Butoh workshop / Sumako Koseki (Jap)

Name: Butoh workshop / Sumako Koseki (Jap)
Start: 2026-07-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-05T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Jankovcova 18a, Praha

Schedule

Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 05 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Jankovcova 18a, Praha | Prague, PR

'𝘈𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴....' (Sumako Koseki)
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: physical training focused on breath and vital Ki energy, imagination exercises for opening various physical and mental states (animal body, ancestors, emptiness, samurai dance), evoking memories inscribed in our bodies, awakening our subconsciousness and collective memory - from there is a step to beyond, to the state where movement can be born from chaos and depersonalisation, and take clear form, rhythm and choregraphic structure.
The workshop will also include a performance by participants for the public, which will take place at the end of the workshop. Participants will therefore have a unique opportunity to prepare a presentation under Sumako's guidance.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: for everybody interested in exploring the body and mind, for artists and students of performing arts, dance, theatre, visual arts, anthropology, psychology

Workshop fee: €265 / 6200 CZK

When: July 1-5th 2026, 10 am – 4 pm
Where: Studio Plující Oblaka, Jankovcova 18a, Prague
+ participants performance evening July 5th, 6 pm on Lod tajemstvi
Booking: to apply send a short motivation letter to katerina.bilejova[at]fhs.cuni.cz, we confirm your reservation within 2 weeks
+ solo performance of Sumako Koseki June 30th, see:
https://lodtajemstvi.cz/6338/sumako-koseki-ekloze-a-beckett
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𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗼 𝗞𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗸𝗶 is Japanese dancer and choreographer. She studied traditional Japanese performing arts and butoh. Her teacher was Tadashi Suzuki (art of Noh, Kabuki in a contemporary context) and Isso Miura (butoh). She studied philosophy and psychology (University of Tokyo). She worked with many significant artists (Grotowski, Barba, Leotard, Adrien and others).
Among with butoh her training is based on traditional Japanese theatre and martial arts, where treating with Ki energy and breath is focused to open our sensibility. Sumako denotes butoh as 'the dance on the edge' where expression and movement appears from emergency and vital necessity. As a samurai or an animal, in emergent situation our body finds how to react immediately without logical thinking. Empty/dead body is a key notion here. Empty and depersonalized dancer can wake up ancient memories encoded in our 'reptilian brain' or 'DNA'. From there movement is born, and we can touch the chaos and shadows of our subconsciousness, but not only to stay there - through the opening of a fertile field of the collective memory we can share deep emotions with an audience.
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