Butoh: Navigating Consciousness

Workshop Taught by Vangeline

Saturday, February 25

2-4pm

126 10th Street

#207

Brooklyn NY 111231

F/G/R to 4th Avenue

This workshop will examine the role of consciousness in butoh and will lead students through practical exercises to differentiate between voluntary and involuntary movements, and how to use the difference creatively in butoh. Learn tools to safely navigate between different planes of consciousness in Butoh, how to effectively ground before and after practice, and develop a better understanding of the role played by the nervous system in Butoh. Beginners are welcome, and students can take one day only.

$25

Photo Credit: Yi Chun Wu

Vangeline draws on 20 years of experience as a Butoh teacher and dancer, and has 35 years of expertise in the field of dance. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book of non-fiction Butoh: Cradling Empty Space. Vangeline is a 2018 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellow in Choreography, the winner of the 2015 Gibney Dance's Beth Silverman-Yam Social Action Award, and the founder of the 15-year running, award-winning program "Dream a Dream Project", which brings Butoh dance to incarcerated men and women at correctional facilities across New York City. 

She is a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine. She teaches trauma-informed Butoh classes. Vangeline welcomes students with disabilities, including students with hearing impairment, and/or students who are visually impaired or wheelchair-bound students. All OPEN Indy workshops are open level and beginners are welcome.

Cancellations for all classes must be made 12 hours before the class start time. Students that do not attend the class will not receive any form of credit or exchange.