*Information cited from Newsletter No.5
*This is NOT official page of the project.

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2nd International Butoh (& related arts) Symposium & Dance Exchange Project




at Schloss Broellin Nr.3 - D-17309 BROELLIN - Germany

idea, concept, planning: delta RA'i
art direction: delta RA'i & Yumiko Yoshioka
production management: Mo. Tunn

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WorkForum (WF) Aug.1-15

Around 20-30 Butoh choreographers/dancers/researchers participate in Workforum: Arthur Kuggeleyn - D-17309 Broelin(N/D) Alexej Merkouchev - St. Petersburg (RUS/D) Juju Alishina - Paris (J/F) Gregor Weber - Koeln (D) Maria Lima - Lisboa (P) Sabine Seume - Duseldorf (D) Shanti Oyrzabal - Berlin (MEX/D) Viatcheslav Inosemtzev - Teatr Zhest, Minsk (BY) Imre Thormann - Herrenschwanden (CH) Itto Morita [T. Kasai] & Mika Takeuchi - Butoh GooSayTen, Sapporo (J) Jay Hirabayashi & Barbara Bourget - Kokoro Dance, Vancouver (CAN) Miriam King - Brighton (GB) Shinichi Koga - Ink Boat, Berkeley (USA) Yuri Nagaoka - Medium dance, Tokyo (J) ... Also for the symposium: Akiko Tatsuki (dance critic) - Tokyo (J), Gilles Kennedy (dance critic) - Tokyo (GB/J), Maria Pia D'Oraz (dance critic) - Rome (I) Gregor Weber (dancer/choreographer) - Koeln (D) Rolf Elberfeld (philosopher) - Wuppertal (D) Toshiharu Kasai (behavioral science) - Sapporo (J) As musicians: Aki & Yuji (indian sitar & tabla) - San Francisco(USA) Dawn McCarty (percussion,voice &) - San Francisco(USA) Inke KYhl (violin) - Berlin(D) Marcin & Zbigniew Osi (guitar, balalaika,tuba,clarinette, percussion) -Szczecin(PL) Nils Frykdahl (flute,percussion,voice) - San Francisco(USA) Tom Horn (clarinette,keyboards, percussion, &) - Berlin(D) ... As fine artists: Katharina & Susanne Husemann - Broellin (D) Leszek Leon Niedochodowicz - Szczecin(PL) ... As kitchen artist: Joachim Manger - Broellin (D) ...

WorkshopCamp (WS) Aug.1 -Aug.15

You can join WorkshopCamp and have opportunities to learn Butoh dance and related arts/skills intensively from the WorkForum participants above! (The maximum number of participants for WorkshopCamp is around 30, and 32 people have already registered!) (Jul.7) WorkshopForum and WorkshopCamp consist of symposium on Butoh and related themes, and Butoh dance exercises and training.
(Updated on Jul.01)

Performance on Aug.13-14


There will be performances at the Workshop site together with WorkForum dancers, the participants of WorkshopCamp, and musicians, as demonstration of the Camp's intensive trainings. You will be able to enjoy watching a variety of Butoh dances for two days at Broellin!

Broellin-adaptation performance in Poland Aug.18

Experimental, challenging performances will be held and shown in Szczecin, Poland, by the participants of WorkForum and WorkshopCamp! The number of performers will be about 30-50 people from WorkForum and WorkshopCamp.

Workshow Festival Aug.19-29

Some of the participants of WorkForum will have Butoh performances in Szczecin, Poland, and in Berlin, Germany. They perform at KANA teatr (Szczecin) and ORPH Theater (Berlin), whose schedule is now being arranged. You can watch and enjoy a variety of Butoh dance performances from various countries around the world. There may be chance to discuss Butoh dance and related arts with the performers.

At TEATR KANA - Szczecin (Poland)

Wed. 18th Broellin adaptation performance by all members Thu. 19th Kokoro Dance /Jay Hirabayashi &Co +Medium Dance/Yuri Nagaoka Fri. 20th Arthur Kuggeleyn &Co + Maria Lima Sat. 21st GooSayTen/Itto Morita and Mika Takeuchi +(Alexej Merkouchev) Sun. 22nd Ink Boat/Shinichi Koga &Co +Imre Thormann &Co

At ORPH THEATER -Berlin (Germany)

Fri. 20th GooSayTen/Itto Morita and Mika Takeuchi +(Alexej Merkouchev) Sat. 21st Kokoro Dance /Jay Hirabayashi &Co +Medium Dance/Yuri Nagaoka Sun. 22nd Arthur Kuggeleyn &Co + Maria Lima Mon. 23rd Ink Boat/Shinichi Koga &Co +Imre Thormann &Co Thu. 26th GooSayTen/Itto Morita and Mika Takeuchi +(Alexej Merkouchev) Fri. 27th Arthur Kuggeleyn &Co + Maria Lima Sat. 28th Ink Boat/Shinichi Koga &Co +Imre Thormann &Co Sun. 29th Kokoro Dance /Jay Hirabayashi &Co +Medium Dance/Yuri Nagaoka

Contact with :	delta RA'i
		managing artistic director


delta RA'i - tatoeba-Theatre Danse Grotesque Schloss Broellin Nr. 3 - D-17309 BROELLIN - Germany mobile phone: +49-(0)171-4947.333 - fax: +49-(0)171-13-4947.333 phone/modemfax Berlin: +49-(0)30-694.3723 international e-mail: [ delta.rai-tatoeba@gmx.de ]


*The above data are always delayed from the actual plans. Please check!
*Information is cited from Ex...it!'99 Newsletters, and edited/explained by kasait/Itto. 



Butoh dance duo "GooSayTen" (Itto Morita & Mika Takeuchi) will participate in the WorkForum and show their Butoh dance piece "Un-e-ri" for Workshow Festival.
The piece was first performed on May 15-16, 1999, at North West Asian American Theatre, Seattle, U.S.A.

T.Kasai, a Butoh dancer - Behavioral scientist, will give explanations about his paper
"A Butoh Dance Method for Psychosomatic Exploration"
(1999, Memoir of Hokkaido Institute of Technology, Sapporo, Japan) and show how to do the psycho-somatic exercises and lessons in his method during the symposium of WorkForum and WorkshopCamp.


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