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Butoh & Movement with Yokko
Butoh & Movement Workshop with Yokko
Sunday, June 30th 2-5pm (3h)
Fee: $25- (general) $20- (student)
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In this workshop, you will cultivate your instruments so that you may access not only internal materials but also external materials around for any creative circumstances. Through Butoh training, you will be revealing, discovering, and unfolding hidden self; which is a gift that you have, and you will be able to share them with others. You will practice to let go of your self and to be "possible body" (I call it "available body" as well.), which you may be able to transform (or become) anything else (both living objects and non-living objects). Your body is a vessel. Through movement exercises, you will learn knowledge of your instruments, so that you may apply it to your work functionally.
Everyone is different: When you bring an individual life into work, it will blossom with the unique surprise of each artist. Butoh brings vibrancy to your life. And it challenges your limitations physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. You will develop breathing, concentration, relaxation, emotional capacity, physical & mental stamina, and imagination. And in this way, you develop your own living body. You may experience more living than you do in your daily life. Butoh activates your vital energy.
This Workshop incorporates Butoh, Pure & Merry Conway Movement, Noguchi Gymnastic & Yoga.
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"My dance is the expansion of human concept- letting a human body metamorphosis into anything including an animal, a plant, even an object which does not have a life, and the fundamental ideology of my butoh is finding the possibility." -Tatsumi Hijikata
"Butoh is a dance of life" - Kazuo Ono
About the instructor:
Yokko is an Actor, Butoh & Theatre Artist, Movement & Yoga Instructor from Japan. She has acted in, devised and choreographed a variety of local and international shows, having won several awards, including Best One-Woman Show, "Best Choreography" and "Best Actress" for Butoh Medea (United Solo 2014 NYC at Theatre Row, TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards). Butoh Medea was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. It has been touring Europe and Universities in the USA since 2016. (www.butohmedea.com) Butoh Medea will be presented at Cheb Festival in Prague, Czech in Oct. 2019. Other Theatre credits include: Lone Wolf Tribe's Body Concert (Labapalooza! 2018 at St. Ann's Wharehouse), Hide Your Fires (Pan Asian Rep's NU Works, United Solo 2017: Theatre Row), BALDY (CRS NYC, United Solo 2013, Hollywood Fringe 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), Dance Credits Include: Shira Hime Ryu (NY Butoh Insititute Festival 2018 at Theatre For The New City), FACET (Irondale Center, White Wave, Hollywood Fringe 2013). Her choreographed work, SHINKA has been toured and received several awards such as Outstanding Production, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Ensemble (Capital Fringe 2017, Planet Connections 2018). Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently she has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Ready To Let Go (2019) - Cage The Elephant (Grammy Winner - Best Rock Album 2017), AUSENCIAS (2019) - NOIA directed by Amy Gardner, and Dream Decay (2019) - POW!
She has been regularly teaching weekly Butoh & Movement classes, and holding workshops in several places include NYC, Atelier Teatro Fisico in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), and at some events such as UNFIX NYC and Ecstatic Dance. She is the artistic director of a NYC based Butoh & theatre group Ren Gyo Soh (www.rengyosoh.com). Other awards: Best Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, United Solo 2015). Best Physical Theatre (Hide Your Fires at United Solo 2017) A recipient of 2019 Brooklyn Arts Fund for her new project, EN. (Production will be in September 2019) Recent Appearence: Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth at Lounge Theatre (June 7-22, 2019, Hollywood Fringe Festival) Recent Workshop: Resonant Bodies: Butoh & Devising Workshop in LA (June 10-14). Up Next: Summer Workshop (July, NYC), EN in NYC(Sep. 13-15), Butoh Medea in Czech (Oct. 2-7), B.A in Theatre (UAlbany), MFA in Acting (The Actors Studio).www.yokko-online.com
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LocationStella Adler Academy of Acting (View)
6773 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028
United States
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| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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