SoGoNo Butoh Performance Workshop 2012 Spring

photo by Juergen Specht

2012 Spring Season. Starting on MARCH 5th

Date: Repeats every week every Monday until Tue May 08 2012 .

Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Fee: $160/10 classes, $18/single class,

Early bird discount: $135/10 classes by Jan 31st!

Butoh is an image-based movement exploration.

It asks what can a body do and what is a body?

It draws us to the question of who we really are?

Each class will begin with a Noguchi gymnastic-based mind-body workout,

followed by image explorations, breathing energy exercises, and then

choreographic structures. The 10 weeks will culminate in a student recital.

Register Here!!

BUTOH WAS FOUNDED by

a Japanese choreographer,

Tatsumi Hijikata in late 50's.

He was inspired by surrealism and

modern writers such as Jean Genet,

Marquis de Sade and Yukio Mishima.

Hijikata used the term "Ankoku-Butoh"

(dance of darkness) to describe his dance.

He delved into the grotesque, darkness,

and decay to catch a glimpse of the truth

of life on the stage.

His last words were,

"There is the brightest world like a musical theater beyond this darkness".

Mariko Reynolds believes that this brightness is the core of Butoh and is following his intention

to extend and share this light of dance.

Thought of Butoh

photo by Juergen Specht

A dance and music as the sculpture of consciousness.

Becoming / Discovering personality through sound and movement. Consciouness is forming mood and body and that is depending on inspiration. Changing the situation of conciousness brings variations to mind, personarity, and environment. This consciousness is the essence for humanity. Essence is creativity, pure, love, and the infinite energy.