Monday 2nd of August, Tuesday 10th of August, Tuesday 31st of August
6.30pm-8.30pm with sharing foods and thoughts afterwards.
£9/£7 cons.
"Again and again we are reborn. It is not enough simply to be born of the mother's womb. Many births are necessary. Be reborn always and everywhere. Again and again." Tatsumi Hijikata
Butoh is an avant garde dance philosophy/method that was created in Japan at the end of the 50's by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. It is not a technique but rather an approach to dance which stems from within ourselves and connects us to our essence as well as to nature, the universe, our ancestors, the elements and the cycles of life and death.
Because of its Asian origins Butoh is very deeply connected to Buddhism and Shintoism. The main elements that it explores are metamorphoses, dance through imagery, presence, awareness and the tension between opposites. The aim is to free the body from its mundane preconceived set of gestures and movements and thus allowing us to access a deeper and more authentic essence of movement and archetypal expression.
"In other forms of dance, such as flamenco or classical dance. the movements are derived from a fixed technique; they are imposed from the outside and are conventional in form. In my case, it's the contrary, my dance is far removed from conventions and techniques... it is the unveiling of the inner life." Tatsumi Hijikata
for more info and registration contact Yael on e.karavan{at}gmail.com