Corporeal Reformation: Butoh Explorations and Body as Phenomenon (Workshop)

Corporeal Reformation: Butoh Explorations and Body as Phenomenon

featuring guest teacher Ibuki Kuramochi

Remembering is a form of empowerment. As it pertains to this experience that includes the body the term corporeal reformation is used. It is a way of saying at this moment my body needs a reevaluation, a reorganizing, a re-shifting that is deep and spiritual. A remembering of something that came before that is so embedded in ourselves that it is a part of well being. It is a daily practice that by no means will be complete.

Artist divinebrick (josie j) is a self iconoclast search for the sacred primordial being. divinebrick name is a placeholder for an idea that the self is a divine phenomenon holding and care taking the grander whole. Decolonizing the self is the remembering of the soil the self is made of. The name “josie j” is the further erasure of the colonized self accepted for autonomy.

In 2010 josie j began studies in dance with Koichi and Hiroko Tamano. The Tamano’s are Berkeley based Butoh Masters, once students of Tatsumi Hijikata.

josie j has also studied movement with Oguri In Venice, Ca. Oguri being a greatly influential dancer in josie j’s style. While in San Francisco working with the Tamanos josie j worked with performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Pena, who works in a Psycho Magic style.

Gung Fu and Tai Chi practice is also influential in josie j’s corporeal explorations. Studying these Chinese ancient medicines with James Ibrao, from 2013 till his passing in 2020. Sifu James Ibrao was a martial arts legend living in Los Angeles, CA.

Visual, sound, video and craft arts are also mediums that often are used in josie j’s work.

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About Ibuki Kuramochi:

Ibuki Kuramochi is a Japanese-born interdisciplinary artist specializing in Butoh dance. Since 2016, she has trained under Yoshito Ohno at the world-renowned Kazuo Ohno Butoh Dance Studio.

Kuramochi's practice blends the poetic physicality of Butoh with visual art, creating performances, video works, and installations that explore the resonance of the human body, thought, and metamorphosis. Her work is deeply influenced by post-human feminism, delving into themes of transformation and the body as a site of expression and empowerment.

Her art has been exhibited and performed internationally, including in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Sydney, Taipei, and Rome. In 2019, Kuramochi was honored as Artist of the Year on the front cover of LA WEEKLY's "PEOPLE 2019" special issue.

Kuramochi's recent exhibitions include the Torrance Art Museum, New York Hall of Science, Spring Break Art Show LA, and Craiova Art Museum in Romania. She has also delivered artist lectures at colleges in Tokyo and the NY Film Academy.

She is currently living and working in Los Angeles.

No one turned away for lack of funds. All experiences welcomed. Keep up to your body's ability. Ticket Price: $55 (sliding scale is available)

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WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY

By registering for this event, the attendee agrees to and acknowledges the following: I hereby represent that I am in good health and able to engage in physical exercise, be it active or passive. I understand that it is my responsibility to consult with a physician prior to and regarding my participation in a "Butoh workshop". I represent and warrant that I have no medical condition which would prevent my full participation in a Butoh workshop.

I understand that this class (“Corporeal Reformation: Butoh workshop”) may include physical activity, meditation, breathwork, and the use of essential oils, and the use of the facilities at Philosophical Research Society (“PRS”), may involve the risk of injury. I voluntarily accept full responsibility for my participation in Butoh workshop, and I expressly waive and release any claim that I may have at any time for injury, damage or loss of any kind against the facilitator josie j or PRS, or any person or entity involved with the facilitator or PRS, including without limitation their respective affiliates and representatives.

To the extent that statute or case law does not prohibit releases for negligence, this release is also for negligence on the part of the facilitator and PRS, and their respective agents and employees. In the event that I should require medical care or treatment, I agree to be financially responsible for any costs incurred as a result of such treatment.

In the event that any damage to equipment or facilities occurs as a result of my or my guest’s willful actions, neglect or recklessness, I acknowledge and agree to be held liable for any and all costs associated with any actions of neglect or recklessness.

I acknowledge that I have carefully read this Waiver and Release and fully understand that it is a release of liability.

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