Caitlin Coker is an associate professor at Hokkaido University’s Cultural Anthropology Lab. She received her doctorate at Kyoto University, and her research there focused on the physical practice of movement-making in butoh along with its oral history. Her research is grounded in practice and performance together with practitioners before connecting her findings with contemporary theories of affect and the body. Currently, she is researching pole dance and butoh while performing in the butoh group Kyokuhokukai (極北会).