Yumi Umiumare

Takashi TakiguchiDecember 6, 20212021, Yumi Umiumare, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Originally a subversive non-art form, passionately expressing ugliness and beauty, the word Kabuki comes from the word ‘Kabuku’ meaning ‘bent’ or ‘out of the ordinary’. This WEEKLY workshop channels anarchic forms of Butoh and preliminary Kabuki to unleash the weird from within.

WorkshopTakashi TakiguchiDecember 1, 2021Yumi Umiumare, Abbotsford Convent, 2022, Past

Drowning 溺れ - On the verge of drowning | WS #2

Local Butoh practitioner and researcher Helen Smith will guide the workshop, as well as having special international guests from Japan, Seisaku (one of the last disciples of atsumi Hijikata) and Dai Matsuoka (a member of Sankaijuku) via Zoom, facilitated by Yumi Umiuare.

WorkshopTakashi TakiguchiNovember 23, 2021Abbotsford Convent, Helen Smith, Yumi Umiumare, Dai Matsuoka, Past, Seisaku, 2022

Twisted 捻れ - Art of the Twist | WS #3

Exploring ButohOUT! 2022's artistic theme of KaBuKu (bent and out of the ordinary), the participants will be encouraged to expand their limits, embrace the positive sensation of being 'twisted' and 'untwisted' both physically and metaphorically, in order to gain a deeper sense of liberation in our twisted realities.

WorkshopTakashi TakiguchiNovember 11, 2021Abbotsford Convent, Yumi Umiumare, Past, 2022

KaBuKu World | 傾く世界 - Performance Making WS #4

WorkshopTakashi TakiguchiNovember 1, 2021Yumi Umiumare, Abbotsford Convent, 2022, Past

New Ab/Normal - Forum #2

This is a short and fun workshop, introducing Butoh in a playful and family-friendly way. The participants will create also the art installations with everyday objects to jump headfirst into a world of transformation and shape-shifting, unleashing their inner creatures.

ForumTakashi TakiguchiMay 23, 2021Peter Fraser, Helen Smith, Yumi Umiumare, Lynne Bradley