NY BUTOH-KAN TRAINING INITIATIVE

2008/1

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Registration will open on January 10, 2008

Register before March 12, 2008 to received Special Tuition.

E-mail: training@caveartspace.org to request registration form.

Intensive an Introductory Master sessions:

March 28-April 11

April 18- May 2

May9 - May 23

June 5 - june 19

June 21 - June 24

June 26- July 6

 

Study Group:

April 6, 27; May 18, 25, June 8, July 13 & 20

SESSION I
MARI OSANAI (NOGUCHI GYMNASTICS)
Session I Introductory
March 28, 29 & 30
(fri 6:00 pm - 10:00pm / sat-sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Osanai’s works with the philosophy and training methods of Michizou Noguchi (founder of Noguchi gymnastics), who conceives of the body as a living sack (skin), filled with fluid, in which the bones and internal organs float."

Session I Intensive
March 31 - April 11
(mon - fri 10:00 am - 2:00 pm)
Participants will explore deeply Noguchi’s gymnastics.
"The essence of body movement is inner change. By breaking down the contact area within, this responsiveness allows freedom of movement, with finely tuned textures. The reality of change, the tendency to try to catch all things, that which comes to life, is the meaning of Taisou(Gymnastics)." - Michizou Noguchi.

SESSION II
MINAKO SEKI (TANDEN “BODY CENTER” EXPLORATION)
Session II Introductory
April 18, 19 & 20 (fri 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm / sat-sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
During Minako Seki’s introductory training, the participant will become acquainted with "hanging", her term for the "Universal Position". Utilizing the principles of Noguchi, along with Seki’s own unique methods, the participant will learn to work with the basic energy of the body, the "Tan-Den".

Session II Intensive
April 21 - May 2
(mon ~ fri 10:00 am - 2:00 pm / sat-sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm) day off 24 & 28
The Intensive session focuses on developing Seki’s themes more deeply. Relaxation is explored, specifically how to e relaxed while “hanging”. Full concentration is utilized to give absolute freedom to the senses. The basic energy of the “Tanden” contacts the whole group as dance unfolds.

SESSION III
KATSURA KAN (BUTOH FU “NOTATION” & SPACE EXPLORATION)

Session III Introductory
May 9, 10 & 11
(fri 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm / sat - sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Focusing on “Shouken” - the initial path of The Buddha’s Noble Eight Fold Path, participants will work on observation and patience. Through “moving” & “thinking” Kan will introduce his butoh.

Session III Intensive - May 13 - 23
(mon ~ fri 10:00 am - 2:00 pm / sat-sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm) day off 18
"Quality & Atmosphere" is the theme of the first five days. Focusing on space created by the body and movement, examining the presentation of space atypical to western dance. Using Buddha Notation of Kan,Katsura” as a prototype, we will each create his/her own Butoh notation in the second half.

SESSION IV
TADASHI ENDO (BUTOH MA “EMPTINESS” AND “SPACE IN BETWEEN” )
Session IV Introductory
June 5, 6 & 7
(thu - fri 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm / sat 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tadashi Endo endeavors to let participants reach their inner emptiness. This creates possibilities to gain the intensive and clear expression that is well-known in Butoh.

Session IV Intensive
June 9 -19
( mon ~ fri 10:00 am - 2:00 pm / sat 12:00 - 4:00 pm ) day off 15
Tadashi Endo’s method aims to make the invisible visible. The minimum amount of movements lets the expression of feelings and situations grow to highest intensity. Emphasis is placed on balance between energy, tension and control. "The dancer shall not dance - but should be danced"

SESSION V
KO MUROBUSHI ( ANIMAL AND CORPS EXPLORATION)
Session V Introductory A
June 21 & 22
(sat & sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
The main focus of this session is the exploration of animal’s walks and animal’s dance. Participants will experiment with deconstructions of this mimesis. Students will be also guided through sensory exploration and image-based transformations.

Session V Introductory B
June 23 & 24
(mon & tue 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
The main focus of this is the exploration of being dead and corpse dancing. “Try to ask a corpse, ‘what is a corpse?’” Students will be also guided through sensory exploration and image-based transformations.


Session VI
KO MUROMUSHI (LEIMAY’S PERFORMANCE RESEARCH SESSION)
June 26 - July 6
(weekdays 10:00 am - 2:00 pm / sat - sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm) Day off 07/01
This Performance Research Session led by master Ko Murobushi will provide a unique
opportunity for intensive physical training. GARNICA LEIMAY AcTS LAB is currently working
with Ko Murobushi to create a new inter-media piece to be presented in 2009. The preliminary ideas and choreographic explorations for this new work will be workshopped during this session. Some participants will be invited to participate in following sessions of the development of this piece.


SESSION VII
STUDY GROUP (GARNICA LEIMAY ACTS LAB)
April 6, 27; May 18, 25, June 8, July 13 & 20
(Sun 4:00 pm-7:00 pm Pls. check program at www.leimayactslab.org
Organized as an open to all series of master talks, lectures, screenings of Butoh related materials and physical practice meetings, LEIMAY’s Study Group works towards connecting, analyzing and deepening and making available the training and ideas unfolded during the masters' sessions. The meetings encourage the continuity of physical training, cultivating relationships for the creation of future locally premiered performances. Meetings facilitated by LEIMAY’s artistic director Ximena Garnica, along with occasional guest speakers.

TWO WAYS TO REGISTER:
1. Register online via e-mail and pay via PayPal: http://nybf.caveartspace.org/
2. Mail registration and payment to: CAVE / NY BUTOH-KAN 58 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY 11211
IF you need more information please contact: training@caveartspace.org or 718 388 6780

PHASE I ALL SESSIONS ARE HELD AT CAVE
58 GRAND STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 718 388 6780

L train. Get off at the first stop in Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue. Walk along Bedford Avenue south toward Grand Street. Take a Right onto Grand Street. Continue just past Wythe Avenue and you will see CAVE to your left. (9 blocks from subway station, 15’ – 20’ from Union Sq. station to door)

PHASE I
MASTER TEACHERS

KO MUROBUSHI trained and performed with butoh’s creator, Tatsumi Hijikata, and was a founding member of Dairakudakan, the longest-running butoh company. Murobushi also founded influential companies Ariadone and Sebi, bringing company productions to introduce many European audiences to butoh. Based in Japan, he tours internationally with his Ko&Edge Co. and as a highly sought-after solo performer and teacher throughout Europe and the Americas.

TADASHI ENDO was born in Peking, China, Japanese Butoh dancer, choreographer, director Tadashi Endo synthesizes the traditions of Noh, Kabuki and Butoh. He founded his own way of dance, known as Butoh MA. MA, in ZEN-Buddhism, means "emptyness" and "space between the things" Tadashi Endo is guest professor at the "Hochschule für Darstellende Kunst" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, "The Academy of Music and Moving Arts" in Jerusalem, Israel, and at the Núcleo Interdisciplinar des Pesquisas Teatrais, Unicamp, University Campinas, Brazil.

KATSURA KAN is a Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan’s first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe “Byakkosha” (1979-1981). Kan has worked with what he calls dancers in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, South East Asia for the past 28 years, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan culture.

MARI OSANAI was born in Aomori, Japan, Mari Osani has trained in Classical Ballet, Noguchi Gymnastics, Yoga, Tai Chi and Hip Hop. The philosophy and practice of Noguchi Gymnastics has had a strong influence on her creations; and her unique movements are realized through interweaving these diverse techniques. She has performed in Japan, Canada and the USA.

MINAKO SEKI was born in Nagasaki, from 1985 a dancer for Butoh-Dance-Company DANCE-LOVE-MACHINE, directed by Tetsuro Tamura, performed in Europe with this production in 1986. In 1987 she was co-founder of tatoeba - THEATRE DANSE GROTESQUE, the first german-japanese Butoh Ensemble (Berlin). She has taught workshops in Berlin, Santiago de Chile, Bolivia, Japan, San Francisco and New York.

The New York Butoh-Kan: Training Initiative Program (NYBK) is a is a joint effort of CAVE and GARNICA LEIMAY AcTS LAB (LEIMAY) to strengthen resources of the study of Butoh dance. NYBK facilitates rigorous physical training, enriching students with first person historical context from international masters. NYBK endeavors to set forth an integrative training opportunity for the dancer, actor, and/or interdisciplinary, performer creating a platform for the future development of new work. The first phase of this initiative will take place at CAVE's studio in Brooklyn, New York from March 28th through July 26th 2008. Consisting of four Intensives, and six Introductory training sessions, led by international guest masters, along with Performance Research and Open Study Group Sessions led by LEIMAY's artistic director and invited masters.

The integrative training is based on Butoh Dance philosophy and practice, Noguchi Gymnastics-a Japanese gymnastic method on relaxation of the body, and Voice and Actor training especially those akin to the traditions of Grotowski. During the Performance Research Session, participants will explore themes of inter-media pieces that are being developed by LEIMAY and CAVE, together with the guest master teachers.

From this first phase, one participant will be chosen from each Intensive Session to receive 30 hours of rehearsal time at CAVE studio; As many as three students, will receive half tuition scholarships for LEIMAY's Performance Research Session.