JINEN BUTOH WORKSHOP with ATSUSHI TAKENOUCHI
Accompanied by live music from Hiroko Komiya
“The accumulation of our days is Butoh.” — Atsushi Takenouchi
This intensive workshop offers an introduction to Jinen Butoh, the dance practice developed by Japanese artist Atsushi Takenouchi. Atsushi understands dance as a life force that dances with all things.
The Japanese word Jinen describes the universe before any separation between nature, humanity, and god — a flowing river of life and death, light and dark, in which everything moves together. Jinen Butoh joins this flow: we dance with life, rather than as isolated individuals. We allow the body to breathe itself back into the world, and to be danced by the same forces that move oceans and grass. The body becomes a meeting place between self and environment, between human, nature, and the wider flow of existence.
No previous Butoh experience is required — only curiosity and openness.
This will be Atsushi and Hiroko's first ever visit to Glasgow.
Times and Dates
Workshop
Friday 23rd January: 11:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday 24th January: 11:30am – 5:00pm
Sunday 25th January: 12:30pm – 4:30pm
Performances
There will be live performances bookending the workshop days, taking place at the Old Hairdressers in Glasgow (tickets sold separately):
22nd January – Butoh dance solos by Atsushi Takenouchi (music by Hiroko Komiya) and Paul Michael Henry.
26th January – Frequency in Motion (experimental live music, video, and Butoh dance with Hiroko, Atsushi, Chris H. Lynn, Paul Michael Henry and Suzi Cunningham) + the debut live show by Vernix (ritualistic dronecrone music from members of Speculum Bunny).
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