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Have you ever imagined that your body holds untapped potential? As a performance art, Butoh is known as a dark art, but as physical training, it can unlock the undiscovered energy within the body, allowing trainees to understand their expression in the most natural, uncontrived state! The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood once experimentally incorporated Butoh training into classes and surprisingly found that after students were released from societal constraints through the training, they discovered their most authentic selves. Nearly every student subsequently created many original, dramatic, emotionally charged, and powerful improvisational works.
This workshop, the first in the "Solo/Duet Exhibition" series, is organized by Psalm Dance Ensemble and Aether Butoh Theatre, inviting German-based Japanese Butoh artist Yumiko Yoshioka to Macau. It aims to reawaken our forgotten bodily memories and energy through her self-created Body Resonance training.
BODY RESONANCE: based on Butoh and Organic Movement
The main focus is a conscious research of our body/mind/soul unification, allowing us to deeply enjoy the intrinsic process of metamorphosis through the spirit of dance. By continuously exploring our past collective memories, we can tap into a vein of abundant creative resources, enriching the essence of our life.
Yumiko Yoshioka (dancer, choreographer, art director, and instructor) was born in Tokyo and has lived in Germany since 1988. She co-founded the art group "TEN PEN CHii art labor" in 1995. She was a member of Japan's first women's Butoh dance theater, ARIADONE, in the 70s and 80s and performed in Europe's first Butoh performance in Paris in 1978. With extensive experience in choreography and art direction, her workshops and performances are highly acclaimed worldwide.
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