Butoh is the dance of becoming, in constant transformation, but before we can begin to being danced, we need to find out how to 'empty' our vessel in order to be available. To become a tool, an instrument of the universe and of all life. In this workshop we will explore how to travel from full to empty, life and death, inside and outside, between form and soul. Exploring the present body, empty body, the body as a vessel and the transformation of our physical states with powerful images.
Butoh is an avant-garde, radical, revolutionary dance of transformation, which emerged at the end of the 50ese in Japan, it is not a technique but rather a method and a philosophy, an approach to dance that is born within us and connects us to our essence, nature, universe and the cycles of life and death.
The main elements that will be explored in the workshop are metamorphoses, dance through imagery, presence, awareness, and the tension between opposites with the aim to free the body from its mundane preconceived set of gestures and movements and thus allowing us to access a deeper and more authentic essence of movement and archetypal expression.
Questioning how Butoh can be translated into a European Body and why Butoh is extremely relevant nowadays, Yael Karavan shares more than 25 years of Butoh experience, during which she had the opportunity to work with founders of Butoh in Japan, Kazuo Ohno and Motofuji San – wife of T. Hijikata – as well as with Tadashi Endo and MAMU dance theatre, Yumiko Yoshioka and Ten-Pen-Chi, Sankai Juku, Minako Seki, Carlota Ikeda, Akira Kasai, Ko Morobushi and Natsu Nakajuma among others.
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https://www.servivo.earth/butoh-workshop-portugal/
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