WS#3 Form and Dramaturgy | 23 & 24 Sep

 

Photo credits (from left): Mifumi Tabata, Ponch Hawkes

ButohOUT!2023
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER

Form and Dramaturgy

This is a special weekend workshop on various interdisciplinary approaches of Butoh, by guest teachers; local legend Maude Davey(OAM) and International Punk Butoh artist, Hal Tanaka, facilitated by Yumi Umiumare.

Originally called ‘Dance of Darkness’, Butoh has had many idiosyncratic interpretations globally, challenging the norms of conventional performance styles. In this workshop, participants have the rare opportunity to experiment with its forms and dramaturgy through movement, text, choreography and structures in order and ‘out of order’.

Based on the previous success of the online international collaboration, this workshop will be facilitated through a unique blend of online and off-line live workshops.

Participants will explore;

  • Tracing the choreography

  • ‘Metamorphosis’ (e.g. from animals to human, trees and burnt tree)

  • Working with ‘fixed point performance’

  • Finding ways to speak what we dance, and to dance what we speak.

  • Bringing in the compositional ‘writing’ brain set’ to edit, construct and make coherent.

This workshop will be most suitable for those who have attended workshops of Butoh, but beginners are also welcome.

Limited spaces are available due to the space.

Participants also may choose to show/work on their work to be part of ButohOUT! 2023 ButohBAR - Out of Order as ButohOUT! Ensemble. This is an optional activity.

FACILITATOR
Maude Davey (OAM)
Hal Tanaka
Yumi Umiumare

WHEN
September
Sat 23rd 10am-4:30pm
Sun 24th 10am-4:30pm

WHERE
WXYX Studios
130 Dryburgh Street
North Melbourne, 3051

COST
$280/$250

COMBO
All 4 W/Ss - $850
3 Weekend W/Ss - $750
2 Weekend W/Ss - $460

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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CONTACT
0478 634 052
butohout@gmail.com

Schedule - Subject to change

Saturday 23 Sep - Day 1

10am - 10:15pm - Registration & Introduction
10:15am - 12:00 Butoh warm-up/exercise by Yumi Umiumare
12:00 - 12:45pm - Lunch break
12:45 - 1:00pm - Introducing Hal Tanaka
1:00 - 3:30pm - Session by Hal Tanaka via Zoom supported by Yumi Umiumare
3:30 - 4:30pm - Creation/Discussion/ Q and A

Sunday 24 Sep - Day 2
10:00am - 11:00am -  Butoh warm/exercise by Yumi Umiumare
11:00am-12:00pm- introducing Maude Davey, and small exercises
12:00 - 12:45pm - Lunch break
12:45 - 1:00pm - Small discussion 
1:00 - 3:30pm -  Continue with session by Maude Davey
3:30 - 4:30pm - Creation, discussion feedback & debrief

Facilitators’ Profile

Hal Tanaka

In 1982, Tanaka was a member of the Butoh Company Hokkaidō Butoh-ha and toured all over Japan. After leaving the company, he collaborated with many local and international artists, including the renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, and toured his solo and collaborated works. In 2010, he hijacked a building as part of his performance and became the hot topic in the mass media for ‘building hijacking’.

In 2013, the exhibition "Haru Tanaka - Death of the City -" by Spanish photographer Ricardo Baeza was held.

Hal was invited to participate in a research project at Lodz University of the Arts, Poland and was engaged as a movie performer, designer, and Butoh dance teacher.

Maude Davey

Maude Davey has been creating performances in Melbourne and Australia for thirty-five years. Her primary focus is the creation of new work, particularly Cabaret and Variety Performance. Recent credits include: Gender Euphoria (Director/Producer) for Melbourne Festival and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and Gender Euphoria: Mighty Real (Director/Producer) Sydney WorldPride and Arts Centre Melbourne; Blessed Union (Actor) by Maeve Marsden at Belvoir Street Theatre; Set Piece (Actor) by Anna Breckon and Nat Randall. She is currently undertaking a PhD at La Trobe University looking at queer and feminist short form variety performance.

ButohOUT! 2023
Workshop Series

WS #1
INTRODUCTION TO BUTOH - Weekend
Sep 2 (Sat) and 3 (Sun)
10am-4:30pm
@ OkiTopia, Thornbury

WS #2
TRAINING THROUGH BUTOH and BEYOND - Weekly
Sep 7 (Thur) - Oct 12 (Thur)
Every Thursday x 6 sessions
6pm-9pm
@ St Mary, North Melbourne

WS #3
FORM and DRAMATURGY - Weekend
Sep 23 (Sat) and 24 (Sun)
10am-4:30 pm
@ LGI studio, North Melbourne

WS #4
VISUAL and BODY - Weekend
Oct 14 (Sat) and 15 (Sun)
10am-4:30pm
@Abbotsford Convent

 
WorkshopTakashi TakiguchiYumi Umiumare, 2023, Past