NEW YORK BUTOH TRAINING INITIATIVE PROGRAM PHASE 2!

2008/8

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NY BUTOH-KAN TRAINING INITIATIVE
PHASE 2

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Registration is NOW OPEN.

Register before September 8th, 2008 to received Special Tuition.

2 WAYS TO REGISTER:
1. Register online via e-mail and pay via PayPal: www.leimayactslab.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

Intensive an Introductory Master sessions:

October, December and January

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SESSION I
MARI OSANAI (NOGUCHI GYMNASTICS)

Session I Introductory (12hr)
October 3 - 5
(Fri 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Sat-Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
The Noguchi gymnastics method is not limited to dancers, everyone can use it to generate fluidity and relaxation throughout the body. Japanese founder Michizou Noguchi envisioned the body as a sack of water (skin), in which the bones and internal organs float. Based on his philosophy and training methods, exercises explore the use of minimal effort: to awaken receptivity, explore fine-textured movement, and change the concept of "flexibility" by developing strength via inner responsiveness.

Session I Intensive (30hr)
October 6 – 10 (Mon – Fri 10am – 2pm)
October 13 – 17 (Mon – Fri 10am – 12pm)
Participants will deeply explore Noguchi gymnastics. In order to benefit more from this practice it is highly recommended although not mandatory that if you haven’t taken Osanai’s class in the past, you should take the 12/hr introductory session before this intensive session.
"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
Mari Osanai (CHOREOGRAPHY-PERFORMANCE) (40hr plus performance time)
October 13 – 24 (Mon - Fri, 10am – 2pm)
on the 24th (12pm-4pm), with days off: Oct 18&19
Performances: October 24, 25 & 26. Call is at 6pm for the 8pm performances.
This session is open to participants who will be taking the Session I Intensive or Introductory and/or to those who took Mari Osanai’s Intensive session during the first phase of the NY Butoh-Kan. During the first week two hours per day will be concentrated on Noguchi’s practice, the rest of the time participants will explore how Noguchi’s methods can be used for dance choreography. Osanai will create choreography specific to the participants of this session and it will be presented to the public in a double-billed program with Mari Osanai’s solo performance.
Participants will be required to volunteer two-three hours of their time towards tasks related to thir performance. (*note*: there is a special discount for those taking both the Session I Intensive and Session II )



SESSION III
Tadashi Endo (BUTOH MA: “emptiness” and “the space between”)

Session III - Introductory A
December 16 – 18 (Tue - Thurs: 6pm - 10pm)
This session is open to all. Tadashi Endo’s method aims to make the invisible visible. The minimum amount of movement lets the expression of feelings and situations grow to highest intensity. Emphasis is placed on the balance realized with energy, tension and control. "The dancer shall not dance - but should be danced"

Session III - Introductory B
December 19 – 21 (Fri 6:00 pm - 10:00pm / Sat-Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Same as Introductory A.

*Please note that both of these sessions will also serve as an audition for those interested in being considered for a European opera project that will be choreographed by Tadashi Endo, to premiere in April/May 2009. Endo is looking for 7 dancers. This project is a cooperation of the Butoh Centrum MAMU Göttingen with the International Händel Society Göttingen and will have its premiere on May 26, 2009 at the International Händel Festival in Göttingen. It will also be performed at the International Festival in Edinburgh. Director: Doris Dörrie; Choreographer: Tadashi Endo; Conductor: Nicolas McGegan.


Session IV
DAIJI MEGURO
January 16 – 18, 2009 (Fri 6:00 pm - 10:00pm / Sat-Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)

Exact dates to be announced. 3 days of 4 hours each day.
During this session participants will explore warm up exercises focusing on the isolation of body parts. Images are used to create impulses from inside the body, to then observe the possibilities of connection between body parts with the outside world. Daiji’s approach to dance practice is influenced by his ongoing work with master Ko Murobushi as member of his three man company: Ko and Edge and by his experiences studying under Akiko Motofuji at Asbestos Kan in Tokyo.

SESSION V
XIMENA GARNICA (THE ELUSIVE BODY)
January 23 – 25, 2009 (Fri 6:00 pm - 10:00pm / Sat-Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm)

This introductory workshop focuses on improvisation and how it can develop choreography. Training is based on Butoh and Noguchi gymnastics methods. Awakening consciousness by exploring the unconscious domain, allows us - as dancers, choreographers and theater artists - to expand our understanding of the body, and our experience and understanding of daily life. Consequently, we enlarge the realms of perception, creation, and discover the possibilities for interaction therein.