TUESDAY BUTOH LAB
MOVING WITH THE INVISIBLE
About BUTOH LAB:
Just as you can read the age of a tree from the rings in a tree trunk, you can ‘read’ a life in a human body. The body is a living and ever transforming sculpture, shaped by life itself. Butoh is a dance of transformation that originates from the friction between opponent forces. The butoh dancer knows how to connect with this energy and to move with it – be moved by it. What evolves is authentic expression and original being.
The Butoh Lab offers a space to practice skills and share experiences, as well as to actively and collectively research what is butoh today and to explore its legacy out of its former historical context. The Lab is open to every-body regardless previous knowledge or experience with dance or butoh. We welcome all levels, gender, ages and body-types. The Lab is guided throughout the year by various artists who share their butoh or butoh-minded practice and place individual accents on the content of the Lab.
A lab usually starts with arriving in the space and exploring basic exercises (ex. standing in presence, walking, body awareness, breathing, tension-release, sculpture of time, conscious moving – being moved by, ….) that will then be deepened through improvisations nourished by poetic stimuli. We make time for a sharing circle or questions at the end of the session.
The trimester September – November will be with a collaboration between Quentin Chaveriat and Camille Raséra on the topic of ‘surrealism’. We explore the same subject from two different angles, and are introduced to what working as a company can be. We conclude with a performance at Crude Saturdays, end of november.
Location:
Tictac Art Centre, Small Studio
Dates:
The Tuesday Butoh Lab in 2025 will start again on January 21 and will continue till end of June, with only a break on April 1 and 8.
The Butoh Labs on 21.01 – 28.01 – 04.02 – 11.02 – 18.02 will be guided by Dominque Pollet
Dominique Pollet started his artistic trajectory as a Butoh dancer and kept consistent to it’s philosophy throughout his career as a dancer, choreographer and tutor. He explored street theatre, experimental film, dance, theatre, circus, art gallery shows and spectacles.The last decade he has been working as a light designer and scenographer for Belgium’s finest choreographers. In the context of the Butoh Lab he will take us on an experimental journey, combining his knowledge and experience in Butoh dance with his passion for light, space and entangled movement. Let us move with and be moved by light.
The Butoh Labs on 25.02 – 04.03 – 11.03 – 18.03 – 25.03 will be guided by Rebecca Lenaerts
Rebecca Lenaerts has a background in theatre. As a performance artist, she is strongly inspired by the philosophy and practice of Butoh, which she uses as a basis for creation. Through her work as a performer and with elderly people in care centres, she consistently explores the vulnerability and potential of presence. In the context of the Butoh Lab, she will use her performance Folds&Wrinkles as a starting point to delve deeper into the work of layers. Through the sensitive connection with sheets and textiles, we will explore the friction between appearing and disappearing, between hiding and showing yourself. What appears, once we allow ourselves to disappear?
Time:
18:30 – 21.00
Price:
15€ / Lab
or a 10x fidelity card for 120€
Cards are valuable until end of the season (June 2025) and on name.
Information and Registration:
The Lab is open to everybody regardless previous experience with Butoh or dance. You are welcome as you are. NO REGISTRATION is needed. You just need to arrive in time, the doors of Tictac are open between 18:00 and 18:30.
Contact:
If you want to send us an email: butofamilia@gmail.com
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