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CAVE’s Upcoming Butoh Workshop
CAVE Presents
Ten Day BUTOH WORKSHOP
with master KATSURA KAN, May 7-16, 2007
Katsura Kan is a native of Kyoto and a Master Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan’s first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe “Byakkosha” (1979-1981) known for its austerity and integrity, rather than theatrical glamour. He is a celebrated solo artist, collaborative performer and choreographer. Kan has worked with what he calls “minority dancers” all over the world, in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, South East Asia for the past 28 years, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan culture.
Workshop Description
Kan's workshop at CAVE will explore the idea of “transformation”, an idea that brought Kan to his understanding of butoh, what he calls the “surrealism of the flesh”. Kan will guide participants through the origin, history and spiritual philosophy of Tatsumi Hijikata’s butoh. He will focus on Hijikata’s "Butoh Notation" from his Bible of Butoh, YAMERU MaiHime, as well as lecturing on a video that retraces the Japanese avant-garde during the 1950s-60s. This work and study will be geared towards the creation of new dance. The workshop is suitable for everyone, with or without previous butoh experience.
Schedule and Cost for Katsura Kan workshop:
May 7 -16, 2007 Workshop will be held @ CAVE
Monday-Friday 5:30pm-9:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-2:00pm
Total Workshop Cost = $480
For more details and registration please e-mail workshops@CAVEartspace.org or call CAVE 718 388 6780
CAVE is an artist’s collective and organization founded in 1996. It is now one of the longest running experimental art spaces in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. Our constant goal is to maintain an environment that attracts, provokes and supports exchange, generative confrontation and collaboration among emerging and established artists and audiences from diverse cultures and artistic backgrounds. CAVE strives to provide an explorative arena and support system for the artistic development of its resident artists by hosting studio workspace, educational workshops, exhibition and performance opportunities, and assistance in the realization of projects that support risk taking in the in visual, media and performing arts.
CAVE’s intention is based on the idea that people learn and are transformed through direct experiences that potentially awaken new levels of understanding and knowledge. In addition to our visual arts projects and artist residences, during the past five years CAVE has organized over 35 butoh workshops giving the opportunity to over 200 dancers to study with some of the best masters of this dance form. In 2003 and 2005 CAVE presented and produced two editions of the International New York Butoh festival featuring the work of over 40 butoh artists and also presented workshops, films and lectures. CAVE is led by video artist & curator, Shige Moriya, and theater & dance director/performer, Ximena Garnica.
CAVE Organization Inc. 58 Grand Street Brooklyn New York 11211 T/F (718) 388-6780 www.CAVEartspace.org
CAVE’s Upcoming Butoh Workshop
CAVE Presents
Ten Day BUTOH WORKSHOP
with master KATSURA KAN, May 7-16, 2007
Katsura Kan is a native of Kyoto and a Master Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan’s first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe “Byakkosha” (1979-1981) known for its austerity and integrity, rather than theatrical glamour. He is a celebrated solo artist, collaborative performer and choreographer. Kan has worked with what he calls “minority dancers” all over the world, in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, South East Asia for the past 28 years, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan culture.
Workshop Description
Kan's workshop at CAVE will explore the idea of “transformation”, an idea that brought Kan to his understanding of butoh, what he calls the “surrealism of the flesh”. Kan will guide participants through the origin, history and spiritual philosophy of Tatsumi Hijikata’s butoh. He will focus on Hijikata’s "Butoh Notation" from his Bible of Butoh, YAMERU MaiHime, as well as lecturing on a video that retraces the Japanese avant-garde during the 1950s-60s. This work and study will be geared towards the creation of new dance. The workshop is suitable for everyone, with or without previous butoh experience.
Schedule and Cost for Katsura Kan workshop:
May 7 -16, 2007 Workshop will be held @ CAVE
Monday-Friday 5:30pm-9:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-2:00pm
Total Workshop Cost = $480
For more details and registration please e-mail workshops@CAVEartspace.org or call CAVE 718 388 6780
CAVE is an artist’s collective and organization founded in 1996. It is now one of the longest running experimental art spaces in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. Our constant goal is to maintain an environment that attracts, provokes and supports exchange, generative confrontation and collaboration among emerging and established artists and audiences from diverse cultures and artistic backgrounds. CAVE strives to provide an explorative arena and support system for the artistic development of its resident artists by hosting studio workspace, educational workshops, exhibition and performance opportunities, and assistance in the realization of projects that support risk taking in the in visual, media and performing arts.
CAVE’s intention is based on the idea that people learn and are transformed through direct experiences that potentially awaken new levels of understanding and knowledge. In addition to our visual arts projects and artist residences, during the past five years CAVE has organized over 35 butoh workshops giving the opportunity to over 200 dancers to study with some of the best masters of this dance form. In 2003 and 2005 CAVE presented and produced two editions of the International New York Butoh festival featuring the work of over 40 butoh artists and also presented workshops, films and lectures. CAVE is led by video artist & curator, Shige Moriya, and theater & dance director/performer, Ximena Garnica.
CAVE Organization Inc. 58 Grand Street Brooklyn New York 11211 T/F (718) 388-6780 www.CAVEartspace.org
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