Dance Medium Butoh Workshop at Why Butoh Festival
Schedule
Fri, 29 Aug, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 31 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC+03:00Location
BARKER-teatteri, Turun vapaan taiteen näyttämö | Turku, LS
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The Why Butoh Festival brings a rare occasion to the Nordic and Europe.A direct student of Tatsumi Hijikata, Seisaku and his working partner Yuri Nagaoka will give a 3 day Butoh workshop in Turku, Finland.
Seisaku
Seisaku had learned Butoh under Tatsumi Hijikata in his late years before he past away in 1986. Since then he worked for the Butoh companies such as Hakutohboh with Yoko Ashikawa, his own company, Gnom and Dance Medium with Yuri Nagaoka. He has held workshops, created and presented Butoh pieces actively both in Japan and overseas.
Yuri Nagaoka
Yuri trained in classical and modern ballet as a child. She was interested in various forms of performing arts and encountered Butoh in her late teens. Since then, she has been actively creating and showing her own works both in Japan and overseas. She started the Butoh Company, Dance Medium with Seisaku and has performed group pieces since 2005.
Butoh workshop by Yuri Nagaoka and Seisaku
The first part of this workshop, Yuri teaches her own physical practice inspired by different body works such as ballet, Yoga, Noguchi Gymnastic, Noguchi Seitai, Taichi, Karate, etc. to prepare the body to be neutral and energetic. It brings us to the philosophy of Butoh.
The second part is taught by Seisaku. He learned Butoh under Tatsumi Hijikata and Yoko Ashikawa, who is known as Hijikata’s most prominent disciple. He developed his Butoh method by keeping the most important essence from both of them. His methods place emphasis on how to make the body empty.
If you can be empty, you will find the possibility to become anything you want.
Yuri and Seisaku believe everybody can learn from them.
Location:
Barker teatteri
Linnankatu 31 4th floor
20100 Turku
Finland
Dates and hours:
29 August 10:00-16:00
30 August 10:00-16:00
31 August 11:00-16:00
(On 31 August there is an open work-in-progress sharing from 14:00)
Prices:
Early bird 300€ (only 15 places available) till 15 April
370€ from 16 April (or after 15 registrations) till 30 June
420€ from 1 July
The prices include a Festival Pass ticket for the performances on 28-30.8.
For the registration, payment and more information, please send an email to: [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
BARKER-teatteri, Turun vapaan taiteen näyttämö, Linnankatu 31, FI-20100 Turku, Suomi,Turku, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
