Hello,
Here's some great, albeit last minute, news for Butoh enthusiasts and those who would like to better understand and experience Butoh.
Yuko Kaseki, one of the featured performers with inkBoat in last month's performance of 'c(H)ord' at the Yerba Buena Theatre and Izzie winner for 'Ame to Ame' at the Yerba Buena Center's Forum Room, is back in the Bay Area again from her home in Berlin to teach one of her world renown workshops.
What: 'Time Bites Poem, a Butoh Dance Improvisation Workshop' taught by Yuko Kaseki (Japan/Berlin)
From Yuko's press release: 'This course starts with body training - based on Noguchi Gymnastics and elements of Tai-chi - to reach relaxation and dynamism and to enhance the connection of the inner and outer body. We find the center of our body by concentration on Tanden (center). Development of form and sensation are generated from physical imagination.
'Sharpen up sensitivity, cut the moment, and dive into air. Play with bodies, space and time, all emotion of motion, explosion and stillness. Your body is a poem, to be all ears, eyes and tongue...'
When: Friday, May 23 from 6:00-10:00 pm; Saturday, May 24 from 2:00-6:00 pm; and Sunday, May 25 also from 2:00-6:00 pm You are encouraged to take all three sessions, but drop-in's are okay as well.
Where: Studio 210, 3435 Cesar Chavez (at Valencia). Located three blocks from the 24th Street BART Station and accessible by MUNI Lines #14, #49, #27, and #26.
How Much: $200 for all three sessions, $80 per single session
Who: Yuko Kaseki lives and works as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher in Berlin (1995-present). From 1989 to 2001, Kaseki was the primary dancer in Anzu Furukawa's company Dance Butter Tokio and Verwandlungsamt. Under Furukawa's strong guidance, Kaseki developed a rich vocabulary that is rhythmic and elegant, combining elements of dance technique with music practices to creat her Butoh dance. Considered Furukawa's protege, Kaseki carries on a line of Butoh dance that is both strongly defined and unique to common perceptions of Butoh.
Kaseki founded the dance company cokaseki with Marc Ates (Director, Choreographer, Performer, Visual Designer) in 1995. Various Solo and Ensemble works have been and are performed throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, and the USA. cokaseki's works are based on Butoh and western contemporary dance technique to create concise and precise moving theare. Desperate existence exposes tragedy/comedy in dense time/space to reveal a kaleidoscope of stories.
Kaseki also collaborates with inkBoat (San Francisco), Degenerate Art Ensemble (Seattle), CAVE (New York), and others.
She also organizes and performs various improvisation series with international performers and musicians.
Her work includes: 'Tooboe' nominated for Outstanding Production by the Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2007 in Toronto; 'Let My Fish Loose' nominated for the 'No-Ballet' award by the International Dance Competition 2007 in Ludwigshafen; 'Ame to Ame' received the Best Ensemble Performance Award and was nominated for Best Choreography, Best Composition, and Best Design by the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (Izzies) 2004 in San Francisco; 'Kudan' was nominated for the Toyota Choreography Award 2004 in Tokyo.
We hope you'll be able to attend one or all of these amazing workshops.
Please contact Bob Webb at bobwebb20@hotmail.com or 415-821-7124 for registration and to reserve your place.
For further information, please see below:
www.cokaseki.com
www.youtube.com/user/cokaseki
www.myspace.com/cocokaseki
Local contact: Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com
415-821-7124
Here's some great, albeit last minute, news for Butoh enthusiasts and those who would like to better understand and experience Butoh.
Yuko Kaseki, one of the featured performers with inkBoat in last month's performance of 'c(H)ord' at the Yerba Buena Theatre and Izzie winner for 'Ame to Ame' at the Yerba Buena Center's Forum Room, is back in the Bay Area again from her home in Berlin to teach one of her world renown workshops.
What: 'Time Bites Poem, a Butoh Dance Improvisation Workshop' taught by Yuko Kaseki (Japan/Berlin)
From Yuko's press release: 'This course starts with body training - based on Noguchi Gymnastics and elements of Tai-chi - to reach relaxation and dynamism and to enhance the connection of the inner and outer body. We find the center of our body by concentration on Tanden (center). Development of form and sensation are generated from physical imagination.
'Sharpen up sensitivity, cut the moment, and dive into air. Play with bodies, space and time, all emotion of motion, explosion and stillness. Your body is a poem, to be all ears, eyes and tongue...'
When: Friday, May 23 from 6:00-10:00 pm; Saturday, May 24 from 2:00-6:00 pm; and Sunday, May 25 also from 2:00-6:00 pm You are encouraged to take all three sessions, but drop-in's are okay as well.
Where: Studio 210, 3435 Cesar Chavez (at Valencia). Located three blocks from the 24th Street BART Station and accessible by MUNI Lines #14, #49, #27, and #26.
How Much: $200 for all three sessions, $80 per single session
Who: Yuko Kaseki lives and works as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher in Berlin (1995-present). From 1989 to 2001, Kaseki was the primary dancer in Anzu Furukawa's company Dance Butter Tokio and Verwandlungsamt. Under Furukawa's strong guidance, Kaseki developed a rich vocabulary that is rhythmic and elegant, combining elements of dance technique with music practices to creat her Butoh dance. Considered Furukawa's protege, Kaseki carries on a line of Butoh dance that is both strongly defined and unique to common perceptions of Butoh.
Kaseki founded the dance company cokaseki with Marc Ates (Director, Choreographer, Performer, Visual Designer) in 1995. Various Solo and Ensemble works have been and are performed throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, and the USA. cokaseki's works are based on Butoh and western contemporary dance technique to create concise and precise moving theare. Desperate existence exposes tragedy/comedy in dense time/space to reveal a kaleidoscope of stories.
Kaseki also collaborates with inkBoat (San Francisco), Degenerate Art Ensemble (Seattle), CAVE (New York), and others.
She also organizes and performs various improvisation series with international performers and musicians.
Her work includes: 'Tooboe' nominated for Outstanding Production by the Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2007 in Toronto; 'Let My Fish Loose' nominated for the 'No-Ballet' award by the International Dance Competition 2007 in Ludwigshafen; 'Ame to Ame' received the Best Ensemble Performance Award and was nominated for Best Choreography, Best Composition, and Best Design by the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (Izzies) 2004 in San Francisco; 'Kudan' was nominated for the Toyota Choreography Award 2004 in Tokyo.
We hope you'll be able to attend one or all of these amazing workshops.
Please contact Bob Webb at bobwebb20@hotmail.com or 415-821-7124 for registration and to reserve your place.
For further information, please see below:
www.cokaseki.com
www.youtube.com/user/cokaseki
www.myspace.com/cocokaseki
Local contact: Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com
415-821-7124
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