#3 Weekend Workshop: Butoh Master Atsushi Takenouchi accompany by Hiroko Komiya | Mar 2025
Photo: Jordi Lagoutte (Emotion Seed 2015)
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2-Day Weekend: Butoh Master Atsushi Takenouchi accompany by Hiroko Komiya
“Life of Flower.
You are the only flower in the world.
Giving a birth to the flower, blossoming the flower.
Flower opens life.
Flower is a soft body revolution.
Flower is love.
To open to universe with passing through darkness to brightness,
passing through life and death.
Flower always circulates life.
Flower continues opening.
A life of a flower draws the circle with the universe.”
- Atsushi Takenouchi
Atsushi Takenouchi, a global legend in Butoh based in Italy, is coming to Melbourne to lead a special weekend Butoh workshop, accompanied by live music from his long-time collaborator, Hiroko Komiya.
He will introduce the classic aspects of Butoh through his unique Jinen Butoh style. Jinen is an old Japanese word, signifying something larger than nature itself. In some Western thought, ‘Man’ exists above ‘Nature,’ with a separation between Nature, Man, and God. In Jinen, however, all things are interconnected—within each life resides a god.
Atsushi will guide participants through his life’s work, Life of Flower, exploring the many ‘flowers’ 花 through body and movement. He will also lead them in creating a final performance based on the workshop content, using a simple structure with guided improvisation.
Participants will have the opportunity to join an outdoor group performance during ButohOUT! 2025, as part of the AsiaTOPA festival in March 2025. (Optional)
This workshop welcomes both experienced practitioners and those new to Butoh who are ready to dive into the creative process.
WHEN
1 (Sat) and 2 (Sun) March
10am - 4:30 pm
WHERE
Abbotsford Convent
Industrial School
1 St Heliers St,
bbotsford
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COST
$330/300
FACILITATOR & GUEST TEACHERS
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Joined butoh dance company "Hoppo-Butoh-ha" in Hokkaido in 1980. His last performance with the company was worked on by butoh-founder Tatsumi Hijikata. Started his own "Jinen Butoh" since 1986 as a universal expression of nature, earth, and ancient times and impressions of the moment. Made 3years "JINEN" tour project throughout Japan for 600 site specific improvisations (1996-1999).
Around this time, he learned the spirit of the universe of Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno. Since 2002, based in Europe, working on solo Butoh and collaboration projects with dancers and actors, with giving workshops internationally. Since 2015, he has started a long term JINEN Butoh school in Pontedera in Italy.
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She expresses the image which comes from the air, space, movements, inner body, memory and transforms it into the sound without bound melody or rhythm. She has regularly accompanied JINEN Butoh performance and workshop by Atsushi Takenouchi since 1999.
Based in Europe since 2002, she's been playing music for his performance and Butoh workshop internationally.Apart from Butoh, she collaborates with film, sculptor, painter, poet, costume designer and performers for exhibition, installation. In 2021, started project with Chris H.Lynn ; US film/sound artist, and created audio visual performance with dancers ( Hybrid Butoh Vienna Art Fes2022, Warsaw2023, Barcelona2023, Mexico2024 ). In Paris 2022, played in 11hours homage event for Félix Guattari (French psychoanalyst, philosopher) with artist group of Ramuntcho Matta. In 2024, creating 3rd collaboration album LENA CIRCUS ; French experimental band, and concert tour with them. Solo CD release; “eau nouvelle“(sometimestudio/Paris 2009), “Pendulum Sea”( beng!dischi/Italy 2016)
ButohOUT! 2025
Workshop Listing
WS #1
Weekly Training: Through Butoh & Beyond
21 Jan - 18 Feb
6-9pm
@ St Mary Church
$140 for all sessions
$30 for drop in
WS #2
2-Day Weekend: Visual, Text and Body through Magic of Butoh
8 (Sat) and 9 (Sun) Feb
10am - 4:30 pm
@ LGI studio, North Melbourne
$300/$280
WS #3
2-Day Weekend: Butoh Master Atushi Takenouchi accompany by Hiroko Komiya
1 (Sat) and 2 (Sun) March
10am-4:30pm
@Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent
$330/$300
Combo Discount
All in one - WS#1, 2 & 3 / $700
2 WS-Type 1 - WS1 & 2 / $400
2 WS-Type 2 - WS1 & 3 / $420
2 WS-Type 3 - WS2 & 3 / $570
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