Embodying the Spirit: Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop

Embodying the Spirit: Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop

This workshop is a process of erasing and re-creating the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery and Ukiyoe prints.

Experience training methods towards a supple body and mind and investigate aesthetics common to butoh through creative explorations. ETS explores endless questions: What is life? What is the human condition? What is the body? The workshop structure includes explorations of physical, natural, and transforming bodies. Partner work will facilitate participants’ individual and collective journeys. In this workshop we will focus on the elemental body and work with famous Japanese Ukiyoe wood block prints to create movement sequences inspired by Joan’s time with Gnome, Yoko Ashikawa’s company. The workshop draws from Joan’s training with the Ohnos and Ashikawa in Tokyo, Atsushi Takenouchi in Europe and her background as a Tai Chi practitioner and professional gardener.

2025 Workshop Dates/Times:

Friday Feb 28th: 6-9pm

Sat March 1st 12-4pm and Sunday March 2nd: 12-5pm

Location Joe Goode Annex 401 Alabama St, San Francisco

Refund policy:

This workshop is nonrefundable, no exceptions.

Workshop is for all levels, beginners welcome

EARLY DISCOUNT ENDS: Jan 28th

Limited BIPOC Scholarships available. Email for info: [email protected]

Photography: 1, 2: Joan Laage-Kogut Butoh–Photo by David Jennings; 3: Katarina Wolf

Host or Publisher Shoshana Green