Following are the next opportunities to study, expand, and deepen the butoh experience through some of the Northwest's own most experienced and esteemed practitioners of the almost-illusive, always powerful art form.

Beginning the second weekend in October and continuing every other weekend through that month and November, the DAIPAN butoh collective presents its fall workshop series, beginning with Helen Thorsen and Haruko Nishimura in October (more info below), and then moving to Diana Garcia-Snyder and Mizu Desierto (more info to follow). Whether you choose to be at every session or even only one day, I warmly welcome you to continue following your heart and enjoy the increased integration of personal movement art into y/our lives.

Best wishes,
Sheri

DAIPAN Butoh Collective Presents

Butoh Workshops, Spring 2010 - Seattle
At the new Teatro de la Psychomachia (theatre of the soul struggle)
Columbia Fire Building. 1534 First Avenue South Seattle WA 98134

 

SHERI BROWN & ALAN SUTHERLAND
May 7 (6-9pm), May 8 (10 - 3pm)

Beginning with a meditation on the heart and chakra, we will open the kaleidescope of meta-inner-outer dance of drishti vision versus sense vision. The workshop will be accompanied by accomplished, long-time collaborating musician, Travis McAllister of Portland.

Sheri Butoh-based, Seattle-based teacher/performer Sheri Brown has studied with numerous masters including Diego Pinon, Katsura Kan, Joan Laage, Jay Hirobashi, Minako Seki, Akira Kaseir, Su-En, Kota Yamazaki, and Yoshito Ohno to develop her current expression regimen. She danced extensively with the WTO-birthed seminal butoh-based dance troupe the P.A.N., with whom she toured Korea twice, once winning the esteemed Dokkebi Award for most creative, cutting-edge work in the International Mime Festival. She also toured Japan with with the P.A.N. as a solo artist, partnering with Japanese musician Marron of DubMarronics. Sheri dances with butoh theatre and mathematics, a prayer for the renaissance within; her dance is about the integration of line, unknown, grace, and love-base outside the the midst of illusory sense cloudings, trappings, the spaces between spaces that is “all good”.

 

ALEX RUHE (From Danse Perdue)
May 21 (6-9pm), May 22 (10 - 3pm)

True achievement in art (and in Living) concerns illuminating the shadow -- the unfamiliar, the unseen, and casting shadow upon the light -- questioning truths we assume to be self-evident, doubting what we think we know. To look inside, to see more, to question more, to become more, to connect to something deeper than identity – that is the basis of our work with you.

The art of Danse Perdue (Lost Dance) concerns illumination, possession, and transmutation -- ceaseless birth and death of microorganisms writhing within emotional surges of love and violence; mutation of intimacy. Dance Perdue have performed and taught in many venues in the states and in Europe (danseperdue.org and of course facebook.com/danseperdue).

 

DOUGLAS RIDINGS
May 29 (3-6pm), May 30 (12 - 3pm)

His workshop will explore the more structured and choreographed possibilities of Butoh. Participants will develop the skill of allowing specific form and timing to be rich with a presence, imagination and energy equal to spontaneous movement. It is open to everyone but participants should be prepared for vigorous physical work.

Douglas Ridings began dancing Butoh in 1993 with Joan Laage in her company Dappin' Butoh. Since 2001, he has worked with Katsura Kan in the US and internationally. He has performed in the San Francisco International Butoh Festival, the Seattle International Butoh Festival, Portland's Water in the Desert Festival, the New isLand Festival in New York City, the Kharavela Festival in Bhubaneswar, India and the Donau Festival in Vienna, Austria.

To sign up and information contact:
Vanessa Skantze vanessa@deathposture.org, (206) 697-3855

All workshops, suggested donation

Both days (each weekend)- $80 – 135.

Three hour one day workshop – sliding scale $35 – 50.

Five hour one-day workshop – sliding scale $60 – 85.

 

BARBARA BOURGET
April 23 (6-9pm) & 24 (10am - 3pm)

Through the transformative and dynamic power of a thoroughly worked body (physically, spiritually, intellectually and emotionally) we will explore the possibilities of the deep expressiveness of ourselves as individuals and as part of a group.

Barbara has been dancing, choreographing and teaching for all of her life. She is the Artistic Director of Kokoro Dance of Vancouver, Canada and the Artistic Director of the Vancouver International Dance Festival.

 

SHERI BROWN
May 7 (6-9pm), May 8 (10 - 3pm)

Beginning with a meditation on the heart and chakra, we will open the kaleidescope of meta-inner-outer dance of drishti vision versus sense vision. The workshop will be accompanied by accomplished, long-time collaborating musician, Travis McAllister of Portland.

Sheri Butoh-based, Seattle-based teacher/performer Sheri Brown has studied with numerous masters including Diego Pinon, Katsura Kan, Joan Laage, Jay Hirobashi, Minako Seki, Akira Kaseir, Su-En, Kota Yamazaki, and Yoshito Ohno to develop her current expression regimen. She danced extensively with the WTO-birthed seminal butoh-based dance troupe the P.A.N., with whom she toured Korea twice, once winning the esteemed Dokkebi Award for most creative, cutting-edge work in the International Mime Festival. She also toured Japan with with the P.A.N. as a solo artist, partnering with Japanese musician Marron of DubMarronics. Sheri dances with butoh theatre and mathematics, a prayer for the renaissance within; her dance is about the integration of line, unknown, grace, and love-base outside the the midst of illusory sense cloudings, trappings, the spaces between spaces that is “all good”.

To sign up and information contact:
Vanessa Skantze vanessa@deathposture.org, (206) 697-3855

Both workshops, suggested donation
Friday only – sliding scale $35 – 50.

Saturday only – sliding scale $60 – 85.

Both days- $80 – 135.
To sign up and information contact:
Vanessa Skantze vanessa@deathposture.org, (206) 697-3855DAIPAN Butoh Collective Presents