Weekend intensive workshops for professionals, non professionals, kid& family and senior in March/April 2021@ Abbotsford Convent
★19(Fri)-21(Sun) March : Weekend workshop
★27(Sat) March : Family, Kids and Senior workshop
★24(Sat)-25(Sun) April : Weekend workshop with Butoh, Voice and Visual Arts
Collage elements by Jacqui Stockdale, Graphic design by Monica Benova, Photo by Mathew Lynn.
ButohOUT! 2021 New Ab/Nomral
Workshop Series are happening in Melbourne at Abbotsford Convent in March and April 2021.
★19(Fri)-21(Sun) March 2021
Weekend workshop : What is Normal in Butoh?
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★27(Sat) March 2021
Family and Kids workshop: Peek-A- Butoh (FREE)
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★27(Sat) March 2021
Workshop for For 50+, 60+, 70+ or beyond : You Don't Think You Can Dance? (FREE)
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★24(Sat)-25(Sun) April 2021
Weekend workshop : What is our New Ab/Normal?
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2020Trance-Formation : Butoh On-Line& Off-Line workshop
Yumi is running Open Butoh Workshop Trans-Formation, On-line on Tuesday night and Off -line on Friday morning outdoor in Melbourne.
Photo by Mathew Lynn
transforming body and space through on & Off-line of Butoh!
Yumi is running Open Butoh Workshop:Trance-Formation, on-line on Tuesday night and of-line on Friday morning outdoor in Melbourne. Yumi will introduce creative exercises of Butoh and Beyond, for participants to explore their own unique expressions.
Through the various exercises, the workshop will embrace the moment of Trans-Formation and its gate way.
The details are as below.
Resister the form on this page
You will get the Zoom link or location for the workshop.
If it is Zoom session, please find your own space for you to move and roll (wearing comfortable clothes)-check your dog or cat are not over excited around you.
Please enter /arrive at least 5min before the session.
Donate as you go or as a bulk. Suggested price range $5-20
Session times:
Zoom: Tuesday (MELBOURNE TIME GMT+10)
16 June| TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
23 June | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
30 June | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
7 July | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
14 July | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
21 July | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
OUT DOOR EXPERIMENT : FRIDAY
CANCELLED due to COVID-19 restrictions.
SORRY!!
Registration
In order to make classes safe and secure for everyone, a Zoom link will be sent to your email manually instead of direct Zoom email, so PLEASE RESISTER BY 2HOURS BEFORE THE SESSIONS.
Donations
PAYMENT BY DONATION via secure paypal
PayPal Link (under Yumi Tsuchiya)
Depending on your financial capacity, please donate what you can afford.
We are encouraging for participants to pay range between $5-20 per session or pay as bulk!
Let Yumi knows if you prefer the direct debt.
You can send me your own suggested price or exchange if you wish!
舞踏オープンクラス、火曜日の夜にあります。
上にある時間はメルボルン時間なので１時間早い時間が日本時間です。
（火曜日：17:00-18:30)
このページにあるRESISTARATION （登録）をしていただけたら、週ごとにZoomLinkをお送りします。
問い合わせはENQURYを、支払いはドネーションとしてますのでDONATIONのリンクを（英語のPayPalLink）押してください。
皆さんの経済状況によって払える分だけお払いください。まとめての支払いもOK. 日本のアカウントがよければおしらせします。
（オーストラリアでは1 回１０ドル前後を目安としてますがご自由にお決めください）
2020 OUT OF THE BOX - Butoh online open sessions
Yumi is running online Butoh Class- OUT OF THE BOX every Tuesday evening and Friday morning.
Join her Zoom sessions and unleash your body and mind into the Butoh world!
CAN WE DO BUTOH IN YOUR GARDEN? LOUNGE ROOM? KITCHEN?
OR EVEN the BEDROOM? WHY NOT!
Yumi is hosting Open Butoh Classes every Tuesday night and Friday morning while we are not able to run studio workshop! Yumi will introduce creative exercises on your own environment for us to be out of ‘our of the box’, exploring for our physical and mental spaces.
The details are as below.
Resister the form on this page
You will get the Zoom links each week
Find your own space for you to move and roll (wearing comfortable clothes)-check your dog or cat are not over excited around you.
Join the session
Donate as you go or as a bulk , or you can discuss with Yumi some exchange !
Session times:
(MELBOURNE TIME GMT+10)
21 April | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
24 April | FRI | 10:00am - 11:15 am
28 April | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
01 May | FRI | 10:00am - 11:15 am
05 May | TUE | 6:00pm -7 :15pm
08 May | FRI | 10:00am - 11:15 am
12 May | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
15 May | FRI | 10:00am - 11:15 am
19 May | TUE | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
22 May |FRI | 10:00am - 11:15 am
Registration
In order to make classes safe and secure for everyone, a Zoom link will be sent to your email instead of having it publicly available.
donations and exchanges
PAYMENT BY DONATION via secure paypal
( Depending on your financial capacity but encouraging to pay around $10 per session or pay as bulk )
You can send me your own suggested price or exchange if you wish!
舞踏オープンクラス、火曜日の夜と金曜日の朝にあります。
上にある時間はメルボルン時間なので１時間早い時間が日本時間です。
（火曜日：１７：００−１８：１５ 金曜日 ９：００−１０：１５）
このページにあるRESISTARATION （登録）をしていただけたら、週ごとにZoomLinkをお送りします。
問い合わせはENQURYを、支払いはドネーションとしてますのでDONATIONのリンクを（paypal）押してください。
皆さんの経済状況によって払える分だけお払いください。まとめての支払いもOK.
（オーストラリアでは1 回１０ドル前後を目安としてますがご自由にお決めください）
Butoh Online Open Class -OUT OF THE BOX
Yumi is running online Butoh Class- OUT OF THE BOX - for every Tuesday evening and Friday morning.
Join her Zoom session and make your body and mind to unleash into the Butoh world!
Classes are now here!
Wanna Be a Rabbit? with Weave Movement Theatre
Wannabe A Rabbit? invites audiences on an investigation between the surreal ad the absurd; exploring universal human themes like:Will I ever be perfect? Am I invisible? How do I get out of here? My sheets need a wash. It’s dark. Is that a rabbit? The show is going to be premiered 2020.
The Performance season in June 2020 were both Cancelled Due to the COVID-19.
new dates is going to be announced soon.
Will I ever be perfect? Am I invisible? How do I get out of here? My sheets need a wash. It’s dark. Is that a rabbit?
Wannabe a Rabbit? is directed and Choreographed by Yumi Umiumare in collaboration with Weave Movement Theatre. A fusion of Butoh and Physical Theatre, the work moved between the surreal and absurd; humorously reversing the perceptions of difference.
Wannabe A Rabbit? invites audiences on an investigation between the surreal ad the absurd; exploring universal human themes like:
Surfacing in reaction to the atrocities caused post World War II and initially referred to as the ‘Dance of Darkness’, Butoh converges themes of naturism and humanism. ButohOUT! intends to activate the spirit of Butoh through the local and national, contemporary dance community.
“Their strength lies in the performers’ ability to make the banal magical” – The Age
(review for Weave’s previous work)
Credit
Director: Yumi Umiumare
in collaboration with Weave Movement Theatre
Producer: Janice Florence
Sound designer: Dan West
Costume designer: Matilda Woodroofe
Lighting designer: Jennifer Hector
Installation artist: Pimpisa Tinpalit
from ButohOUT!2018 photo by Mifumi Obata
ButohOUT! 2020
Celebrating its third year, ButohOUT! 2020 offers five workshops and two performance seasons exploring the artistic theme of ‘Primal Colour.’ In earlier expressions of Butoh, dancers typically wore white body paint, believed to 'erase' the performers excessive and artificial layers to ‘de-identify’ them.
IN LIGHT OF RECENT UNFORSEEN EVENTS LINKING TO COVID-19, WE REGRET THAT THE 2020 BUTOHOUT! SEASON HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EVERYONE’S SAFETY AND SANITY. WE HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT US AS NEXT SEASON.
Unwoman by The Rabble 15–28 November 2019 @Substation
Yumi is performing in Unwoman by The Rabble
15–28 November 2019 @Substation
UNWOMAN is an epic and imagistic piece of feminist theatre created in both Ireland and Australia, examining reproductive rights, experiences of pregnancy and bodily autonomy.
UNWOMAN is an epic and imagistic piece of feminist theatre created in both Ireland and Australia, examining reproductive rights, experiences of pregnancy and bodily autonomy.
Made with THE RABBLE, professional performers and a community ensemble of pregnant performers, UNWOMAN is an invocation of the pregnant body as a plurality of experiences. It is visceral, carnal and an uncompromising piece of feminist theatre horrified by the history and laws attempting to curb bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.
FEATURING / Dana Miltins, Mary Helen Sassman and Yumi Umiumare.
PHOTOGRAPHY / Hero image by Patricio Cassinoni. Production photography by David Paterson, featuring Olwen Fouéré in UNWOMAN Part III, Dublin Fringe, November 2018.
“PERVERSE, REAL, HARROWING AND DEEPLY AFFECTING, THIS IS A UNIVERSAL, UNFORGETTABLE MASTERPIECE OF PERFORMANCE ART. – THE TIMES UK”
Booking
Butoh OUT 2019
ButohOUT! 2019 is a festival to celebrate creative communities in Australia and beyond through the profound performance art medium of Butoh. 4 public workshops and 2 weeks performance season are held at Abbotsford Convent.
Butoh Residential Workshop 6(Fri)-9(Mon) Dec 2019
Butoh Residential Workshop by Yumi Umiumare
Bringing ‘Light’ into Body and Spirit
6(Fri)-9(Mon) December 2019
@Arisaig-In the north of Daylesford(1.5hours from Melbourne)
Butoh Residential Workshop by Yumi Umiumare
Bringing ‘Light’ into Body and Spirit
6(Fri)-9(Mon) December 2019
In the north of Daylesford(1.5hours from Melbourne)
Our annual Butoh residential workshop is moving to the new stunning bush location of Arisaig!
A healing and wellness retreat, Arisaig is 100% off-grid and is located in the heart of Dja Dja Wurrung country on 100 acres of breathtakingly beautiful countryside only 20 minutes North of Daylesford and 20 minutes South of Castlemaine.
Over the 4 days, Yumi will introduce various skills and methods of Butoh, channeling our internal and external creative expression. The stillness and peace of the landscape enables us to explore our deeper and authentic "being" and helps to cleanse our busy thoughts. Through sharing food and gentle conversation, Yumi will lead participants to explore their consciousness of well-being, from breathing and silent walk to some vocal expression and laughter.
Butoh舞踏, originally called Ankoku Butoh 暗黒舞踏(Dance of Darkness), was conceived in Japan during the late 50’s and early 60’s during the social turmoil after the war and sought to find an expression through dance. Rather than aspiring to an aesthetic ideal, the dance attempts to expose the joys and sorrows of life, exploring the most fundamental elements of physical and psychological existence. Yumi is renown for combining Butoh (the darkness) with lightness and a sense of humour to embrace a wholistic humanity.
Where: Arisaig in Yandoit (1.5hours from Melbourne)
When: 6(Fri)-9(Mon) December 2019
Cost : $380/350(Vegetarian meals are included)
Accommodation: Participants will be camping amongst the beauty of the bush to allow for a deeper connection to Mother Earth. There are limited cabins available for at a higher rate for those wishing more comfort. Places are limited so book your spot now!"
THE WORKSHOP IS OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND ARTISTIC DISCIPLINARY.
A LIMITED NUMBER IS AVAILABLE!
PLANNED SCHEDULE
(subject to be changed)
FRIDAY 6 DEC
By 5pm Arriving, settle in, setting up tent etc
Dinner
Session 1 (Gathering)
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SATURDAY 7 DEC
Silent Walk and exercise
Breakfast
Session2
Lunch
Session 3
Dinner
Session 4 (Gathering)
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SUNDAY 8 DEC
Silent Walk and exercise
Breakfast
Session5
Lunch
Session 6
Dinner
Performance
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MONDAY 9 DEC
Breakfast
Gathering, debrief and packing
10:30am Departure
Photo by Vikk Shayen
DasSHOKU TeaParTEA! In Development
DasSHOKU TeaParTEA! will be 5th DasSHOKU Butoh cabaret series since 2012. Smashing together Yumi’s recent practice in Japanese tea ceremony (PopUp Tearoom Series) with her signature, iconic Butoh Cabaret series, DasSHOKU Tea ParTEA! combines elements of Butoh, Cabaret, and spoken word, woven from Japanese tea ceremony into English tea party, from Brazilian samba into Okuni-Kabuki dance during the Edo period in early 1600.
DasSHOKU TeaParTEA! will be Yumi’s new full-length stage work. Smashing together Yumi’s recent practice in Japanese tea ceremony (PopUp Tearoom Series) with her signature, iconic Butoh Cabaret series, DasSHOKU Tea ParTEA! combines elements of Butoh, Cabaret, and spoken word, woven from Japanese tea ceremony into English tea party, from Brazilian samba into Okuni-Kabuki dance during the Edo period in early1600. The work channels the original world of Kabuki, which originally meant ‘bent’ or ‘out of the ordinary’, as well as irregular and asymmetrical aesthetics of classic Japanese tea ceremony.
The first stage of creative development was completed in June 2019, and the second stage development was in Jan/Feb 2020.
The work will take place in a richly visual world created by The Sisters Hayes (set & costume) and Jenny Hector (lighting), with sound design and original score by Dan West. Yumi’s magnetic physical performance is accompanied by an outstanding team of performers- Willow J Conway (Ms Burlesque 2016/17), Gregory Lorenzutti (Brazilian samba & contemporary) and Harrison Hall (cutting edge contemporary dancer). Dramaturgy is by leading theatre maker and performer, Maude Davey.
DasSHOKU Tea ParTEA! will be realised as a 75min tea ceremony/party, including actual Japanese tea ceremony with audience interaction. Short segment of varying rituals with dance, text, and song will unfold through the visually morphing set designs.
CREATIVE TEAM
Creator/director/performer: Yumi Umiumare
Co-creator/performers:
Willow J Conway, Gregory Lorenzutti, Harrison Hall,
Dramaturg: Maude Davey
Set and Costume Design: The Sisters Hayes
Lighting Design : Jenny Hector
Sound design : Dan West
Producer: Kath Papas Productions
See more Dance Work
CuriosiTEA @ the OzAsia Festival2019
As a durational contemporary ritual, Yumi serves many bowls of CuriosiTEA to the general public, artists and tourists, to activate and provoke cultural encounters and personal interactions.
CuriosiTEA 26(Sat) Oct 2019
1-4pm @ Lucky Dumpling Market, Riverbank Lawns
As a durational contemporary ritual, Yumi serves many bowls of CuriosiTEA to the general public, artists and tourists, to activate and provoke cultural encounters and personal interactions.
Visitors are invited to absorb the simple rituals of tea ceremony in silence and share conversations and interactions in the open air. The deep sense of presence and silence initially afforded by the space will facilitate time to pause and reflect, counterbalancing noise and distraction to create a unique space through public interaction.
Un-Certain TEA@Studio Luma, Krakow Poland
A special collaboration between a visual artist Dorota Mytych and Yumi Umiumare
Un-Certain TEA@Studio Luma, Krakow Poland
Un-Certain TEA@Studio Luma, Krakow Poland
by DOROTA MYTCH & YUMI UMIUMARE
25 SEP 2019
“There is nothing certain but the uncertain” (proverb)
“Pewne jest tylko to, że ma nic pewnego” (przysłowie)
This was a special collaboration between POLISH VISUAL ARTIST DOROTA MYTCH
& Japanese Australian performance artist YUMI UMIUMARE.
Dorota and Yumi had created a participatory performance Space where Audience were invited to have a bowl of tea.
while being a part of the ritual of tea ceremony, they were also experiencing the ephemeral images through video projection- Uncanny Others .
Uncanny Others consists of two archival images of war and one family photo from Mytych’s childhood. They are accurately drawn using tea leaves and coffee grounds and filmed as still images which later disintegrate.
Video Installation Uncanny Others by Dorota Mytych
Performance PopUp Tearoom by Yumi Umiumare
Music
PopUp Tearoom Series by Dan West
Requiem for My Friend by Zbigniew Preisner
Góralska pieśń ludowa
Specjalne podziękowania dla
Photo by
Dominik Papai and Nic Bartlett
OBOK zaprasza na instalację performatywną Yumi Umiumare i Doroty Mytych zatytuowaną.
Un-cetainTEA to współczesny rytuał-performans łączący japońską ceremonię parzenia herbaty z działaniami artystycznymi.
Publiczność zostanie zaproszona do wypicia czarki zielonej herbaty, a podczas rytuału odbędzie się projekcja video efemerycznego obrazu usypanego z liści herbaty.
Będzie to "durational performance” trwający 1 godzinę - można przyjść w dowolnym momencie i zostać krócej lub dłużej. Zapraszamy!
Środa, 25 września 2019, godzina 19:00
Studio Luma
Ślusarska 9, 30-702 Kraków
Super-NaturalTEA @ Warsaw, Poland Sep 2019
Super-NaturaliTEA in Warsaw September 2019
Performance by Yumi Umiumare and, Adam Sōmu Wojciński, Teatr Limen Butoh: Sylwia Hanff, Marzena Brzezinska, Magdalena Jakubów and Anna Sulejewicz (guest) and Akitsu Orii (flute) during the International Day of Peace. It was really super-naturaliTEA! Pictures by Krzysztof Stacha
Super-NaturallTEA
@, the Służewski Culture Center, Warsaw, Poland September 2019
2-hour durational performance.
Super-NaturaliTEA - PopUp Tearoom Series
Performance by
Yumi Umiumare with the participation
Adam Sōmu Wojciński and Akitsu Orii(Flute)
the Limen Butoh Theater
Sylwia Hanff
Magdalena Jakubów
Marzena Brzezińksa
Anna Sulejewicz (guest).
PopUp Tearoom series offers various experiences through the rituals of tea ceremonies, installation and performances. Audience are invited to sit and have a bowl of green tea and pop-up performances will be happening during the rituals. The multiple performances will unfold over the tea ceremonies for audience to partake a bowl of Super-NaturaliTEA, pause& reflect and to be in the surreal dream-like performances.
Supernatural in dictionary : The caused by forces or the things that cannot be explained by science
The performance took place as part of the International Day of Peace under the auspices of the United Nations. The event is organized by the Heiwa Foundation, the Urasenke Sunshinkai Tea Road Association, the Umemi Foundation in cooperation with the Warsaw Mokotów District Office, the Japanese Embassy, the Służewski Culture Center, and the UN Information Center in Warsaw
Pictures by Krzysztof Stacha
Butoh and Tea in Águeda, Portugal Sep 2019
Yumi is running workshop in Portugal and Poland, presenting her PopUp Tearoom Series in Agueda, Portugal 13 September and Warsaw. Poland 21 September 2019.
Butoh and Tea in Europe- workshop and performances
10-13 Sep 2019 Workshop and performance in Portugal
@Casa de cha parque municipal alta vila, Águeda
Hosted by AgitaLab LINK
Yumi has got an opportunity of the artist in residency at Casa de in the Alta Vila Park, Águeda, is one of the projects of the Association Improvise and Organize annually supported by the Municipality of Agueda.
The Residence was offered artists several creative spaces and presentation opportunities to an audience, in exchange for the participation in events involving the local community, such as workshops and open studio.
LiNK: ALTA VILA HOUSE PARK_IVV_TEA ROOM
UnpredictabiliTEA @Bochum, Germany Sep 2019
PopUp Tearoom Series - UnpredictabiliTEA
Special One night event inside of the airplane installation
1 Sep 2020
Jahrhunderthalle Bochum Germany
PopUp Tearoom Series - unpredictabiliTEA
Special One night event inside of the airplane installation
with performance by local artists- Christian, Lila,Eva, Lukas, Walther and Rosi
1 Sep 2020
at Jahrhunderthall.
Jahrhunderthalle Bochum Germany
An der Jahrhunderthalle 1
D-44793 Bochum
Butoh Workshop in Bochum, Germany 28 Aug- 1Sep 2019
Yumi is running a Butoh workshop at Bochum, Germany, 28 Aug- 1 Sep 2019
Butoh for Puppeteers
28 (Wed) August to 1(Sun) September
10 am to 4 pm
Rottstraße 5, 44793 Bochum, Germany
Butoh for Puppeteers
Dates: Wednesday, 28th August to Sunday, 1st of September
10 am to 4 pm
Rottstraße 5, 44793 Bochum, Germany
240€ (200€ for students)
Facilitated by an acclaimed Japanese Australian Butoh dancer and choreographer Yumi Umiumare, this workshop will introduce various Butoh philosophies, including
在り方 Being-individual body presence
重力 Gravitating
感覚 Perceiving
空間 Spatial elements, both internal and external
ため Accumulations, Isolation and sensation
間（ま） 'Ma' sense of emptiness, Active blankness, Active pause
記憶 Memoryand Poetry
型/面 Form and Mask
摸写/反復 Copy and Repetition
想像/創造 Imagination to Creation
Yumi leads workshops to stimulate and uncover participants’ own unique and authentic movements, working through objects, images, narrative and abstraction. Unfolding the expression of ‘laughter’ in different contexts, participants have the opportunity to create sequences, emerging from their personal poetry and movements using narrative, metaphor and rituals.
The word for laughter in Japanese, warau 笑い comes from the verb wareru 割れる – to break, crack or split.
Unexpected Laughter can open up our daily corsage – and a ritual for a common transformation can start.
We are going to work in an industrial space, so please be prepared to protect your against cold.
Simple and delicious vegetarian/vegan foods are prepared for 6 € per day.
The class will be hold in English.
The workshop is open to all levels of experience.
About Yumi
Organised by Sara Hasenbrink
INTERNET: www.hasenbrink.org
TeL: 3232634
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(in German)
utho für Puppenspieler mit YUMI UMUIMARE
Das japanische Wort für Lachen 笑い WARAU entstammt dem Verb wareru 割れる – übersetzt ins Deutsche: AUFBRECHEN AUFPLATZEN
An vier Tagen im August wird in der Zeit von 10 bis 16 Uhr in dern Rottstraßen Kunsthallen die eskalative Wirkung des Lachens und Körperdeformationen durch zeitgenössischen japanischen Tanz erprobt.
Nicht bloß die dunkle Seite des Butoh, sondern gerade die unerwartet helle und grelle wird uns beschäftigt halten.
Kommt und laßt es krachen!
Die Unterrichtssprache ist Englisch.
Wir werden in einem ehemaligen Industriegebäude arbeiten, es gibt zwar einen
Holzboden - warme Kleidung kann zuweilen dennoch von Nöten sein.
Es gibt die Möglichkeit ein einfaches vegetarisches oder veganes Mittagsessen gegen 6€ vor Ort zu bekommen. Falls das gewünscht wird, bitten wir, dies bei der Anmeldung direkt mitanzugeben.
Zeit: 28 August bis 01. September 2019 von 10 bis 16 Uhr (Pause von 12:30 bis 13:30)
Ort: Rottstraße 5, 44793 Bochum
Preise: 240€ Normalzahlende 200€ Studierende
About YUMI
(photo from PopUp Tearoom Series, photo by Jodie Hutchinson)
Butoh weekend workshop- Unleash the Unknown
When: 13 (Sat)14(Sun) July 2019@10am-5pm
Where: TRELOARLAND studio: 87a Albert street Brunswick
Over the weekend, Yumi will guide participants to explore their familiar and unfamiliar elements of physical and spatial expressions through the unique philosophy of Butoh and beyond. Participants are encourage to dive into their ‘unknown’ territories for embracing the joyful moments of ‘unleashing’
Photo by Lukas Penny, weekend workshop ButohOUT!2019
When: 13 (Sat) and 14(Sun) July 2019@10am-5pm
Where: TRELOARLAND studio: 87a Albert street Brunswick
Price: $200/180 (Special winter price!!)
Over the weekend, Yumi will guide participants to explore their familiar and unfamiliar elements of physical and spatial expressions through the unique philosophy of Butoh and beyond.
Participants are encourage to dive into their ‘unknown’ territories for embracing the joyful moments of ‘unleashing’
The focal points in this workshop are;
在り方（Arikata)：Body presence- suspension and gravity
間（Ma)：Spatial exploration- space in between and active pause
溜（Tame): Accumulation, Isolation, Sensation
笑（Warai): Laugh till something crack open
生け捕り(Ikedori)：Catching ‘live’ and ‘row’ moments
想像/創造(Souzou)：Inspiration->Imagination->Creation
The workshop is open to all levels of experience and artistic disciplinary.
A limited number is available!
Booking and Enquiry
ButohOUT!2019@Abbotsford Convent 12March- 12May 2019
ButohOUT! 2019 is a festival to celebrate creative communities in Australia and beyond through the profound performance art medium of Butoh. 4 public workshops and 2 weeks performance season are held at Abbotsford Convent.
ButouOUT!2019 @Abbotsford Convent
Forbidden Laughter
禁じられた笑い
Abbotsford Convent
12 March - 12 May 2019
LINK
“The action of laughing is like the breaking of the stiff mask of ego.
When we laugh, the authentic spirit jumps out from deep inside of us”
Keiichi Ueno
ButohOUT! is an annual festival celebrating creative communities and the profound performance art of Butoh. Originally called Dance of Darkness, Butoh was conceived in Japan in the late 1950s during the social turmoil after the Second World War. It goes beyond the confines of specific culture, gender, status and religion, aspiring to universal expression that touches the true nature of humanity.
ButohOUT! 2019 will challenge the commonly held conception of Butoh as dark and grotesque, and will ask: “Can the audience laugh at Butoh? Can we portray comedy in Butoh?” In the Japanese language the word for laughter warau 笑う comes from the verb wareru 割れる- to break, crack or split.
Exploring the theme, ‘Forbidden Laughter’, ButohOUT! 2019 will focus on surreal comedy. The Butoh will draw upon cabaret, bouffon, burlesque, physical theatre and visual art installation.
Open to experienced dancers, newcomers, children and families, the ButohOUT! program presents an exciting opportunity for participants and audiences to learn from expert practitioners and experience this unique performance arts form. Workshop participants have the opportunity to receive mentoring and present original solo and group works at the Convent during the public performance season in May.
Artistic director Yumi Umiumare
Producer Takashi Takiguchi
Dramaturg Maude Davey
Visual artist Pimpisa Tinpalit
Funded by Creative Victoria
Presented in partnership with Abbotsford Convent Foundation
Photography Vikk Shayen
WORKSHOPS
12 March - 16 April 2019
"Breaking the Dark Mask"
29 March - 31 March 2019
5 April - 7 April 2019
Convent Kids presents: Peek-A-Butoh
23 March 2019
2 - 12 May
Industrial School,
Abbotsford Convent
PopUp Tearoom Series @ Abbotsford Convent Open Spaces 2018
PopUp Tearoom Series at Abbotsford Convent' Open Spaces 2018
CuriosiTEA : Nov 17(Sat) 2 – 9pm & 18(Sun) 12 – 6pm @ Oratory, Sacred Heart building
'CuriosiTEA' Pop-up Tearoom at Abbotsford Convent' Open Spaces 2018
Nov 17(Sat) 2 – 9pm & 18(Sun) 12 – 6pm @ Oratory, Sacred Heart building
A fusion of Butoh, dance, performance and installation, with classical and contemporary Japanese tea ceremonies, audiences are invited to come and go, pause and reflect. As long ago as the 16th century, tearooms were created in war zones, with the tea ceremony functioning to relieve emotional stress and restore social order. Curious about what sort of ‘tea’ we can make today, Yumi invokes the Japanese notion of ‘ma’ or ‘active pause’ and serves you a bowl of 'curiosiTEA' with an element of surprise and provocation. Yumi is behind the dyanamic ButohOUT! Festival, held annually at the Convent and regularly performs and producers work onsite.
Dance Massive Site Responsive Showcase, presented by Abbotsford Convent and Ausdance Victoria as part of Dance Massive 2019.
Image: Anne Moffat
Butoh and Body Weather residential workshop in Dec 2018
Butoh & Body Weather Residential workshop 13-17 December 2018
At Wimmera River Victoria Australia
Led by Yumi Umiumare (Melbourne) & Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam)
Residential workshop exploring the discipline of Butoh and Body Weather, Led by
Yumi Umiumare & Frank van de Ven (Amsterdam)
On the Wimmera River, 15kms west of Horsham, our base will be a 130-acre site near Mt Arapiles with a variety of bush, scrub, sand dunes, open fields, river and elevated rock - allowing participants to experience and open up the senses to colour, texture, sound and shapes. Through the powerful combination of Butoh and Body Weather, Yumi and Frank will guide participants in creating movement, stillness, and dance in response to landscape and nature.
YUMI UMIUMARE is an established Butoh Dancer and choreographer and has been creating her distinctive style of works over the last 25 years. Her works are renowned for provoking visceral emotions and questioning cultural identity. The works have been seen in numerous festivals in dance, theatre and film productions throughout Australia, Japan, Europe, New Zealand, South East Asia and South America, and have received critical acclaim and garnered several Australian Green Room awards. As a choreographer, Yumi has worked with many socially engaged theatre projects in Australia with aboriginal communities, refugees, culturally diverse people and disability groups. In this workshop Yumi is going to explore the elements of Ritual, Ceremony and Gateway to the unknown.
FRANK VAN DE VEN is a dancer and director who spent his formative years in Japan working with Min Tanaka and the Maijuku Performance Company (1983-92). In 1993, he founded with Katerina Bakatsaki Body Weather Amsterdam as a platform for training and performance. He has an ongoing commitment to his Body/Landscape series of workshops conducted worldwide and since 1995 he has led the annual, interdisciplinary Bohemiae Rosa Project with renowned Czech artist Milos Sejn, connecting body and landscape with art, geology and architecture.In these days, Frank will focus on how the body is itself a landscape in a wider surrounding landscape. Body Weather was introduced in Australia by Tess de Quincey in 1989, see more detail about the BodyWeather
13(Thur)-17 (Mon) December 2018
Arrival 13th late afternoon, Leaving 17th morning
PRICE
$460/430 (Early Bird Special by 15 NOV $430/410!)
(Vegetarian meals of 5days included)
Numbers are limited so please book early!
