News tag: butoh

BUTOH WORKSHOP with Kae Ishimoto in Oxford Sunday, 19 April from 1-5pm

This workshop welcomes people from all backgrounds and levels of experience. It will begin with an integrative warm-up, combining methods from floor techniques to breath control, designed to relax the participants’ bodies fully. Kae will then introduce students to Hijikata Tatsumi’s method of butoh* and lead them through a number of Hijikata’s choreographic sequences (butoh-fu), such as ‘pollen’ and ‘nerves’. 

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Rare Opportunity to see Natsu Nakajima in London - 30 May and 2-6 June 2014

Rosa van Hensbergen – who completed her 2012 Daiwa Scholarship in March 2014 – is, along with Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, currently assisting in the organisation of butoh performances and workshops by Natsu Nakajima.

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Sankai Juku Masterclasses in London on 3 and 4 May 2014, organised by Asian Performing Arts UK

Asian Performing Arts UK are delighted to announce Sankai Juku’s visit to London for their two-days Masterclass on 3rd and 4th May 2014 at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Place.

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'Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist' at Tate Liverpool until 11 May 2014

Discover the work of contemporary American artist Richard Hawkins in Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist, his first museum exhibition in the UK. The exhibition at Tate Liverpool brings together new works by the artist, exploring the ways in which classic Western figurative painting can be interpreted or ‘twisted’ to create ideas far beyond the established ideas of art history. 

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting educational activities related to this exhibition. 

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Mixed-media dance performances in Tokyo: 22, 30 November and 9,10 December 2013

Rosa van Hensbergen, one of the 2012 Daiwa Scholars, is currently involved in a number of mixed-media dance performances taking place in Tokyo over the next two months (22 November, 30 November, 9 and 10 December). These are part of an ongoing collaborative project, INPUT PLACE, with ShaLeigh Comerford (American choreographer and director of ShaLeigh Dance Works) and Joe Snape (British electronic composer and researcher). All performances require advance reservation, and as seating is very limited, if you would like to come please book now to avoid disappointment. There is more information on events, times, and bookings below, and there will be regular project updates at the website inputplace.com, due to go live by 10 November 2013.

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Asian Performing Arts UK presents Tadashi Endo lecture, demonstration and workshop in London from 4 October 2013

 Asian Performing Arts UK are delighted to welcome the acclaimed Butoh artist Tadashi Endo to London.

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BUTOH PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS in London and Tokyo

There will be Butoh performances and workshops at Chisenhale Dance Space and London Buddhist Arts Centre, 30 May to 2 June 2013, and intensive workshops and a seminar in Tokyo, 16 July to 4 August 2013.

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