The world of Butoh Dance

Butoh Dance is a Japanese avant-garde dance originated by HIJIKATA,Tatsumi in 1950s.

Itto Morita and Mika Takeuchi - Butoh Dance "GooSayTen" Sapporo,Japan

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• Itto's Butoh workshop in Rotterdam (Netherland)
  November 20th (Fri) 14.00-18.00
  Itto's Butoh performance in Utrecht
  November 21st (Sat) 18.00-
  
  
  

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• Butoh Workshop in London 2009
  Tuesday and Thursday morning lesson from Oct.13 to Nov.5
  
  Itto Solo performance on 4th November in London
  with London Butoh Asylum
  
  (videos added)
  



• Barcelona Butoh workshops ! (October 5-11)
  http://www.barcelonabutoh.com
  
  



• Itto solo performance in Oxford (July 11)
  for "Cafe Reason" !
  
  [Itto Solo video] (3 min.)
  
  [Sound by Tim (Efthymios Chatzigiannis)]
  
  
  
• Dance with peacocks in Oxford (July10, July18, 2009)
  
  Programmed by Helen Edwards
  

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Butoh Dance "GooSayTen"
GooSayTen Butoh Videos ! (updated: Nov.15,2009) Butoh dance and Psychosomatic researches Practical Butoh Training Guide (2009) Notes on Butoh dance (-1999) Itto sits. Itto crouches. Itto walks. Mika listens... [Butoh lesson] Studio [map] -Hokkaido is the northernmost prefecture of Japan. Sapporo is the capital city with 2 million population where the Winter Olympic Games was held in 1972. GooSayTen - A Butoh dance group (Itto Morita & Mika Takeuchi) GooSayTen Butoh Performance 2009 50th Anniversary of Butoh Dance - Butoh Performance 2009 - "To the Flowers of Beginning" Butoh: Itto Morita, Mika Takeuchi Imei, ikura, Sayaka [Ticket] (Japanese) Email us: Data: March 8th (Sun) 18:00 (open 17:30) Venue: Sapporo Kotoni " Patos " Subway Tozai Line "Kotoni" station *Go down by the elevator at the bus terminal. 50 years has passed since Hijikata originated Ankoku Butoh, and it has been proliferating in each country around the world. Itt Morita and Mika Takeuchi have been keeping Ankoku Butoh for 20 years in Sapporo for people who need the spirit of Butoh. From April, Itto will stay and perform in the UK during 2009, and a couple of Butoh colleagues will start their new life in other cities. GooSayTen and Takeuchi Mika Butoh Unit "KA-EN" will dance "To the Flowers of Beginning".　 /Coopertation: Concarinho /lighting: Masakazu Takahashi / GooSayTen Butoh Event 　 　 [poster] "KAMA ITACHI" 2009 Eiko Hosoe Photograph Exhibition of the Butoh Dancer "Tatsumi Hijikata" Jan.21(Wed) - 2/20(Fri) at ART SPACE THISIS Kushiro shi, Hokkaido prefecture Tel/Fax 0154-22-2519 OPENING EVENT Jan.21(Wed) Drum Solo performance: Shota Koyama Talk: Eiko Hosoe and Yoshito Ohno Butoh performance: Yoshito Ohno A small coffee shop of jazz in Kushiro... Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno and Akiko Motofuji (Hijikata's wife) and other Butoh dancers have performed at the small Butoh space for years. On January 21st, the death day of 1986 of Tatsumi Hijikata, Yoshito Ohno performs and talks with Hosoe about Hijikata and Butoh at Art Space THISIS. They all have loved the place and the owner, Azuma Kobayashi. Send FAX to THISIS for detailed information. GooSayTen Butoh Performance 2008 BUTOH EVENTS: INTENSIVE Butoh WORKSHOPS in Sapporo! in September, October, and November 2008 2-Week INTENSIVE BUTOH WORKSHOP in Sapporo! From April 14th to 27th (finished.) [Newspaper article of Butoh workshop] We thank all the participants to these Butoh workshops all the way from U.S.A.,UK,France,Germany,Poland,Argentina, etc. GooSayTen Butoh Performance 2007 Butoh and Violin at Sapporo LIB gallery Sep.16(SUN) Mika Takeuchi Butoh dance live with Violinist Chie Morimoto Florigen 　　 　　 GooSayTen Butoh Performance 2006 GooSayTen's New England PremiumTour 2006! "To the White; To the Sky" Butoh performance at Zero Arrow Theatre, Boston (Nov.8) program, talk, dance critic at Boker Auditorium in Amherst (Univ. of Massachusettes) (Nov.9) pamphlet, program GooSayTen Butoh performance/workshops/lectures. (pdf file) Organizer: The Japan Society of Boston Supporting organizations: Hokkaido Massachusetts Society JAPAN FOUNDATION (2006 Supported event) GooSayTen 10th Anniversary Memorial 2006 Into the light of Ankoku Butoh: Butoh video & talk & Butoh live performance VENUE Sapporo Sunpiazza Theater(Japanese) (near from "Shin Sapporo" JR station and "Shin Sapporo" subway station of Tozai-line) DATE September 29th (Fri) PART1 13:00-15:00 Talk1, Butoh video1, and Butoh live performance1 PART2 15:30-17:30 Talk2, Butoh video2, and Butoh live performance2 PART3 19:00-21:00 Talk3, Butoh video3, and Butoh live performance3 The contents of three parts (talk, video and performance) will be different. Talk Title "Ankoku Butoh - current situations in foreign countries and development toward dancetherapy" By Prof. T.Kasai Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Sapporo Gakuin University Mika Takeuchi (GooSayTen Butoh dancer) and "KA-EN" (Takeuchi Mika Butoh unit with Manami, Sayaka, Ikura) will perform in the PART 3 ! contact: GooSayTen 10th Anniversay Memorial Event - Sunpiazza Theater's Cultural Event Support 2006 - Mika Takeuchi Butoh Solo Performance in "Ullambana" 2006 It will be a dreadful Butoh in the very Obon season, when departed souls are coming back... August 12th (Sat) Open 19:00 / Start 19:30 August 13th (Sun) Open14:30 / Start15:00 Sapporo Concarino Hall Hachiken 1-1, Nishi-ku, The Tower Place 1F. Reserved ticket 2,500yen / on the day 3,000yen Student reserved ticket 1,500yen/ on the day 2,000yen See Concarino WEBSITE (Japanese) ! *A couple of contemporary dancers will perform in their turns. GooSayTen Butoh Performance 2005 Mika Takeuchi with her Butoh disciples, Satomi and Manami A Butoh Night at Sapporo Gakuin University Campus, Sapporo for 14th Convention of Japan Dance Therapy Association. " "To the sky, To the white" (Shiroi sora e) on March 23-24 at Kotoni-PATOS, Sapporo, Japan 2005 Shoot the Works!(Japanese) presented by NPO Concarinho. (C)Photographs by Katsumi Takahashi,2005 (from NPO-Concarinho web-site.) GooSayTen in Bilbao, Spain 2005 *GooSayTen deeply appreciate Sua Urana and NPO Arteandando for the Butoh events in Bilbao, Spain. GooSayTen in 2003 GooSayTen in Poland 2003 for "Human Body - Universal Sign" Conference in Krakow GooSayTen 2000-2002 - Performance in Vancouver, Seattle, Asheville, Poland, and Japan Butoh Duo "GooSayTen" in Sapporo Performance Festival 2002 GooSayTen 1999 performances - GooSayTen abroad : in U.S.A, Germany, and Poland GooSayTen 1998 - GooSayTen gave a new Butoh piece. GooSayTen 1997 - The piece "Shinobigoto" gained appreciation. GooSayTen 1996 - GooSayTen started in 1995, Sapporo This website has been run by Itto/kasait,and WHO IS ITTO/KASAIT? Mika Takeuchi of GooSayTen has also performed as a solo Butoh dancer. from "Grass Reaping Moon" Mika Takeuchi has started "Takeuchi Mika Butoh Institute" in Sapporo, Japan 2002 Hoppo Butoh-Ha - "northern Butoh sect"(Bishop Yamada. Dissolved in 1984.) Kobuzoku ARUTAI - "the ancient dance tribe ALTAIC" Hata, Kanoko - A woman solo dancer from ARUTAI
Butoh : Outside Japan
"GooSayTen" in Ex..it!'99 Ex...it!'99 - month long Butoh project in Germany (Aug.1-30, 1999) Itto Morita & Mika Takeuchi Outline of Ex...it!'99 (Jul.,1999) Ex...it!'99 official site Dance essay "Absolute Butoh" on Ex...it!'99 by T.Akiko(English/German/Japanese) Ex...it!'99 official document issued. Miselle Hanaoka/Yumiko Yoshioka (Berlin, Germany) Yumiko Yoshioka TEN PEN CHii art labor c/o Schloss Broellin, 17309 Broellin, Germany. Butoh dance workshops by Yumiko Yoshioka GooSayTen for the dance festivals 2000 the Vancouver International (Butoh) Dance Festival, October 24-November 11,2000 the Seattle International Butoh Festival at OnThe Boards Nov.2-12, 2000 (text file) (WORD doc file)
Butoh Dance in Japan
HIJIKATA, Tatsumi - The Butoh Dancer "A Revered Master is Remembered" from Daily Yomiuri Nov.6,1998 Akiko Motofuji Collaboration with Abakanowicz, Poland(1995) Akiko Motofuji - Hijikata's wife, Co-originator of Butoh dance, passed away on October 19th, 2003, in Tokyo. Ohno, Kazuo - The eldest Butoh dancer (born in 1906-) SankaiJuku - Amagatsu,Ushio and his Butoh Dance group DaiRakudaKan - Maro, Akaji and his Butoh Dance group ByakkoSha (Osuga,Isamu. Dissolved. in 1996) Semimaru - Sankaijuku member * Butoh dance CDs composed by Mushio Iwashita, Toru - Sankaijuku member Iwana, Masaki - Dance Directe - A solo dancer *Spring/Summer Workshop'99 at South Normandy, France Yoshimoto, Daisuke - A male solo dancer ...
Butoh related activities and materials.
"Absolute Butoh" about Ex..it!'99 (Ballet International,1999) "GooSayTen's Butoh thrills" (Vancouver Sun,2000) "Butoh,dance of darkness, comes to Wellspring Friday" (Kalamazoo Gazette,2001) "Dance duo's 'Cherished' mysterious, memorable" ( Kalamazoo Gazette,2001) Butoh related paper by Tamah Nakamura How Does Butoh Become Meaningful to Seiryukai Dancers: Self Perception, Social Relations, and Community. Dance Therapy Association of Australia Quarterly, 2 (2),2003 (added. Jun.16,2003) Butoh book BUTOH TAIZEN" (Jun.7,2006) Butohbook Hijikata and Ohno by Sondra Fraleigh and Tamah Nakamura Published by Routledge 2006 (ISBN 0-415-35439-0) Sarah Spain - An American Butoh artist(from 1992 performance) Jun-ichi Nakagawa - Butoh illustrations Irene H. Kuniyuki - Butoh dance photo arts Rebekah Barber - Butoh arts (Oct.30, 2001) ..

Butoh dance and Psychosomatic researches Practical Butoh Training Guide (2009) Notes on Butoh dance (-1999) The psychosomatic papers: available by e-mail. "A Butoh Dance Method for Psychosomatic Exploration" (1999) "A Note on Butoh Body" (2000) "Perception in Butoh Dance" (2003) "Arm-Standing Exercise for Psychosomatic Training" (2005)

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(C) GooSayTen, 2009 (since Oct.5,1998)