Bodhisattva Butoh Intensive
A Dance Way to Buddhist Embodiment
Special Weekend Immersion – July 12 & 13, 2025
This 2-day immersion is a condensed version of the full Bodhisattva Butoh Course, inspired by the Buddhist text The Way of the Bodhisattva. It offers a unique opportunity to dive deeply into Butoh dance as a path to embodying Buddhist teachings through movement, meditation, and performative expression.
During this weekend, we will explore the foundations of Butoh in dialogue with selected teachings from the Bodhisattva path, integrating technical training with improvisation and creative composition. The intensive culminates in a short collective sharing at the end of Sunday, open to invited guests.
What You Will Experience
✔ Introduction to Butoh as both physical practice and spiritual path
✔ Embodiment of key concepts from The Way of the Bodhisattva through movement
✔ Guided improvisations and composition exercises
✔ Collaborative process toward a shared performance moment
✔ Safe, reflective space open to all levels of experience
For Whom
This weekend is ideal for both newcomers and experienced movers interested in exploring Butoh as a transformative practice.
Investment
€250 – Normal price (from July 1st)
€230 – Normal price if you bring a friend
€230– Late bird (from June 25th)
€210 – Early bird + bring a friend (until June 25th)
📍 Dzogchen-Gemeinschaft Samdrubling, Vienna
Saturday, July 12 → 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday, July 13 → 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
🕊️ Total: 15 hours of immersive training, practice & creation
About the Intensive
Join us for a weekend of deep embodiment, poetic stillness, and collective presence.
Dance the path of the Bodhisattva.
Registration:
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Will Lopes is a Brazilian Butoh dancer, actor, performer, body trainer and theatre director with more than 20 years of experience in these fields. He graduated in Theatre at the University of Brasilia, studied theatre, dance, dance-theatre, physical theatre, Butoh, circus arts, martial arts, and vertical dance. After his master's degree in Communication and Semiotics, he moved to Europe, where he teaches and performs in different places, e.g. at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warszaw (PL), Kulturelle Landpartie in Hitzacker (DE), Tanz*Hotel Festival in Vienna (AT), Performance Brunch (AT). Among his last projects is the creation of the Vienna Hybrid Butoh Art Festival.
www.willopes.com
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