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Bob’s list (reprise)

Inkboat

http://www.inkboat.com/practice/

April Weekly Class Schedule (Swiss/Central European Summer Time)**:

Mondays: 9:00-10:15am: Yang Sheng Gong (circulation & mobility) Shinichi Iova-Koga

Mondays: 10:30 – 11:30am: Performance Skills Shinichi Iova-Koga

Tuesdays: 6:00-7:00pm: Tinkering with movement Dana Iova-Koga

Thursdays: 7:00-8:30pm: Jing Jin (elasticate the sinews) Shinichi Iova-Koga

Fridays: 6:00-7:30pm: 5 Elements (balance your nature) Shinichi Iova-Koga

**Please check the class times against your local time zone

Ren Gyo Soh

Jordan Rosin and Yokko

Spring Weekly Class: Butoh, Movement & Physical Theatre Led by Yokko & Jordan Rosin
April 5- May 10, 2021
Mondays 8-9:30pm (EDT) *NYC time

https://www.rengyosoh.com/weekly-class.html

Yumiko Yoshioka. A face with a hand like a claw above it. Her torso in front of a brick wall, in a black tuxedo jacket, bright pink/red lips, her chin and cheekbones jutting up and forward, slightly cross-eyed, she has a look of defiance, a bit smug, with a tight smile.

Vangeline

BOOK LAUNCH
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space 

Thursday, April 15- Sunday, April 18, 2021

Ongoing Sundays from 4-6pm *NYC time

Hosting Yumiko Yoshioka on May 11.

See website for details: https://www.vangeline.com/calendar

MARGHERITA TISATO

Butoh-Somatics 
STARTS ON 4/13
Tuesday 3:30pm 

http://www.margheritatisato.com/

Meshi Chavez

Butoh Foundations
Mondays 6pm – 7:15pm Pacific Time

Email meshichavez@icloud.com for more information or an audio class option.
http://ecstaticdancers.com/index.php#classlist

Juju Alishina

Every Wednesdays 11:00am-12:30pm (Paris Time UTC+ 1)Every Saturdays 3:00-4:30pm (Paris Time UTC+ 1)

90 minutes of well-balanced training on body condition, Butoh basics, improvisational techniques. http://www.dansenuba.fr/html/englzoom.html

Motimaru Dance Company

Motoya Kondo, Tiziana Longo, Hoshiko Yamane

Weekly Online Classes by Zoom:

* Butoh Training: Every Monday 18.30-19:45, Thursday 17:15-18:30 (Berlin time)

* Stretching and Awakening the Body: Every Monday 9:00 – 10:15 (Berlin Time)

* Cultivating Physical Health -Body Toning and Crafting-: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00-10:30 (Berlin Time)

* 17th 18th April 2021 (Online, Zoom event): 2days Workshop “Empowering the Pelvis, Empowering Life and Dance”
10:00 -13:00 pause 14:00-17:00

ALL info & registration visit: http://www.motimaru.net

or email:: info@motimaru.net

https://www.gofundme.com/f/motimarutiziana-longoamp-motoya-kondo-online-class

Shinichi Iova-Koga

5-day Intensive Workshop: “Performing Life”
Apr 7 at 8 AM UTC+01 – Apr 11 at 11 AM UTC+01

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/inkboat-437925167

Gustavo Collini Sartor

WORKSHOP INTENSIVO DE BUTOH HOME LAB

Dance / Class by Butoh Danza and Butoh Kazuo Ohno
Group · TALLER REGULAR DE TEATRO FISICO BUTOH

Zoom online Argentina:
Apr 16 at 10 PM UTC+01 – Apr 18 at 9 PM UTC+01
Butoh: ′′ BU ′′ = Burying Your Feet. ′′ TOH ′′ = To fly with arms.

Kea Tonetti

EVERYTHING IS VIBRATION

ONLINE WORKSHOP OF BUTOH DANCE & SENSITIVE DANCE

WITH KEA TONETTI LIVE-MUSIC BY TIVITAVI

– Rome time –
Friday 16 of April from 7pm to 10,30 pm 
Saturday and Sunday 17/18 of April from 4pm to 8pm

It is possible to participate in only one  day. English and Italian.

http://www.compagniakha.it

Atsushi Takenouchi and Hiroko Komiya

JINEN Butoh workshop: Life of Flower 2021 -Wind Earth Water Fire, Life – WIND 

30,Apr, 1, 2 May 2021 (Fri, Sat, Sun)

 *one session 3hours x 3days
 11:30-14:45 and 19:00-22:00 (Italy time)

More information and register

In-person Classes:

Ezio Tangini

Workshop led by Ezio Tangini in Lisbon 
21st-23th May 2021

The workshop is addressed to everybody.

Info and registration: eziotangini@gmail.com or riofrio.sara@gmail.com

Location: Palácio Pancas Palha, Rua do Forte de Santa Apolónia, 12-16 Lisboa, Estudio Jardim

10 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM
http://www.inbetweenbutoh.com/

Marlène Jöbstl Butō and Jonathan Martineau

Intensivos de danza butō por Marlène Jöbstl, en La Sala De Las Bestias  ( R1 Ocata – Barcelona )

19, 20, 21 de marzo   Activismo & Tabúes o El cuerpo político social en la danza

9, 10, 11 de abríl  Erotismo & Gore o Explorar la insolencia en la danza
17 y 18 de abríl   El Arte De Nacer seminario intensivo de butosofia por Jonathan Martineau

Leer más sobre las temáticas y pedagogías enunciadas:

https://marlenecomp.wixsite.com/jobstlmarlenebuto/agenda

Inscripciones:

para los seminarios en Barcelona

reserva con Marlène por email marlenejoebstl@yahoo.fr

o tlf 633 922 043

Intensivo de Marlène Jöbstl en MADRID

23, 24, 25 de abríl  Erotismo & Gore o Explorar la insolencia

Inscripciones con Jonathan Martineau  butosofia@gmail.com

Other butoh teachers to look into:

These didn’t have anything currently scheduled but have taught online and in person in the past and likely will again.

Yuko Koseki
http://www.cokaseki.com/

Minako Seki
http://minakoseki.com/calendar/

Daipan Butoh
http://www.daipanbutoh.com/

Mizu Desierto
https://www.witd.org/online-classes

Nobonke Van Tonder
http://theimageofyourperfection.co.za/news/

Marlène Jöbstl Butoh

Maruska Ronchi 

Roberta Colombano

Jordin Rosin
http://jordanrosin.com/home/aboutjordan/

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April 9-11 Secret Rivers

3 days of Body Resonance
with Yumiko Yoshioka

APRIL 9-10-11, 2021
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY

On Zoom (listed below in Chicago, Honolulu, Tokyo time)
Friday in Chicago 8-9:30pm; Honolulu 3-4:30pm; Tokyo 10-11:30am
Saturday in Chicago 8-9:30pm; Honolulu 3-4:30pm; Tokyo 10-11:30am
Sunday in Chicago 8-9:30pm; Honolulu 3-4:30pm; Tokyo 10-11:30am
**MAKE SURE TO FIND TIMES ACCORDING TO YOUR TIME ZONE. USE THE WORLD CLOCK**

Register in advance using this link

Workshop Content:
*Release exercises, inspired by Noguchi Taiso (Gymnastics), Taichi and Yoga
*Breathing exercises
*Dynamic training for the flow of energy
*Butoh-related work to activate our universal memories (sensitization, combination of image and movement with antenna exercises such as figure of 8, water ball, animal, insect, snake, witch and fairy, the creatures inside us, hanging body, walking, dialogue with a partner etc)
*Structured improvisation, free association

Yumiko Yoshioka, somewhat crouched, yet reaching toward us, the viewer, in a vibrant red dress, her hands splayed palms facing down and out in front of her. Her mouth is open and her eyes wide in surprised or terrible or wonderful thing. Her black hair whirs forward, stirred by the wind of her movements.

A Message from Yumiko:
“I call my dance approach (or my body work) “Body Resonance.”

The world, including our body and soul, consists of vibrational waves that create constant resonances like echoes. When we tune our body to a certain frequency, we consequently get a resonance, and according to the frequency, we get different resonances. In order for this to happen, we need to first get rid of unnecessary tension.

Butoh (dance) for me activates divergent body energies that are usually not seen or permitted in our daily life. In other words, as our body is a receptacle of time, we can evoke its forgotten memories through dance.

Butoh has the intensity to trigger that process, because it creates heat through friction and cold through stillness. The transformations and concentrations of dancing break up the eggshell of form, melt down our armor of ego, as our stiff cells and sealed memories float in the primal liquid of time. Through a dialogue with our body, we learn not how to move, but to be moved. Consequently we realize that we are a part of the Universal, the wholeness.

My workshop, hopefully, can offer a help to enjoy that transformative /transcendental process of our entire presence.”

Contact sara@saratonin.com if you have questions about this workshop.

Take a trip on the way back machine to:

Read Scapi Mag’s online review by Danielle Levsky. Bridge Dance Festival on April 25, 2018 at Links Hall in Chicago.

Yumiko Yoshioka
Dancer, choreographer, teacher, art director.


Yumiko Yoshioka is a Japanese Butoh dancer and choreographer from Tokyo. Since 1988 she has been based in Germany. Yumiko is a former member of Ariadone, the first female Butoh company, which was founded by Ko Murobushi and Carlotta Ikeda in 1974. In 1978, she performed with Ko and Carolotta in Paris, LE DERNIER EDEN – PORTE DE L’AU-DELA, the very first Butoh performance to be presented in a public theatre outside Japan. In 1988 she met Minako Seki and delta RA’i in Berlin, with whom she founded tatoeba THÉÂTRE DANCE GROTESQUE. This experience, along with work with the Butoh dancer Kim-Itoh, encouraged Yumiko to start to unfold her own personal style of dancing and choreography.

In 1989 she also started to develop and teach her own form of bodywork. The approach became a pillar of her career as a reflection of her profound understanding of the importance of deepening consciousness of the body, not only in order to dance and express, but also to illuminate our daily life, opening ourselves to the deeper layers of our inner world and rediscovering a subtle beauty in each moment. The strength of this perception led her to create her own method of bodywork, called “Body Resonance”

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Desert Turtle

Mitsu Salmon
Butoh Workshop Series

February 27th – March 20th, Saturdays at 11am PST
Visit Rogers Art Loft to Register

Mitsu Salmon will lead a Butoh, Japanese contemporary dance, workshop. We will work with guided imagery, movement and structured improvisation. The workshop draws from aspects and the trainings of Butoh and interweaves them with visions and textures of the desert from cacti to fission. The class will start with Noguchi exercises, which foster an experience of the body as water with the goal of encountering and releasing the body. Once our bodies and imaginations are opened, we will go into movement prompts. We will roll around in the sand, embody turtles and eat sour plums. Our bodies will become water seeping into cracks of rocks and ice creating ancient land formations. We will pull from imagery connected to animism, geology and physics. Students are welcome to modify exercises based on their comfort and inventiveness. The series works well together but also fine do drop-in. All levels welcome and please wear comfortable clothing.

Week 1

In week one, we will have a quick introduction to Butoh and Noguchi, looking at the history of the dance form and learning warm-ups. From there we will imagine rolling through various landscapes such as desert, ice and rock to embody land formations. We will explore various energies as connected to sensation and movement such as electric, nuclear and fission. We will then be introduced to brush walking (suri ashi), a meditative form of traditional butoh walking.

Week 2

In week two, we will start off again with the Noguchi warm-up. Looking at the writing of Kazuo Ohno, one of the founders of Butoh, we will dive into plant (desert and other) improvisation. We will explore ideas of ancestors and the environment. We will then be guided through layered imagery starting with a grandma eating plums to becoming a turtle. 

Week 3

In week three, we will build upon the Noguchi warm up. We will then work with Kazuo Ohno prompt connected to family, the desert landscape and rain. We will then review brush walking. From there we will look at explosive energy and physical and emotional release.

Week 4

In week three, we will build about the Noguchi warm-up. I will then introduce examples and ideas of mythical creatures. From there we will be guided through one’s own imagery of mythical creatures. There creatures will then interact with one another whether through battle, dance or dream.

+++ CHECK THESE OUT TOO +++

Artist Talk February 12th at 6pm PST

Performance March 26th at 6pm PST

For more information, visit Rogers Art Loft

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Bob’s Compilation

Bob Lyness on a pile of found rope garbage hauled from the sea, July 4, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Bob Lyness on a pile of found rope garbage hauled from the sea, July 4, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii Photo by Sara Zalek

An introduction. Bob’s Compilation is a solid list for anyone looking to tap into sensitivity trainings of mind body awareness from a lineage of Butoh. Bob has a twenty year plus record of attending workshops and participating in performances with many of Butoh’s legendary masters. Both formal and informal techniques originate from Japanese masters, and have adapted and regenerated into European descendants, and folded back into it’s roots, which are a collage of Japanese, African, European, and American art, dance and performance styles of the early twentieth century. Butoh tends to have a murky water flavor, teaming with variation, nuance, and multiplicity. In our estimation, this dance form is the endless trickster, it becomes a ritual dance of the present, to mark a specific time and place, to be shared by all humans, including immigrants, refugees, otherly abled, and worldwide outsider artists seeking to express through the body, all of its vivid dimension. TransfoRMiNg, unLeaRNINg, DisCoVERIng, Resilience TraiNING. And More. All classes are suggested donation. Please do be aware that all of these artists support themselves by sharing their accumulated knowledge online. If you find any error or wish to add classes to this list, please reach out and let us know, we can update and revise as we go. (butohchicago@gmail.com)

MAKE SURE TO FIND TIMES ACCORDING TO YOUR TIME ZONE. USE THE WORLD CLOCK

Yumiko Yoshioka has online classes coming up July 10-12
https://www.facebook.com/events/726370604806088
Friday 10-11:30am US Central Time, 5-6:30pm Berlin Time
Saturday 10-11:3oam US Central Time, 5-6:30pm Berlin Time
Sunday 10-11:30am US Central Time, 5-6:30pm Berlin Time
Register in advance:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcu-srjotHNENTpTqYEeHLqjhdL2NmKvR


Yuri Nagaoka and Seisaku have online classes coming up:
July Class B: 19-21 July (or 20-22 July in Europe and Asia) 11pm to 12:30am US eastern time
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3283914568396272/
Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc-2vrzstGd2wLBCEf7JW4pWX_FTb9VFa?fbclid=IwAR0qitVvLFxjJLAoQvxdHBFkv0cl-OS8X-skG-CcVA1ZVpvlSGCXEMUFEWs

Minako Seki has online classes in July:
July 20-23 http://minakoseki.com/basic-principles-of-the-seki-method/
https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/events/1095

Atsushi Takenouchi has a three-day class June 26th to 28th, 6am to 9am and 1pm to 4pm US eastern time. http://www.jinen-butoh.com/more_info/ws2006_%20onlineJINEN%203.html?fbclid=IwAR2Ri9ZHIb_ZflSMOMHZ2oa3jMCTNHQvMaKrNpGU22UyL9HDyh8sfgN3B4c

Maru Maruska Ronchi (from Italy) https://www.facebook.com/maruska.ronchi

Yuko Kaseki (from Berlin)
http://www.cokaseki.com/CLASS-WORKSHOP
June 1 to July 17 on Mon, Wed, Fri at 8:00 – 9:10
LOCAL Movement
Morning Training at Park Humboldthain
https://www.facebook.com/events/273163407066810/

Tiziana Longo (from Berlin) https://www.facebook.com/Barada-110050470643555/

Marlen Jobstl https://www.facebook.com/marlene.buto

Ongoing online classes.

Mondays 12:00pm to 2:00pm US eastern time:
Inkboat Shinichi mobility and improvisation classes (from Austria) http://www.inkboat.com/practice/  

They have a pay-what-you-can signup via EventBrite:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/june-training-with-inkboat-live-online-tickets-106754991052

9-10pm US eastern time Meshi Chavez’s butoh class (from Portland) https://www.facebook.com/meshichavezLMT/

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83644082978?pwd=UGFJZkYwRElhOFZ1TEgySTJMQXFRQT09


Tuesday: 4-5:30am US eastern time  Yumi Umiumare‘s butoh class from Melbourne, Australia She also operates on a suggested pay-what-you-can donation basis Register ahead of time with Yumi and she’ll add you to the class.  Email Yumi, and she’ll send you the link:  https://www.yumi.com.au/contact

1pm to 3pm US eastern time: Maureen Fleming‘s Metamorphosis class (from upstate NY).  Butoh inspired, involves the use of elastic bands (that you can buy from Maureen) for the first half of the class, which is largely stretching and range of motion exercises, and the second half is learning a series of five Metamorphoses, which are sort of poetic moving poses that transition from one into the other.  $100 for full series of 8 classes (twice a week).   If you take Maureen’s class, you will want to get the elastic band set from them (it’s an excellent exercise tool) at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maureen-fleming-metamorphosis-series-tickets-103296628998

Sign up for Maureen’s class itself through https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maureen-fleming-metamorphosis-series-tickets-103296628998

Wednesday: 12pm to 1:30pm US eastern time:  Inkboat (Dana) Elemental Vessel– Preparing the Ground
http://www.inkboat.com/practice/  They have a pay-what-you-can signup via EventBrite:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/june-training-with-inkboat-live-online-tickets-106754991052

Mizu Desierto 5-6:15pm US eastern time https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpf-6prDsvHNA3kme-niIlzuYAAYRDPcO_

Thursday: 1pm to 3pm US eastern time: Maureen Flemings class (see description above from Tuesday)
1:30 to 3pm US eastern time:  Yokko’s butoh and movement class on Instagram (from NYC).  Yokko combines butoh and physical theater. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBiX1VVHZeR/
Yokko also recently posted a beautiful butoh solo dance about isolation in NYC during the lockdown (she’s left her apartment one time in 7 weeks).  Here’s the link:  https://www.facebook.com/teatroespace/videos/719136498830732/UzpfSTE0MjAwMjE2NDQ5MTg3OTI6MjY4ODUyMDYyODA2ODg4MQ/
The weekly classes are on a donation basis to Yokko’s butoh theater company, Ren Gyo Soh 

Friday: 1pm to 2:30pm US eastern time:  Inkboat with Shinichi Iova Koga body mobility class
http://www.inkboat.com/practice/  They have a pay-what-you-can signup via EventBrite:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-training-with-inkboat-tickets-102881019900
2:30pm to 3:30pm US eastern time  Margherita Tisato’s Butoh Somatic Wriggling class [wonderful!]

Saturday:  7-8:30am  Inkboat with Shinichi Iova Koga.  

Sunday: 5am to 6:15am US eastern time: Juju Alishina.   Juju is another teacher I’d heard of, but never got a chance to work with since she is based in France.  I like her classes.  It’s mostly just movement and stretching exercises, but good, and gets you moving (at 11pm at night).  Juju also teaches traditional Nihon Buyo dance on other days, which I though Willow and a couple other people might be interested in.  
https://www.gofundme.com/f/online-japanese-amp-butoh-dance-class?fbclid=IwAR3hbtMle24Stcitoztrnj7Kjc0Fj3HgMJj3Pe-ULoxH_OPVygdaN2YYqIA
https://www.facebook.com/juju.alishina
Also on a pay-what-you-can donation basis