MOLECULAR DANCE Butoh and Movement Research

Name: MOLECULAR DANCE Butoh and Movement Research
Start: 2026-04-11T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-12T18:00:00+02:00
Location: DOCK 11

Schedule

Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

DOCK 11 | Berlin, BE

Butoh and Movement Research
Dates:
DATE 11/12 April 2026
Saturday and Sunday 11h00-18h00
LOCATION
DOCK 11 - Saal 3
Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin
FEE 210€*
*Accessibility & Support: We believe that financial circumstances should not be a barrier to participation. For this reason, we offer a special discounted price of 180€ for motivated individuals experiencing financial difficulties. Only 4 spots are available with discounted price, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
Registration [email protected]
WORKSHOP
All cells in our body consist of atoms bonded together, in constant transformation, change, break and rejoin, in an eternal dance made possible by space and energy.
Human existence relies on connections and exchanges too; to understand these connections, we need space and silence to sense the dance of life.
This workshop seeks a dance rooted in the idea that our existence is inherently relational, that we exist through connection with others, time, space and the universe. It explores movement and the body as an object, not aiming performativity but as an artwork in itself, becoming a channel through which the invisible manifests.
Through guided explorations with concrete and abstract imagery, we will research movement, sounds and poetry, creating solo or group compositions. Each composition will sprout from each individual as a unique form of life, interconnected with others and with the space.
Open to dancers, artists, and anybody with an interest in improvisation, somatic and performative research and self-exploration. Participants will deepen their sensitivity to movement, presence, and relation.
Maruska Ronchi is a dancer, choreographer, performer and teacher.
Graduated in Contemporary Dance at CIMD in Milan, she met Butoh in 2009 with Atsushi Takenouchi, working with him and becoming his assistant in the Butoh School in Italy.
Along her path she had the chance to meet other important butoh master as Yoshito Ohno, Yumiko Yoshioka, Minako Seki, Seisaku, Carlotta Ikeda, Natsu Nakajima, Masaki Iwana, among others.
She present her solo works all over the world in the theatre, unconventional places, and festival as Hokkaido Butoh Festival (Sapporo, Japan), Ee chair et en sons (Paris, France), Butohresque Festival (Vienna, Austria), Ex..it (Broellin, Germany), Butohpolis (Warsaw, Poland), Kulturelle Landpartie (Hitzaker, Germany), Singing our Place (Aarus, Denmark), Moving Bodies (Torino, Italy).
She regularly guides butoh workshops in Europe.
maruskaronchi.com