Butoh Dance Theatre Workshop + Performance with Vangeline France, Presented at Mt. Sequoyah & CACHE!
Schedule
Sat, 11 Feb, 2023 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 12 Feb, 2023 at 03:00 pm
Location
Mount Sequoyah Center | Fayetteville, AR
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Join us for this rare opportunity to work with a world class butoh artists in NWA!!EVENTBRITE TICKETS:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/butoh-dance-theatre-workshop-performance-with-vangeline-france-tickets-496729951657
Master Butoh Artist/Educator/Researcher/book Author Vangeline France is coming to NWA to offer a two day public Butoh dance workshop and excerpt performance of her most recent piece "The Slowest Wave." Vangeline is working with scientists at The University of Huston monitoring her and her dancers' brain waves while practicing butoh. Lela Besom and collaborators are taking this opportunity of proximity to bring Vangeline here for a very special offering that has long been a dream. Additionally Lela Besom, Abby Howard, Lauren Leonard, Erika Almenara, Emma Seubold and more local artists will open for Vangeline’s performance followed by a curated dance party!
VANGELINE FRANCE:
https://www.vangeline.com
Butoh is a dance developed by Tatsumi Hijakata and Kazuo Ohno starting in 1960s Japan. Out of a desire for an original dance form, and in reaction to the devastation of WWII, and Western influence, Hijakata’s Butoh employed elements including imagination, transformation, everyday life, street life, truth, eroticism, connection to the body’s inner world, and nature. Kazuo Ohno worked closely with Hijakata. His practice also involved nature, love, and beauty. Butoh dance has been passed down and transformed through students of Hijakata and Ohno. It is now practiced internationally though still esoteric, avant-garde, and stemming from its roots in Japan.
As a practice, Butoh is a dance that develops deep awareness and creative activation within oneself in connection to others and the environment. It is not a dance based on memorized steps but rather a slow transformative process wading into the depths of consciousness and subtle movement.
Workshop is adult 18+ and for folks with all levels of movement experience. It is Queer, BIPOC, LatinX celebratory and open to folks of various creed and mobility. (Please inquire regarding mobility concerns, funding, or anything else!)
Day 1:
February 11th
Location: Mt. Sequoyah Center in Sequoyah Hall, Fayetteville
Workshop: 3-6pm
Performance Event: 8pm
DAY 2:
February 12th
Location: CACHE Studios, Bentonville
Workshop: 11am-3pm
Cost:
2 Day Workshop and Performance $110
Performance Only $20
Tickets for performance only will also be available at the door for cash and check. If you are unable to come due to lack of funds, some work study may be available.
In addition to a transformative personal experience, your presence will enrich all of our experience and help to develop the dance community in NWA! This project is participant funded which means that YOUR participation will create sustainability for artist-driven work in this region!
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Where is it happening?
Mount Sequoyah Center, 150 N Skyline Dr,Fayetteville,AR,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: