Der Butoh-Tanz wurde 1959 von den Künstlern Tatsumi Hijikata und Kazuo Ohno begründet. Er ist ein Tanz ohne festgelegte Formen, dessen Wurzeln in die zwanziger Jahre zum modernen deutschen Ausdruckstanz zurückreichen. Ähnlich wie die deutschen Tänzer Valeska Gert, Harald Kreutzberg oder Mary Wigman in der Vorkriegszeit vollzieht der Butoh-Tänzer den Bruch mit den rationalen Prinzipien der Moderne. Er versucht stattdessen, einen anderen Begriff, ein anderes Erleben zum Ausdruck zu bringen und erklärt Butoh somit zu einem zeitgenössischen Theater des Widerstandes gegen die moderne Gesellschaft, das in den Spuren des alten Japans liest und gleichzeitig weltumspannend und kulturübergreifend zu uns spricht.
Butoh ist ein Tanztheater von meditativer Zartheit bis zur exzessiven Groteske. Es bedient sich zwar unterschiedlicher Tanz - und Ausdrucksformen, wie z.B. dem NO-Theater, Flamenco oder Capoeira, jedoch erst der ganze Tänzer mit seiner Seele, seinen Träumen, seinen Erinnerungen und seinem Körper entwickelt die Tanztechnik. Die Vorstellungskraft des Tänzers spielt dabei eine wesentliche Rolle, sein Körper wird von seinen Imaginationen bewegt und geführt – und entführt uns mit seinen Energien ins Labyrinth der eigenen Seele.
Butoh dance is a performing art that was first performed in 1959 in Japan. It is a contemporary form of dance that has little to due with either traditional Japanese dances or most western forms of dance, although it does borrow elements from some of each. There are almost as many styles of Butoh as there are performers, and so, it is hard to define for someone who has never seen it. While it did begin in Japan, it's influence has spread with the migration of expatriate and travelling Japanese performers and teachers, and companies and individuals who practice it or have been influenced by it or who incorporate portions of it into their own style of performance can be found on nearly every continent with the exception of Antarctica and, possibly, Africa. (If anyone knows of any Butoh performers in Africa, please contact me.)
The most common factor in Butoh is one item that it does borrow from some traditional Japanese dance and theater: white body makeup. Not all Butoh performers use this makeup, though, some have used gold, silver, red or black makeup and some use no makeup at all. Depending on the dance and dancer, they may perform in an elaborate costume with extensive props or with a simple leotard or loincloth or even completely nude. Their hair may be wildly teased, elaborately coiffed or completely absent (head shaven clean). They may be part of a group of 10 or more dancers or they may perform solo. They may leap wildly about in a frenzy with loud music or perform with no soundtrack and have small movements so subtle that at any distance they would appear to move very subtlely and very slowly. (www.butoh.net)
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Haruki Murakami - Hard Boiled Wonderland
Paul Scheerbart - Kometentanz
Christian Morgenstern - Galgenlieder
When inside of you a hungry parasite makes itself noticed by its greedy smacking, living from your memories, then feed it with your body as well until constantly growing
it has devoured all of you.
Then let it dance.
That is all.
Minako Seki : in deinem erweiterten Netzwerk. 8 Kas 2007 tarihinde devamı
January, Wed., 28.01.09., 7:30pm, Performamce at HAU1, Stresemannstr.29, Berlin, Festival Politics Of Ecstasy, Open Mic
Sun, 05.04.09, 8:00pm, "Ke-Hei Art Salon No.2", Hoftheater Kreuzberg, Naunynstr. 63, Berlin, www.ke-hei.org
Saturday, 25. April 2009, 8pm and 10pm, in the setting "Night Views Of Bielefeld": Butoh-Dance and Musicperformance at Altstädter Nicolaichurch, Bielefeld
with Minako Seki and Willem Schulz (Cello, Performance)
Sunday, 07.06.2009, 6pm, The serie" Freestyle" presents: Minako Seki and Ingo Reulecke, "differently together", 2 different styles come together or mutually or one above the other or…. dance at Tanzfabrik, Möckernstr. 68, Berlin
Wed., 15.07.09, "Borderless Split Brain", International Dancefestival Bielefeld at Theaterlabor Bielefeld
Sun., 30.08.09, 8pm, "Ke-Hei Art Salon No.3", Hoftheater Kreuzberg, Naunynstr. 63, Berlin, www.ke-hei.org
Fr., 09.10.09, "Tenkai", Picasso Museum, Butoh Festival Barcelona
Wed.,02.12. + Thurs., 03.12.09, 8pm, 50 Years Of Butoh, 3 Celebration Performances with Minako Seki, Imre Thormann and Yuko Kaseki at RADIALSYSTEM V, Berlin, more under www.butohdance.org
Minako Seki was born in Nagasaki,
Japan. Since 1985 she danced in Tokyo with the Company
"DanceLoveMachine", with whom she came to Europe in 1986
on an invitation of the Berlin Künstlerhaus Bethanien.
She stayed in Berlin and in 1987 became co-founder of
tatoeba - TÉÂTRE DANSE GROTESQUE, the first Japanese-German
butoh ensemble. She further develops the style of this
group, which amongst other characteristics focuses on
the sleeping potentials in human beings, in 45 productions
as a dancer, choreographer and director. Since
1988 composer Zam Johnson
has musically supported her.
Since 1996 she has focused
more on her work as a director and choreographer where
she has continuously been looking for the friction in
crossing art disciplines. For example, she choreographed
the opera "Endlösung" by Peter
Michael Hamel, worked with the projections
designer and light painter Gustav
Gisiger, with the director Nullo Facchini and his performance company cantabile 2 in Denmark and with muscians as Schiller, N.U. Unruh from Einstürzende Neubauten, Sven Väth, Lacrimosa, Dudu Tucci, Willem Schulz, Elliott Sharp and Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum.
Hello, PAS will be performing at Loophole in Berlin on September 1st. Please come let us make beautiful soundscapes for you! We will also be performing at the Avant Garde Festival in Schiphorst on August 28th supporting Faust and many others. http://www.avantgardefestival.de/ 09/01/2009 08:00 PM - LOOPHOLE - Berlin-Germany w/The Vultures [Edit] [Cancel] Boddinstrasse. 60, 12053 Berlin, Berlin 12053 DE Cost:N/A Description:PAS/ with The Vultures LOOPHOLE is a Berlin based event space that showcases all forms of art; offering an encompassing programme that reflects the diverse range of artistic-practice today.Evolved out the core artists of the K:ITA project and located in a former brothel, LOOPHOLE is the new art venue on Boddinstrasse, Neukolln.
Hey Minako, musste gerade an das Taijiquan praktizieren ,die GFK Runde und die Lamas (oder waren es Alpakas) am See denken und schicke Dir gleich mal einen sonnigen Gruß aus Ottersberg rüber,
Ignite! Spear Ensemble invites transcendence from self as you know it, in their newest work, conceived by G. Randall Wright. Come play in the spaces in between with Mary and her dream cast of musical, acrobatic, mythic troubadours as they reincarnate instantly from dream to dream. Mary’s DreamTheatre on stage at the Garage for a limited run July 17th and 18th, 975 Howard Street in San Francisco. For tickets go to www.SpearEnsemble.com
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