Join Asheville Butoh for a workshop & performance by Mari Osanai!

Name: Join Asheville Butoh for a workshop & performance by Mari Osanai!
Start: 2026-04-11T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-12T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Be Be Theatre

Schedule

Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm

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Location

Be Be Theatre | Asheville, NC

Join Asheville Butoh for a one-day only workshop and one-night only performance by the fabulous Mari Osanai!
Mari's workshop will focus on Noguchi Taiso combined with the influences of her early training in Tai Chi, Western dance methods, traditional Japanese folk dance, and the connection between one’s thoughts and sensation of weight. Osanai’s approach to movement research and exploration begins with a heightened awareness of gravity’s influence on the body and its connection with the center of the earth. Exercises in the workshop train the body to embrace its weight and heighten its sensitivity to move from a relaxed and receptive state. Starting with images, movement and form result and allow the changes to shift the body’s interior.
Mari Osanai was born in Aomori, Japan. She was trained in Classical Ballet and Modern dance at an early age and later studied jazz dance, Tai Chi and Noguchi Taiso.
Spaces are limited, so get your tickets asap at the links below!
Workshop: $50.00
Saturday April 11th, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
New Studio of Dance (Be Be Theatre)
20 Commerce St., Asheville, NC 28801
All levels welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noguchi-taiso-workshop-with-mari-osanai-tickets-1985767380691?aff=oddtdtcreator
Solo Performance: $20.00
Sunday, April 12th, 7:30 p.m.
Be Be Theatre
20 Commerce St., Asheville, NC 28801
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/butoh-performance-by-mari-osanai-tickets-1985767741771?aff=oddtdtcreator
There will also be an informal showing of a duet in process with Mari and Julie Becton Gillum at the Be Be Theatre on Tuesday, April 14th at 8pm. No tickets needed for this informal showing.