RESONANT BODIES: BUTOH & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP FOR PERFORMERS
with Jordan Rosin & Yokko
Monday through Thursday, June 11 – 14, 2018, 7pm – 10pm
Thymeles Arts, Shirley Dawn Dance Studio
5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
4 Consecutive Saturdays, 12pm – 2:30pm, May 12 – June 2
at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Suite 102, Eureka, CA 95501
This workshop series is open to complete beginners as well as those with an existing basic practice looking to advance. A pre-existing general level of physical fitness is recommended. Adults and teens welcome, ages 12 and up.
Over the course of the each class, there will be a guided warm-up, demonstrations of skills, and time to explore and practice individual acrobatic maneuvers like rolls, cartwheels, headstand, handstands, back bends, as well as partner skills like counterbalance and lifts. Modifications up and down, as well as progressive drills and hands-on spotting may all be offered for ease or additional challenge.
I’m excited to announce that this summer I will embark upon my first multi-city workshop tour of the USA, visiting major cities on both coasts to teach butoh, yoga, acrobatics, and physical theatre for performing artists and the general public.
The tentative tour schedule is below, but still under development. Therefore if you or someone you know is interested in helping to co-produce or promote a workshop, or in adding a new stop, or in otherwise supporting this endeavor feel free to e-mail me!
“Butoh Dance: Alchemy of the Spirit”
A two-day workshop with Jordan Rosin
April 7 & 8, 2018, 2pm – 6pm
at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Suite 102,
Eureka, CA 95501
Saturday, December 16, 2017
12pm – 3pm (3 hours)
at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Suite 102, Eureka, CA 95501
This workshop is open to complete beginners as well as those with an existing basic practice looking to advance.
Over the course of the 3 hours, there will be a guided warm-up, demonstrations of skills, and plenty of room to explore and practice individual acrobatic maneuvers like rolls, cartwheels, headstand, handstands, back bends, as well as a few partner skills like counterbalance and lifts. Modifications up and down, as well as progressive drills and hands-on spotting may all be offered for ease or additional challenge.
Butoh in Humboldt presents
By-Donation Community Butoh Class
2nd & 4th Sundays, 4:30pm – 6:30pm @ Synapsis Nova
(January 14 through May 27, 2018, except Feb. 25 and April 8)
Suggested Donation: $15 – No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds (NOTALOF)
2nd Sundays led by Jordan Rosin; 4th Sundays led by Leslie Castellano
River Bank & Redwoods Dance Workshop
(Humboldt County, CA) – 2017/10/21 & 22
with Jordan Rosin
October 21, 2017, 2:00pm – 3:30pm on Banks of Mad River in Blue Lake
October 22, 2017, 2:00pm – 3:30pm in Arcata Community Forest
Using techniques of meditation, yoga, and Japanese Butoh Dance, award-winning choreographer Jordan Rosin (Int’l: Butoh Medea, FringeNYC: Butoh Electra, Artistic Director Emeritus of the NYC-based physical theatre ensemble The Ume Group), leads workshop participants on a guided journey to embody the river and the forest’s vibrant ecology, channel the spirits of nature, and investigate our deeper selves in relationship to the natural world.
“Butoh Dance: Alchemy of the Spirit”
A two-day masterclass with Jordan Rosin, hosted by Coin & Ghost
September 7th and 8th, 2017 — 6-9pm
Friday & Saturday, September 1 & 2, 2017
Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Eureka, CA 95501
In the DREAM DANCES™ Workshop, participants will learn to use the techniques of butoh dance, devised theatre, and ensemble play to bring their very own dreams to life!
Saturday & Sunday, April 8 & 9, 2017, 3pm – 6pm at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Eureka, CA 95501
In this workshop, award-winning physical theatre artist and educator Jordan Rosin (Int’l: Butoh Medea, FringeNYC: Butoh Electra, Artistic Director Emeritus of the NYC-based physical theatre ensemble The Ume Group) leads participants on a journey of spiritual alchemy using the techniques of Japanese butoh dance. Incorporating key exercises from multiple schools of the form, Jordan draws on shamanic ritual and primitive theatrical approaches to explore the nature of movement as pre-text for deep self-investigation and the nature of the body as both object and story.
