“FUNGAL CHOREOGRAPHIES: Mycelial Bioperformativity in Multispecies and Multidisciplinary Worlds”
By Iván-Daniel Espinosa
— Original essay written by Iván-Daniel and published in a special issue on “Bio-
performativity” of the academic journal TDR: The Drama Review. Published 2026
by Cambridge University Press in TDR: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-drama-review
“Embodying Climate Change: Self-immolation and the hope of no escape”
By Clara Margaret Wilch, PhD
— A review and discussion of Iván-Daniel’s mushroom/fungi-themed Butoh
performance MESSENGERS DIVINOS in the PERFORMANCE RESEARCH academic
journal. Published June 2020 by Taylor & Francis in Performance Research:
https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2020.1752578
“Mycelium in Motion: Choreographing Care in Iván-Daniel Espinosa’s Messengers Divinos”
By Angenette Spalink, PhD
— A book chapter-length discussion and detailed analysis of Iván-Daniel’s
mushroom/fungi-themed Butoh performance MESSENGERS DIVINOS published in
a book titled CHOREOGRAPHING DIRT. Published January 2025 by Routledge:
“Transformative Global Expansions of Butoh Dance in BUTOH AMERICA”
By Iván-Daniel Espinosa
— Book review of BUTOH AMERICA: Butoh Dance in the United States and Mexico
from 1970 to the early 2000s by Tanya Calamoneri. Published April 2025 by
Routledge in the Dance Chronicle journal:
https://doi.org/10.1080/01472526.2025.2492415
“Expanding the Archive of Butoh Dance History and Philosophy through Oral Storytelling And Embodied Transmission”
By Iván-Daniel Espinosa
— Book review of Butoh, as Heard by a Dancer by Dominique Savitri Bonarjee.
Published January 2026 by Routledge in the Dance Chronicle journal: https://doi.org/10.1080/01472526.2025.2607925
“Tracing Multidimensional Histories of Butoh”
By Iván-Daniel Espinosa
— Book Review of A History of Butô. By Bruce Baird. Published 2026 by University
of Alabama Press in the Theatre History Studies journal: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/577