Butoh Elements
Our bodies are vessels, slowly moving through space and time.
Filled with energy, fluids, memories,
Dreams, and the collective history.
Our vessel is a storehouse of invaluable resources.
That can be tapped into, explored, and cultivated.
We all carry universal truths,
Soul archetypes dwell within us
Waiting to be expressed.
Come join our Butoh class. For a term of “Emptiness”;
exploring movement, being moved, and stillness.
Every Wednesday we will dance our bodies while diving into the philosophy of Butoh. Using images, stories, and our own imaginations. We will explore the terrain that is our body; how it moves, how to let go and allow it to do the talking. Creating space for our creativity to shine.
This unique training is an invaluable tool for dancers, actors, adult beginners. Encouraging participants to open up and expand physically and energetically. This workshop creates a gentle and supportive environment to start an individual on the collective process of investigation through creative movement.
Whether you practice dance, or healing arts this workshop is sure to be an enriching and memorable experience.
This class is for all levels of experience.
- Please wear loose comfortable clothing you can move in.
- Bring a bottle of water.
- A small towel
- An open adventurous spirit.
This class is great for movers, parkour, circus performers, actors, physical theatre performers, dancers, singers, artists, puppeteers. Anybody wishing to explore their bodies and use it in a new way.
Butoh 舞踏(Butō) is form of Japanese Dance Theatre. It began in the late 1950’s as a response to centuries of western colonization in Japan. By returning to traditional Japanese inspired movement, imagery, and stories. The founders of butoh; Hijikata Tatsumi And Ohno Kazuo were complementary in their opposing views of Butoh, and its development. Creating the ever evolving art form we have today. Covering the spectrum of improvisation and exploration on one end, and intense training and specificity of movement on the other. The art form is known to be difficult to define. Common features can include playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd movements, and is traditionally performed in white body paint with slow hyper-controlled motion.