NEW YORK BUTOH KAN 2010

NYBK TEACHING RESIDENCY + TRAINING INITIATIVE 2010
13 AUGUST TO 27 NOVEMBER 2010
The New York Butoh Kan is open to dancers, actors and performers. Participants explore the fundamentals of butoh with master teachers Mari Osanai, Yukio Waguri, Imre Thormann, Yukio Suzuki and Ximena Garnica. Introductory and intensive sessions held, as well as interviews, lectures and performances from August through November. Please see website for full details.

Mari Osanai lives in Japan. She trained in Classical Ballet, Noguchi Taizo, Yoga, Tai Chi, Hip Hop, traditional Japanese dances in Aomori Tsugarou Teodori and Jazz. Her unique movements and original style are realized through interweaving these diverse techniques. Two teachers who have greatly influenced her artistic path are Michizo Noguchi, the founder of Noguchi Taizo, and Hironobu Oikawa, one of the most important contemporary Japanese dance teachers.
MARI OSANAI INTRODUCTORY SESSION
DATES: 13 - 15 AUGUST
COST: $192 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $240 (AFTER 21 JUNE)
MARI OSANAI INTENSIVE SESSION
DATES: 16 - 26 AUGUST (DAY OFF: 24 AUGUST)
COST: $520 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $580 (AFTER 21 JUNE)

Yukio Waguri was the main male dancer at Tatsumi Hijikata’s Asbestos-kan from 1972 to 1978. From this period, he kept notes of the words Hijikata-butoh’s co-founder-spoke while choreographing. These words are called Butoh-fu, a unique method for choreography. Waguri has made his own interpretation of these words and continues to use them as a method for his own choreography and teaching. He is the Artistic Director of the Kohzensha Butoh Company.
YUKIO WAGURI INTRODUCTORY SESSION
DATES: 10 – 12 SEPTEMBER
COST: $192 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $240 (AFTER 21 JUNE)
YUKIO WAGURI INTENSIVE SESSION
DATES: 16 – 26 SEPTEMBER (DAY OFF: 21 SEPTEMBER)
COST: $520 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $580 (AFTER 21 JUNE)

After completing his education in the F.M. Alexander technique in 1990, Imre Thorman relocated to Tokyo to study with Butoh co-founder Kazuo Ohno and with Noguchi Taizo founder Michizou Noguchi. He spent seven years in Japan, learned Japanese and focused his studies with the above mentioned masters. His experience with the Alexander technique, the Noguchi Taizo method and Kazuo Ohno’s teachings converged to create his unique dance approach and teaching method.
IMRE THORMAN INTRODUCTORY SESSION
DATES: 1 – 3 OCTOBER
COST: $192 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $240 (AFTER 21 JUNE)
IMRE THORMAN INTENSIVE SESSION
DATES: 7 – 17 OCTOBER (DAY OFF: 12 OCTOBER)
COST: $520 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $580 (AFTER 21 JUNE)

One of Japan’s most exciting choreographers and dancers, Yukio Suzuki studied butoh at the “Karada no Gakko” of the Asbestos-kan (base of the original founder of butoh, Tatsumi Hijikata) and from Ko Murobushi. While leading his own company Kingyo, Suzuki also dances for Ko Murobushi’s company Ko & Edge Co. and has danced for Tuyoshi Shirai, Goro Namerikawa (the starting member of Sankaijuku), and in the performance group SAL-VANILLA.
YUKIO SUZUKI INTRODUCTORY SESSION
DATES: 22 – 24 OCTOBER
COST: $192 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $240 (AFTER 21 JUNE)
YUKIO SUZUKI INTENSIVE SESSION
DATES: 28 OCTOBER – 7 NOVEMBER (DAY OFF: 2 NOVEMBER)
COST: $520 (EARLY REGISTRATION), $580 (AFTER 21 JUNE)

Ximena Garnica is the Artistic Director of LEIMAY, an interdisciplinary project company and laboratory of performance in residency at CAVE. She has been practicing and studying theatre since childhood and has been exploring butoh dance for the past ten years. Her work is constantly questioning the body as a medium and dance, theater, and/or installation as a genre. This class is an opportunity to experience the company’s ongoing training and to be considered for LEIMAY performance and investigation projects.
LEIMAY OPEN BUTOH CLASSES WITH XIMENA GARNICA
EVER SATURDAY IN AUGUST, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER FROM 3-7 PM
COST: $15/CLASS, $10/CLASS FOR NYBK STUDENTS