participants performing their own expression of one of the movement exercises during the workshop

BANGKOK 21 March 2025 — The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Sentro Rizal, hosted the “Kapwa Butoh Movement Workshop” on 17 March 2025.  

With the theme “For ALL Women and Girls: Reclaiming Identity through Movement”,  the workshop was organized as part of the Embassy’s activities celebrating National Women's Month. Inspired by the Filipino concept of kapwa, the workshop encouraged participants to reconnect with their inner self and express their identities through artistic movements. Through the various exercises, the participants were provided opportunities to experience unconstrained self-expression and freedom of movement in their personal space.

Participants included Embassy personnel and dependents, members of the Filipino community, and foreigners who were interested and eager to learn about the Philippine expression of the butoh movement. 

The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Sasa Cabalquinto, a pioneering butoh practitioner in the Philippines who incorporates Filipino concepts and indigenous traditions in her interpretation of the movement. She is an independent movement artist affiliated with Para Sa Sining Collaboratory, a Manila-based non-profit organization that envisions building a culture of inclusion through collaborative art. 

Sentro Rizal serves as the Philippines' cultural center abroad and aims to promote Philippine arts, culture, and language around the world through a network of centers in various countries, including Sentro Rizal Bangkok at the Philippine Embassy. END

 The facilitator Ms. Sasa Cabalquinto (standing right side) with participants of the “Kapwa Butoh Movement Workshop” conducted at the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok

For more information, visit https://www.bangkokpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinThailand/.