Guided by visiting instructor Julie Becton Gillum
Noguchi Taiso Class: Friday June 23, 7:45 – 9 pm
Butoh & Noguchi Taiso Workshops: Saturday and Sunday, June 24 & 25, 1 – 4 pm
Attend one, two, or all three offerings!
Both Butoh and Noguchi Taiso are movement practices developed in post-World War ll Japan during the 1950s and ’60s. Join us for one or more of these very special offerings with visiting Julie Becton Gillum and explore the transformative power of these uniquely expressive movement forms.
Noguchi Taiso is slow and gentle, great for all bodies, and supports all possibilities by building a strong rooted core connected to gravity and responsive to both internal and external forces. The Noguchi water body is prepared to move from its most neutral place, in the most natural way, toward the most abstract, precarious or specific directions possible.
Butoh is a dance form influenced by the differing forces of co-founders Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. Butoh dance slips between the cracks of definition in order to reveal the fervent beauty of the unique human spirit.
Costs* $25 ~ Noguchi Taiso Class. $60 ~ each Butoh/Noguchi Taiso workshop ~OR~ only $50 each if registered by June 16. >> Register for both Saturday & Sunday workshops and attend the Friday night class for FREE!
To register, contact: Zazie Tobey (tobeye413@gmail.com or 413-687-2327)
*No one turned away due to lack of funds. Please contact us if the cost is an obstacle to your participation.
About the Presenter:
Julie Becton Gillum is the artistic director of the Asheville Butoh Festival (14 years running), has been creating, performing and teaching dance in the US, Europe, Asia and Mexico for over 40 years. Since 2019 she has been active in Turkey, Ukraine, India and other areas in eastern Europe. Julie has received numerous grants and awards for her choreography. She was awarded the 2008-09 NC Choreography Fellowship and used the funds to travel to Japan to study Butoh, her primary form of artistic expression. Julie's work has been influenced by extensive study with mentors: Mari Osanai, Diego Pinon, Natsu Nakajima, Anzu Furakawa, Yoshito Ohno and Seisaku. For more information visit www.ashevillebutoh.com/legacy-butoh/
