Butoh workshop with Yumiko Yoshioka in New York

April 22 and 23, 2023

Photo by GIampaolo

Saturday, April 22, 12 to 3pm

Sunday, April 23, 1 to 4pm

Location

CAMEO STUDIOS

307 WEST 43rd Street

Studio A

NY NY 10036

A/C/E to Port Authority

NOTE: DO NOT GOOGLE THIS ADDRESS! BUT GO TO CORNER OF 8th Av and 43rd Street in Manhattan. Cameo Studios are down the street between 8th and 9th Avenue. Number 307. Buzz studio A.

Please note that this workshop may be filmed partially.

Yumiko Yoshioka is a Japanese Butoh dancer and choreographer from Tokyo. Since 1988 she has been based in Germany. Yumiko is a former member of Ariadone, the first female Butoh company, which was founded by Ko Murobushi and Carlotta Ikeda in 1974. In 1978, she performed with Ko and Carolotta in Paris, LE DERNIER EDEN – PORTE DE L’AU-DELA, the very first Butoh performance to be presented in a public theatre outside Japan. In 1988 she met Minako Seki and delta RA’i in Berlin, with whom she founded tatoeba THÉÂTRE DANCE GROTESQUE. This experience, along with work with the Butoh dancer Kim-Itoh, encouraged Yumiko to start to unfold her own personal style of dancing and choreography.

In 1989 she also started to develop and teach her own form of bodywork. The approach became a pillar of her career as a reflection of her profound understanding of the importance of deepening consciousness of the body, not only in order to dance and express, but also to illuminate our daily life, opening ourselves to the deeper layers of our inner world and rediscovering a subtle beauty in each moment. The strength of this perception led her to create her own method of bodywork, called “Body Resonance”

In 1994, she met JoaXhim Manger and Zam Jhonson. Together they founded  TEN PEN CHii ART LABOR, an interdisciplinary and experimental art formation, in which Yumiko dances and emerges as choreographer. Since 1995 she has set up various collaborative projects across Europe. These include: “eX…it!, a Butoh-Related eXchange Festival”, held at Schloss Broellin; Gest-Azione, with Annalisa Maggiani from Italy; and indigo fera art productions with Rena Konstantaki from Greece. Yumiko continues to pioneer Butoh installations and teach her methods internationally.

Cancellations for this class must be made 48 hours before the class start time. Students that do not attend the class will not receive any form of credit or exchange.