Yael Karavan
Butoh Workshop
9th and 10th October 2021 | 11h00 – 17h00
‘Again and again we are reborn. It’s not enough to simply be born from a mother’s womb. Many births are necessary. To be reborn always and everywhere. Once again.’ – Tatsumi Hijikata, founder of Butoh
Butoh is an avant-garde dance, a philosophy and a method that was created in Japan in the late 1950s by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. It is not a technique, but a method and an approach to dance that is born within us and connects us to our essence, nature, the universe and the cycles of life and death.
Yael Karavan has over 20 years’ experience, during which time she has had the opportunity to work with the founders of Butoh in Japan: Kazuo Ohno and Motofuji San – wife of Tatsumi Hijikata – as well as with Tadashi Endo and the MAMU dance theatre, Yumiko Yoshioka and Ten-Pen-Chi, Sankai Juku, Atsushi Takenuchi, Minako Seki, Carlota Ikeda, Yuko Kawamoto, Akira Kasai, Natsu Nakajuma and others.
The main elements that will be worked on in the workshop are: metamorphosis, presence, centre, contrast, expanding dance through images (Buoth-Fu) and tension between opposites.
The aim is to free the ‘domesticated’ body from a set of preconceived gestures and movements, allowing access to the deep and authentic essence of movement.
Bio
Award-winning performer, dancer and artistic director of the Karavan Ensemble, Yael Karavan was born in Israel and grew up in Florence, Paris and London. Researching dance, she travelled through Europe, Russia, Brazil and Japan in search of a language of physical expression that would connect East and West, dance and theatre. She studied and worked with Butoh masters such as Kazuo Ohno, Tadashi Endo, Carlotta Ikeda, Yumiko Yoshioka, Akiko Motofuji, Ko Morobushi, Katsura Kan, Yuko Kaseki, Yuko Kawamoto, among others. She was a member of Tadashi Endo’s MaMu Dance Theatre for 8 years and Yumiko Yoshioka’s Ten-Pen-Chi for 3 years.
More info: www.yaelkaravan.com
Pre-registration
Registration is made using the form available on our website and will be validated once proof of payment has been received and sent to our email address.
Recipients: Professionals, students and people with previous experience in movement, dance and/or theatre.
Maximum number of participants: 20 people
Registration process
- Pre-register online using the form provided;
- Wait for our email with payment instructions;
- Pay your registration fee as indicated in the email sent to you;
- Send us proof of payment by email;
- Your registration will only be validated once we have received your receipt.
Participation fee
Until 24 September: 65,00 €
After 24 September: 75,00 €
Discount: 10% for students and former students of Forum Dança courses.