ButohOUT! 2025 - EOI
ButohOUT!2025
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II
Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT!
We are creating a performance season of ButohOUT! 2025, ButohBAR 番狂わせOUT of ORDER II, directed by the artistic director, Yumi Umiumare and other Melbourne-based highly acclaimed artists and collaborators.
Performance season detail : LINK
Due to our strong passion but very limited resources, this is an unpaid performance opportunity. However, we offer a small honorarium and a discount for participation in the workshops.
We believe that the laboratory & development process leading to the final performance week with professional artists (Yumi Umiumare, Jacqui Stockdale, Willow J Conway and Maude Davey) would definitely feed into your own creative practices in multi-faceted ways.
About our show
Dive into a surreal nightclub experience where cabaret collides with chaos! ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II features an enthralling dance, cabaret, song and visual art. The evening is centred around the art form Butoh, a hypnotic style of Japanese dance theatre. Following the sold-out success of ButohBAR 2023, this electrifying event returns with a new line-up of local and international talent, including Japanese Butoh master Atsushi Takenouchi.
Led by acclaimed Melbourne artist Yumi Umiumare, this new edition of ButohBAR mixes fresh performances and rituals with outdoor spectacles at the iconic Abbotsford Convent, celebrating our beautifully dysfunctional existence. Featuring guerrilla performers, roving installations, out-of-order karaoke and more, the evening includes exquisite sake and food by Tamura Sake Bar.
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II thrillingly throws back to a time when
Butoh ruled Japan’s nightclubs and strip joints in the 1970s and 1980s.
What we want from you are;
A Please choose which way you want to participate.
Option 1: To participate either for the solo component based on the theme of Out of Order in ButohOUT! 2025.
Option 2: To be a part of the ensemble Yumi will direct between & the individual sections.
Option 3: To be a part-time (2-3times) performer to join the performance led by Atsushi Takenouchi
Option 4: To be a supporter for production side (eg. Building visual arts elements, help other operational side)
B. Sense of commitment
Attend as many rehearsals as possibly you can
To help our bump-in and preparation where you can
To attend the dress rehearsal & performance dates (see schedule)
C. Workshop Series
We encourage you to participate in at least one of the workshop series if you are performing in the show. We are creating a special discount.
(Please let us know which one you want to participate, as we get you to register slightly different way than general public would do.)
☆Weekly Workshop
Every Tuesday night training
21Jan-18 Feb 2025
LINK
☆Weekend Workshop
VISUAL, TEXT and BODY
8(Sat) 9(Sun) Feb 2025
LINK
☆Weekend Workshop
By Butoh Master Atsushi Takenouchi: This workshop is already full , but let us know if you really want to do it:)
1(Sat) 2(Sun) March 2025
LINK
Also
☆One Night Performance by Atsushi Takenouchi HANA
25(Tue)Feb 7:30pm @ St Mary Anglican Church
LINK
D. What we can offer you are;
Creative platform with venue hire, technical equipments
Artistic support and exchange for your own creation
Publicity and promotion support including flyer, program and documentation photos
Volunteer performer Insurance
Snacks and drinks and fun!
Dinner & Drinks on the final day
A small honorarium at the end of the season
Thank you so much for your interest.
ButohOUT!
TIME LINE
FYI
• We highlighted/underlined the ones we would like you to participate and others are optional but please let us know if you want/can come!
• Individual sessions; are the times I will be working for individual pieces including my own and with Atsushi. If you have some ideas for your own performance piece, these are the time for me to work with you.
• The limited rehearsal spaces are secured few months ago, as the Convent was not available for the whole week before our show. We would like to use the space efficiently as much as possible.
☆ZOOM MEETING
Pre-rehearsal briefing with all ensemble members on zoom
5:30-7:00pm 7(Fri) February
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☆REHEARSAL
@ Dancehouse
FEB
24(Mon) Feb: 10-5pm (for individual sessions, detail TBC)
25(Tue) Feb: 10-5pm (for individual sessions detail TBC)
Atsushi’s solo show @7:30pm
26(Wed) Feb: 10-5pm (for individual sessions, detail TBC)
@ Abbotsford Convent , Industrial School
27(Thur) Feb: 10-5pm: setting up space, including visual installation under theguidance by Jacqui (if you can help some hours)
6-9pm for group work(ButohOUT! Ensemble and performers essential)
28(Fri) Feb: 10-1pm (for individual sessions/visual art adjustment)
2-5pm (group work)
6-8pm: opening rituals and cleaning combining with rehearsal
(ButohOUT! Ensemble and performers essential)
@ Abbotsford Convent Rehearsal after the workshop by Atsushi
1(Sat) March : 5-6:30pm
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☆PRODUCTION WEEK
MARCH
3 Mon: Bump in: (please let us know if you can help on the day!)
9am Lighting and AV bump-in
black out boards? from outside
6-9pm Plotting (including performers) /Marking through-
ButohOUT! Ensemble essential
4 Tue: Tech and Dress
9pm for continuing plotting
Tech run 2pm? (Helping hands: Kei, Pauline, Kaira?, Tania?)
Cast call time: 4pm
Dress run 7pm (start from outdoor)
5 Wed: Tech fix and preview
Tech call 1pm
Cast call time: 4pm for start of 7pm
Preview(show#1)
6 Thur: Opening night
Then following for the season:)
7(Fri) 7:30 pm show (outdoor starts 7pm)
8(Sat) 7:30 pm show (outdoor starts 7pm)
9(Sun) 7:30 pm show (outdoor starts 7pm)