Sunday,
December 11, 2016 at 1 PM - 4 PM
Berkeley
Art Center
1275
Walnut St,
Berkeley,
California 94709
Butoh
is a performance art rooted in Japanese culture and imagination. Hiroko guides
the class through visual imaginations that are realized through movement.
Whether you practice dance or healing arts this workshop is sure to be an
enriching and memorable experience. Hiroko Tamano is a direct student of Butoh
founder, Hijikata Tatsumi. Therefore, she provides us with rare access to the
original spirit and methodology of Butoh.
No
experience required.
Butoh (舞踏 Butō?) is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses
a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance,
performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through
collaborations between its two key founders Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo.
The art form is known to "resist fixity" and be difficult to define;
notably, founder Hijikata Tatsumi viewed the formalisation of butoh with
"distress". Common features of the art form include playful and
grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and it is
traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion.
However, with time butoh groups are increasingly being formed around the world,
with their various aesthetic ideals and intentions.
Cost:
$30
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