BUTOH WORKSHOP
with Jordan Rosin
Saturday, December 28, 2019, 1pm – 4pm
Thymele Arts, Stack 109
1110 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Come celebrate, set intentions for the New Year, and give yourself an enlivening post-holiday physical and creative workout with this by-donation, one-day Butoh Dance workshop facilitated by Jordan Rosin.
Suitable for performers and non-performers, and people of all abilities and levels of experience. Absolute beginners are welcome.
REGISTRATION:
To register, e-mail jordan@jordanrosin.com and pay using Venmo (@Jordan-Rosin) or via the secure PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/JordanRosin/35
COST:
$35 suggested donation
ALL PAYMENTS/DONATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
WHAT TO BRING:
– clothing that allows movement
– a button-up or zip-down top layer garment which you can take on and off
– water/snacks as necessary
– pen & paper/journal or other tools for writing
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Jordan Rosin (he/him) is a physical theatre artist, teacher, director and performer belonging to the third generation of the avant-garde movement form Butoh. His main butoh teachers are Joan Laage, Vangeline, & Tetsuro Fukuhara, though he has trained with numerous others including Yoshito Ohno, Ko Murobushi, Katsura Kan, Diego Pinon, and Daiichiro Yuyama. Jordan was a co-founder & Producing Artistic Director of the NYC-based physical theatre ensemble, The Ume Group from 2011-2016; has been a frequent collaborator with the butoh company Ren Gyo Soh; and is creator of DREAM DANCES™. Recent choreography include the internationally acclaimed Butoh Medea (Best Physical Theatre, United Solo Festival 2015; Best Choreography, United Solo Festival 2015); The Ume Group’s Butoh Electra; Facet (Hollywood Fringe Festival); Isis Variations (FringeNYC 2014, CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival); Dream Dances; and Lysistrata Project. BFA Syracuse Unviersity, MFA Dell’Arte International. Current Post-MFA Teaching Fellow in the Dept. of Theatre & Cinema at Virginia Tech. www.jordanrosin.com / www.jordanrosin.net
ABOUT THE PRACTICE:
ABOUT BUTOH:
Ankoku Butoh (暗黒舞踏 – “dance of utter darkness”) is a style of dance and philosophy of creating total theatre which originated in Japan in the mid twentieth century. It is often marked by grotesque imagery and taboo themes. Now a largely international movement, an emergent aim of the work for many twenty-first century practitioners is the revelation of tacit knowledge hidden in the body and a sort of self-realization brought about by “piercing the mask” of our socialized everyday behavior. Butoh training can therefore promote great physical endurance and expressiveness, spiritual consciousness, and creativity.