Butoh Curious Chi

Yumiko Yoshioka’s Fall Schedule

By

Sara D Zalek

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1–2 minutes

To read

Yumiko Yoshioka curled as a supine seed, her body a dark silhouette in
luminescent light, soft and blurred.

Nov 26 – 28
Workshop in Vienna
contact: office@butoh-danimayu.com

Dec 9 – 12
Workship in Marseille
contact: Aude Fondard oddinmotion@lilo.org

Dec 16 -19, 2021
Winter Workshop in Berlin Eden Studio, Pankow
contact : yumiko-mizelle@gmx.de

April 28 – May 1 , 2022
Workshop in Puglia (near Bari) in Italy
contact : New Butoh School mimma.divittorio@newbutohschool.com

May 6 – 8, 2022
Workshop in St.Cergue (near Geneva) in Switzerland
contact : Joseph Viatte viattejoseph@gmail.com

Nov 19 and 20 at 8pm
Dance Theater at Tanz Tangente in Berlin Steglitz (3G rule)
HIROs Lied (Hiro´s Songs)
About an immigrant Japanese mother with dementia

Dance: Asuka J. Riedl, Yumiko Yoshioka
Choreography: Yoriko Maeno,
Stage design: Mikako Kura

Reservation: Yoriko Maeno yorikomaeno@outlook.com

May 20-22, 2022
“KILLA” (moon in Quechua language)
About a cycle of life in femininity in Biel / Switzerland

Dance and Idea: Andrea Casallas
Choreography: Yumiko Yoshioka

Contact: ANDREA CASALLAS <yuravida@hotmail.com>

Hiroko Tamano

This 1 minute excerpt gives a taste of Butoh legend Hiroko Tamano’s teaching, philosophies, and movement. In the “Dance of Life: a Prayer in 4 Directions”, Hiroko has built upon this Indigenous practice learned from Txi Wizz (Canadian Buffoon) over 40 years ago.

She has imbued it with her own movements and philosophy as a gift of healing and empowerment to an anxious world. In her words, “this dance form gives ‘presentness’,” and awareness of the directions “gives ‘no confusion’ to the prayer.”

Dance of Life