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A Changing of the Guard: The Ume Group Announces New Producing Artistic Director

8/1/2016

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A New Direction

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Keelie Sheridan in The Ume Group's "DREAM DANCES" (2015), photo by Jorge Luna.
The Ume Group is excited to announce a very special landmark in our 5-year history as a physical theatre ensemble working in New York City.  Effective August 19, after five exciting years of butoh and acrobatics-driven creative work and teaching, our beloved Producing Artistic Director, Jordan Rosin is stepping down from the helm to further pursue his teaching career with graduate studies at Dell'Arte International in Blue Lake, CA.  Stepping up to replace him in this pivotal leadership role is the incredibly talented Ume Group veteran, Keelie Sheridan.  Ms. Sheridan will be supported by a newly appointed team of leaders from among the Core Ensemble, including Yokko (Associate Artistic Director), Clara Kundin (Associate Director of Education), and Karina Sindicich (Opening Training Coordinator).

Keelie was a member of The Ume Group's Core Ensemble from 2014 - 2015 during which time she helped to create the original production of The Ume Group’s Dream Dances and led the Winter/Spring 2015 Training Ensemble centered on ceili dance.  This past year, she has spent pursuing an MFA in Theatre Directing at the Lir / Trinity College, Dublin as part of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship program sponsored by the US Ireland Alliance.  She is tremendously excited to take on the mantle of Producing Artistic Director and is particularly excited to expand on the company’s level of community engagement and social action, while continuing to push the boundaries of dance and theatre through daring performative experiments.

Jordan’s credits with The Ume Group over the course of the past five years include performer/co-creator of Facet (Hollywood Fringe Festival, WAVE RISING SERIES), co-choreographer of Isis Variations (CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival, FringeNYC), director of Dream Dances and Lysistrata Project, and creator of Butoh Electra, The Ume Group's inaugural martial arts / butoh dance epic.

To see Jordan perform one last time, come see The Ume Group’s 5-Year Anniversary NY Season, playing August 10 - 13 at the Irondale Center, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.  If you come on closing night, August 13, and stay after the performance, you'll also be able to participate in the special Closing Night Party and hear Keelie Sheridan's announcement of The Ume Group's 2016 - 2017 season of educational programs and events.  (For more info and tickets, click here.)
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Incoming Producing Artistic Director, Keelie Sheridan (left) and current Producing Artistic Director, Jordan Rosin (right) at The Ume Group's fundraising launch party on April 2, 2016.
Tickets are now on sale for The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY, August 10 - 13! Learn more >>>
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Styles of Butoh - A Brief Overview of Temputenshiki, Subbody Method, Space Dance, and Body-Ritual-Movement

7/2/2016

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​By Jordan Rosin
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Sankai Juku. Photo by Carlos de las Piedras. Creative Commons license. https://www.flickr.com/photos/delaspiedras/263678424/in/photolist-piqpJ-piqpa-piqrm-piqqz-zJUEuF
One of the things that I find most fascinating about butoh, which if you’re not already familiar with, you need to check out, is the sheer diversity of approaches that exist to create it.  Over the past 6 years, I have taken classes and workshops with at least a dozen different teachers of butoh, all of which were incredibly different.  In this article, I’ve attempted to give a brief overview of a few of the founding principles and key exercises in each of four contemporary butoh styles: temputenshiki, subbody method, space dance, and body-ritual-movement.

1. Temputenshiki

Name:
Dairakudakan / Temputenshiki
Founder:
​Akaji Maro
Core Idea:
A student of Hijikata’s and former actor, Akaji Maro founded Dairakudakan in 1972.  “Temputenshiki”, one of the company’s guiding principles and a category of work they create which means: All bodies are talented, precious, and beautiful.  They believe your dance should be a way of showcasing your body's natural beauty.  Dairakudakan proposes 3 main methods for creating dance, 1) space body, 2) mold body, 3) capturing unusual movement.
Sample
​Exercise: 
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​"Capturing Unusual Movement" - Notice the way your body naturally reacts when you are surprised in every day life.  It's probably a little strange and possibly beautiful!  Instead of returning to normal from minor accidents and surprises, Dairakudakan dancers practice sustaining and staying with a moment of surprise, layering in additional imagery to create truly unique and rich and extraordinary movement.
Website:
http://www.dairakudakan.com

2. Subbody Butoh Method

Name:
Subbody Butoh Method
Founder:
Rhizome Lee
Core Idea:
Codified into the "Subbody Butoh Method" around the turn of the 21st century, Rhizome Lee's technique is expanded from the work of Motofuji Akiko (Hijikata's wife) and centers on creating pathways into the subconscious through meditation, resonance touch, sen shin hitsu, “edge work” and many other interesting techniques.
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​Exercise: 
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“Swaying Meditation” - Begin by sitting comfortably, breathing through mouth or nose.  With each inhalation, imagine yourself being pulled up by a thread through the crown of your head.  With each exhalation, imagine all your cells slowly falling towards the earth.  Then imagine that you are sitting on a boat and the boat begins to sway your pelvis forward, backward, and side to side.  Eventually you are swaying in random directions.  Segment and amplify any strange sensations you have in the body.  This is a technique for quieting the daily mind and activating “subbody mode."
Website:
http://www.subbody.net/

3. Tokyo Space Dance

Name:
Tokyo Space Dance
Founder:
Tetsuro Fukahara
Core Idea:
Inside a tube made of fabric, suspended by 6 points we experience a new way of gathering information about the world.  Our senses are heightened and ordinary movement is obstructed.  Through the experience of the tube as well as training in 6 “themes” (body foundation, walking dance, contact, spiritual journey, paradise in the little moving, and space dance composition) we discover a beautiful new way of moving.
Sample
​Exercise: 
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“Walking Dance” - Hold yourself like an objective body.  Look forward and walk very slowly.  Allow yourself to be affected by memories and sensations.  Some interesting movement may arise.  Hold onto your intention to move forward.
Website:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tokyo/sd/index_e.html

4. Body-Ritual-Movement

Name:
Butoh Ritual Mexicano / Body-Ritual-Movement (BRM)
Founder:
Diego Pinon
Core Idea:
By transforming our dance, we can transform our daily life and give more creative energy to our community.
Sample
​Exercise: 
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“The Life Becoming” - Prepare a spiral-style labyrinth or path on which to walk.  Begin to slowly walk towards the center.  On every inhale, rise up slightly and on every exhale, sink down.  Settle into the ground with every step.  Periodically change your arm position higher until the arms are straight overhead.  As you walk, allow yourself to consider your entire life up until this point.  Don’t force anything.  Allow the memory to float, to linger if it wants, or to transform.
Website:
http://butohritualmexicano.com/
Tags: butoh, butoh dance, ankoku butoh, dance of darkness, Japanese butoh dance, contemporary butoh, butoh styles, physical theatre, dance, dance-theatre

Discussion Questions

What other approaches to butoh have you found interesting?  
Have you tried any of the exercises described above?  What was your experience?
Leave a comment below.

About the Author

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Jordan Rosin is physical theatre artist, teacher, and movement coach. Based primarily in butoh, he also draws on yoga, clowning, and acrobatics to create choreography & movements which he hopes have universal resonance. He received his BFA in Drama from Syracuse University. His main butoh teachers are Joan Laage, Vangeline, & Tetsuro Fukuhara, though he has trained with numerous others. He is the Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Ume Group, a NY-based physical theatre / dance ensemble. 
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www.jordanrosin.com / www.theumegroup.org


​Tickets are now on sale for The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY, August 10 - 13, 2016! Learn more >>>
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Rediscovering My Roots, and Growing New Ones

6/3/2016

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by Jennifer Marinelli

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Jennifer Marinelli (far right) in The Ume Group's 10/48 Physical Festival. Photo by Jordan Rosin.
Movement has always been my primary form of expression. I grew up dancing. If you were to flip open a picture book from my childhood, you would be blinded with spandex and sparkle from the dance recital costumes that I wore year in and year out. But by the time I left high school, I had become distracted by other things and had left dance behind. Fast forward to a few years ago when I came to New York City to become an actor, and more importantly, to train as one. That’s when I discovered The Ume Group.

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The Art of Finding Your Footing

5/2/2016

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by Brantley Ivey

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Directly following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, author Colum McCann began scouring history for acts of creation that could defy his present devastation. In his search, McCann stumbled upon accounts detailing Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the August of 1974, a performance that is heralded, to this day, as one of the greatest acts of bravado in our city’s history. He immediately began devouring research, learning how the act was meticulously conceived, planned and executed. However, he ultimately became more invested in and fascinated by “the ordinary people on the street, the ones who walked a tightrope one inch from the ground.”

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Meet the Artist: Sean Devare (Original Masks for Lysistrata Project)

4/1/2016

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This week, we sat down to talk with artist Sean Devare who designed and fabricated three original Commedia Dell'Arte-style masks for The Ume Group's "Lysistrata Project."  Here is what he had to say...

JORDAN ROSIN: How did you find your inspiration for the masks?

SEAN DEVARE: I always approach my projects with as much research as I can find, from as many related and sometimes unrelated sources as possible. I started by researching the Commedia types and typical traits while also drawing inspiration from certain Japanese mask aesthetics, especially for Capitano. I can be frequently found sketching or photographing masks and sculptures at museums, where inspiration is bound to strike at any time!
JR: What materials did you use?

SD: For expediency, I used a combination of air-drying paperclay and wood glue over various cardboard, paper-mache, or plastic armatures. I often rearrange and re-purpose old Halloween masks as base structures to build on top of. Various enamel spray paints were used for the finish.


JR: How did you learn to make masks like this?

SD: I've studied mask carving with different master craftsmen in Bali, Indonesia, but the majority of my fine arts training came through my undergraduate degree at the Rhode Island School of Design where I studied anatomy, sculpture, and character design in the Illustration department.


JR: What's been the most exciting thing about collaborating with The Ume Group?

​SD: I had the unique opportunity to design masks specifically for characterizations that the actors had already been working on. Often times the mask provides initial inspiration for the actors' movements, but this process was nearly reversed! You could say it was a creative dialogue, as I'm sure the actors made further adjustments upon working with the finalized masks. I particularly enjoyed Byron's buzzard-like interpretation of Pantalone, which helped inspire the shape of the nose earlier in the process. It was a pleasure to see such vibrant and playful performers bring the masks to life! I'm always excited to see what different people find in the masks, and the Ume Group brought such specific articulation and expression. It was absolutely captivating to see and hear these larger-than-life characters on stage!

​Want a replica of Sean's masks for your very own?

Contribute $600+ to The Ume Group's 5 Year Anniversary Season on IndieGogo (between Marc 27 and April 30) to get your own copy of one of the three original masks from our Lysistrata Project designed by Sean Devare.  

(Choose from Pantalone, Ill Dottore, or Capitano)
Pledge Your Support!

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Sean Devare (Mask Designer) is a NY-based multi-disciplinary artist. He was a resident actor at The Flea Theater where he appeared in 'The Cutthroat Series' as an actor and puppeteer. Other NY credits: 'The Saltmakers' (Dixon Place/HERE); 'Artaud Artaud' (Signature); 'The Tutors' (The Kraine). He studied theatre at Brown University where he created a solo show, 'Into the West,' featuring original masks and projections. Training includes: Dell'Arte International Abroad (Bali), Old Trout Puppet Workshop, and Per Brahe. BFA in Illustration, RISD.
www.seandevare.com

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UNFIX NYC - A New Festival of Performance & Ecology (April 29 - May 1, 2016)

3/24/2016

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UNFIX NYC - A New Festival of Performance & Ecology

UNFIX NYC is a new festival of Performance and Ecology taking place at Grace & St. Paul Church on April 29-May 1 2016, presented by Ren Gyo Soh. UNFIX Festival started in Glasgow (Scotland) in 2015, created by performance artist and Butoh dancer Paul Michael Henry (www.unfixfestival.com), and Ren Gyo Soh is excited to bring it to New York as their 2nd anniversary celebration and fundraising event. 

UNFIX is a multi-art form event fusing live performance, dance, installation, workshops and debate in a bid to unravel the knots in how we're living. Ecological crisis and renewal addressed through our bodies and physical sense of being alive. 

This New York City version is the first collaboration between UNFIX and Ren Gyo Soh, which the two groups hope to make an annual event. We want to simultaneously celebrate and question our relationship to each other, to the planet on which we live, to our own imaginations and the structures that mould us in this time of ecological crisis. 

This year Ren Gyo Soh, a Butoh-based theatre company in NYC celebrates its 2nd anniversary, and is using the opportunity to present UNFIX as a bridge between performance and ecology (or artists and the Earth on which they work).  Our program will include live performances, installations, workshops, and yoga with live music. 

*UNFIX NYC is presented by Ren Gyo Soh, sponsored by The Ume Group and Grace & St. Paul Church.  ​
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​Festival Schedule

Click the links to register, OR buy multi-day festival passes here.

Day 1 - Friday, April 29th 6-9pm: Ren Gyo Soh Spring Workshop (Register here.)
Day 2 - Saturday, April 30th 7-10pm: Performance / Installation / Discussion (Buy tickets here.)
Day 3 - Sunday, May 1st, 2pm - 3:30pm: Yoga with Live music, meditation - sending a prayer to the planet (Register here.)

​Detailed Festival Schedule

Day 1 PROGRAMME:  Friday, April 29th 6-9pm: Ren Gyo Soh Spring Workshop 
A butoh-based ritual movement workshop for all ages & abilities.
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​DAY 2 PROGRAMME: April 30, 7pm-10pm PERFORMANCE / INSTALLATION / DISCUSSION
Featuring...
  • Performances by:
    • The Ume Group (Physical Theatre Company)
    •  Kevin Augustin (puppet) 
    •  Leah Marie Beltran (Butoh/Contemporary Dance)
    •  Bob Lyness (Butoh) 
    •  Jonathan Kopp (Butoh) 
    •  Ren Gyo Soh (Butoh based performing arts company)   
Jordan Rosin, Jorge Luna, Laura Aristovulos, Tatiana Galliher Jackson, Yokko
  • Installation work: 
    •  Collaboration between Ren Gyo Soh & Vanessa Teran
    •  Art work by Vanessa Teran
  • Discussion on Butoh and Ecology
 Guest Speakers: George Tsouris, Jordan Rosin, Paul Michael Henry

Day 3 PROGRAMME:  ​Sunday, May 1st, 2pm - 3:30pm: Yoga with Live music & meditation - sending a prayer to the planet
  • Guest Musician: Timothy Rusterholz (cellist) ​​​
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More About UNFIX

-from Unfix Festival, Glasgow Scotland by Paul Michael Henry-

Why have a festival of Performance and Ecology? 
The festival theme aims to identify an untapped resource for artists: Ecology is perhaps the grand theme of our times, uniting issues of climate change, sustainability, political independence / interdependence, and the various flows of ageing and death, economics, culture and emotion. 

Rather than restricting ourselves to ‘environmental art’, UNFIX takes a broad definition of the term and includes ecologies of Imagination (the connections between the ideas, myths, dreams and archetypes we live by), Politics, Environment, Soul and Mental Health (the ecology of the individual psyche and questions of balance and happiness; ecologies of emotion and the forces of love, conflict, anger, shame). 

This wide net is intended as an offer to artists to find methods of rethinking human inter-relationships and environmental approaches through our bodies and physical sense of living, both in daily life and the concentrated forums of performance and culture. 


UNFIX is conceived as an act of love, a bear hug to the world, a prayer of sorts. As humans we don’t have to ‘work hard’ and ‘earn a living’; we already have one by virtue of being alive. The question is how to engage with it. How we can love each other more, and stop killing the planet?
We can no longer pretend to be separate from one another.

- From Ren Gyo Soh by Yokko, The Artistic Director -

I share deeply the point of view Unfix Festival is pushing. I believe we can do something about the direction our species is traveling in through arts.  The world we see is a reflection of our mind.
"A long time ago, Nature and Human beings coexisted. We lived together on this planet, the earth. However, looking around, and back over recent history, its clear we have forgotten something. If we can start taking care of Nature, Mother nature will start taking care of itself. I believe we can stoke an awareness in ourselves as individuals and small communities, through our bodies and psyches. It might be a small step, but it can also become a ripple, and then a big wave. It is time for each one of us to think, feel and transform from our insides out, in resonance with the  world. Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
For me, Butoh & ecology is quite natural connection. Here are two of my favorite quotes from founders...
"Butoh is a dance of life"
- Kazuo Ono


"My dance is expansion of human concept- letting a human body metamorphosis into anything including an animal, a plant, even an object which does not have a life, and the fundamental ideology of my butoh is finding the possibility."
-Tatsumi Hijikata
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6 Awesome Places to Learn Gymnastics & Acrobatics in NYC

1/31/2016

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Interested in trying some gymnastics or acrobatics?  Wanna learn a handstand?  Check out this list of specialty workshops and ongoing classes in NYC.

Adult Gymnastics at Chelsea Piers
"Chelsea Piers boasts the largest Adult Gymnastics program in New York City and offers classes for all levels, from beginners to elite gymnasts. Our 23,000-square-foot gymnastics center is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, including in-ground trampolines, foam-filled safety pits and two of every Olympic apparatus. All classes are led by our experienced instructors who are specially trained in adult gymnastics coaching, safety and spotting techniques."
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Adult Gymnastics at 92nd Street Y
Gymnastics Conditioning Boot Camp, All-Around Gymnastics Workout, Gymnastics for Dancers, Gymnastics & Parkour Open Workout, and more.
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Adult PopAction at STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
"STREB offers Adult classes for dance students and professionals. Developed by Elizabeth Streb over the last 20 years, PopAction classes help dancers acquire new skills by posing unique challenges: change your base of support in a rapid fire way, physically designate specific locations in vertical and horizontal space, learn to pop the muscles to initiate action (rather than skeletally transferring weight), train for impact, learn to fly with low-to-the-ground maneuvers that increase spatial awareness, and incorporate a timing system that is not musical but physical (“felt timing”). The classes confronts issues of falling and fear. STREB operates on a ‘personal best’ principle; the method suits all body types, ages, and skill sets. All adult classes are taught by current company members."
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The Muse (Brooklyn)
Acrobalance, Wallrunning, Stunts, Silks, Flexibility, Trapeze, Bungee, Dance, Tumbling, and more!
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Aerial Arts NYC  
Contortion and handstands, stretch & flexibility, partner balancing & acrobatics, handstands, juggling, unicycling, hula hooping.
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The Ume Group School
"Beginning / Intermediate Acrobatics with Jordan Rosin" -- part of our Saturday Workshop Series.  (March 30 - April 21)
In this beginner / intermediate acrobatic workshop, we begin with a thorough 30 minute warm-up, stretch and conditioning session, followed by various skills across the floor (on mats), as wells as drills at individualized stations.  Each day concludes with fun combinations and a cool-down.

Pre-requisites include: being able to forward roll & supporting your bodyweight on your hands for 3 seconds.

Day 1 - handstands, forward rolls & cartwheels
Day 2 - handstands & headstands, backward rolls & cartwheel variations
Day 3 - handstand variations, shoulder rolls, kip-ups (ninja day)
Day 4 - back bends, walkovers, jumps & combinations 
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Discussion Question

Know of any other ongoing, cool acrobatics / gymnastics classes in New York City?  Join the conversation.  Leave info in the comments below.
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Have Courage. Push Some Boundaries.

12/31/2015

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​By Byron Hagan
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"LOSS" Byron Hagan's public meditation on lives lost due to gun violence. An Ume Group social action project. Photo by Mike McNulty.
What is art?  Really?
Recently I was listening to a sound bite discussion of writer/director Felix Solis. In this discussion he spoke about how within the artistic world, there is no set structure for what creates true art. What struck me the most was when he talked about the concept of “collecting references”. What he meant by this this is that if you choose to be an actor, you must have references for what you create. If I play a character that chooses to kill someone, an act I know I would never do, I must have a reference for that motivation, for that act. How do you collect references?  By living your life.  If you live your life with courage and curiosity, then your life on film and on the stage will become that much more true.
"If you live your life with courage and curiosity, then your life on film and on the stage will become that much more true." - Byron Hagan
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A Listicle for Artist-Insomniacs or 11 Books You Need to Own Right Now

11/29/2015

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by Ariel Lauryn
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I recently had the honor of being in a re-iteration of Dream Dances with The Ume Group around Halloween time.  This got me paying special attention to my dreams, more specifically, what I surround myself with when I dream.

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Butoh Training Opportunities in NYC - Fall 2015

10/4/2015

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Jordan Rosin in The Ume Group's "Jordan & The Human" a butoh/PopAction/acrobatic homage to his grandfather, James Bonneau. Photo by Jorge Luna. (2015)
Whether you're an experienced butoh practitioner, or looking into trying butoh for the very first time, there are a ton of great opportunities this fall in NYC to train with teachers of all types!  Check out the opportunities listed below.  Did we forget any?  Leave a comment and we'll add yours to the list.

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October 6-17
Leimay Ludus: Guest Teacher Lab (Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama)

Performance Collaboration & Public Presentation (40 hours)
October 6-17: 6pm-10pm (Days off: Oct 11-12 // Public presentation: Oct 16&17)

​In this 40-hour module, Daiichiro aims to create a new collaborative work, based on the Dairakudakan body theory, together with all participants. Participants will be exposed to all aspects of making a piece, which can include costume making and technical preparations, and it will culminate in a public presentation at CAVE.

The theme of this collaborative piece is “Gap”. “Gap” refers to the idea of disparity: that which is not fitted, or that which is disjunct or apart. This could be the physical, spatial relationships, such as those inhabited within a city, or more temporal or intangible concepts, such as the difference between generations or sexes. Daiichiro wishes to explore the potential that exists at the cusp of un-fitting, of a perpetual in between; an abundance springs from a crowd of bodies which prevails within this state of existence.

TUITION 
 $597.63

November 1
Vangeline Theater Master Class: “Making the transition from Butoh student to Butoh performer-
Performing Butoh or a course in understanding our place in the Butoh lineage”

6-8pm (2 hours)
Master Class led by Vangeline

By reservation only

This class offers practical advice and guidelines for Vangeline Theater Butoh students making the transition from Butoh student to Butoh performer.
We will review frequently asked questions and offer specific, clear recommendations. This class is geared towards students who have been studying with Vangeline/ Vangeline Theater for at least a year and have questions about performing Butoh.

TUITION
$20
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November 6-8, 10-12, 14-17
Leimay Ludus Guest Teacher Lab: Butoh with Yukio Suzuki

This Guest Teacher Lab is divided into three different modules. Modules can be taken separately or together. Early registration rates and discounts are only open to those who plan on taking all three modules.

This Guest Teacher Lab is open to dancers, body-rooted performers, physical actors of all levels, ages, and capabilities. Modules will explore the following elements and subjects:

Module I // Foundation I: “To know, hear, and feel the body” (12 hrs)
Nov 6th & 7th, 6pm-10pm; Nov 8th, 10am-2pm

In this Guest Teacher Lab, Suzuki will guide participants to move and feel their bodies on a conscious level. Through connecting and separating between body and consciousness, participants will explore their “body of freedom,” opening up a new way of experiencing and moving the body. It all begins when the body is felt carefully.

Module II // Foundation II: “Develop your body to connect Dance” (12 hrs)
Nov 10th-12th, 6pm-10pm

In this session Suzuki will share his way of how to use, show, be conscious of the body based on different Butoh principles. Participants are invited to excavate their new bodies through Suzuki’s synthesis of and approach to butoh and his ensuing dance technique. Participants will find in these explorations both strength and flexibility that can be carried into many physical expressions of dance.

Module III  /// CREATION: “Catch the moment of becoming Dance” (16hrs)
Nov 14th & 15th, 10am-2pm; Nov 16th & 17th, 6pm-10pm.

This session will focus on exploring each participant’s individual way of dancing. Here, it is meaningful to question “What is dance? When does ‘it’ become dance?” and continuously challenge ourselves to embody “it”. Rather than copying another’s movement, it is important that you catch the moment “it” becomes dance through your own body experience. Make your own dance from ‘nothing’, instead of learning a prescribed something. Experience how “it” becomes the work.

TUITION
Single Modules: $180.54
Module I, II, III: $535.84
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November 6, 7, 8
Vangeline Theater presents Butoh workshop with Tetsuro Fukuhara
11 hours

Space Dance is a collaboration between dance, architecture, information technology, and design. Its founder, Tetsuro Fukuhara, is an experimental New Butoh dancer, choreographer, writer, and director of Tokyo Space Dance. He belongs to the second generation of Butoh artists. Space Dance in the Robotic Universe was one of twenty performances short-listed by an international jury for the UNESCO Digital Arts Award.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Hosted by Vangeline Theater / vangelinetheater@yahoo.com
by pre registration only- contact organizer

TUITION
$165
​single-day registration options available
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November 20 & 21
The Ume Group presents Ren Gyo Soh Fall Butoh Workshop
Friday, 11/20, 6pm-9pm & Saturday, 11/21, 2pm-5pm

This is a butoh based movement workshop. 
A dance of Soul; 
A dance of life, 
that is…
ーInochi no Odori (命の踊り)ー by Kazuo Onno 
Follow your body, follow your spirit, and follow your soul. 
Let us Butoh. 
"Butoh awakens my soul; Butoh guides me to what I am."
-Yokko


TUITION
$40 - $70
single-day registration options, as well as student/senior & early bird discounts available
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November 22
Vangeline Theater presents Butoh Master class with Katsura Kan

Sunday, November 22nd, 6-9pm (3 hours)

Hosted by Vangeline Theater / vangelinetheater@yahoo.com
by pre registration only- contact organizer

​TUITION
$45
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November 13, 14, 15
Vangeline Theater presents Butoh workshop with Butoh Master Diego Pinon
19 hours

Hosted by Vangeline Theater / vangelinetheater@yahoo.com
by pre registration only- contact organizer

TUITION
$290
​single-day registration options available
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Jordan Rosin is a physical theatre artist, butoh dancer, teacher, and movement coach. Based primarily in butoh, he also draws on gymnastics, yoga, clowning, and martial arts to create choreography and movement with profound and universal resonance. He received his BFA in Drama from Syracuse University and has trained with numerous teachers of butoh including Joan Laage, Vangeline, Diego Pinon, Tetsuro Fukahara, Ko Murobushi, Katsura Kan, and more.  Jordan serves as the Producing Artistic Director of the NYC-based physical theatre ensemble, The Ume Group and is a frequent collaborator with Ren Gyo Soh.  For The Ume Group, credits include performer/co-creator of FACET (Hollywood Fringe Festival, WAVE RISING SERIES), co-choreographer of ISIS VARIATIONS (FringeNYC 2014, CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival) and director / choreographer of DREAM DANCES. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his beautiful wife, Kaitlyn.
www.jordanrosin.com //@JordanRosin //www.theumegroup.org

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