Julie Becton Gillum and Asheville Butoh Collective

INVISIBLE FORCES

2024-07-06T00:03:15Z

FORCES “There is an entire universe inside my body,” said Kazuo Ohno. For a choreographer, the body is the primary instrument for artistic research and expression. The perfect butoh body is an empty container to be filled and moved by forces, conditions, and imagination. What if everything inside and outside of the body were an …

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13 Aspects of Butoh

2024-07-09T14:58:22Z

13 Aspects of ButohGillum’s 27 years of butoh research have culminated in “13 Aspects of Butoh”. The material has been presented in a lecture-demonstration format in settings such as Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Lviv Arts Center in Ukraine, STOA Retreat Center in Śirinçe, Turkey, and an art bar in Tbilisi, Georgia. Julie’s …

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Performances

2024-06-18T00:01:33Z

Past performances Seattle Butoh Festival 2023 DAIPANBUTOH COLLECTIVE Seattle-based collective group for butoh Photograph by Briana Jones. SEATTLE BUTOH FESTIVAL 2023 November 17 – 19, 2023 YAW Theater, 6520 5th Ave S, Seattle 98108 Workshops & performances by Performances: November 17, 18, 19: 8 pm Workshops: November 18 & 19: 11-4 pm OUR GUEST ARTISTShinichi Iova-Koga …

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Asheville Butoh Collective Fundraiser

2019-01-22T20:40:18Z

Asheville Butoh Collective Fundraiser Please join us for sushi, sake and live performances by Asheville Butoh Collective at The BeBe Theatre, February 24 from 5-7pm to support the 13th Asheville Butoh Festival. $10 at the door. The Asheville Butoh Collective and ACDT will present ABC’s 13th Asheville Butoh Festival, featuring two weekends of butoh performances and workshops with Mari Osanai and Yuko Kaseki in April/May, …

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Butoh @ the Asheville Fringe Festival

2019-01-15T16:25:30Z

Butoh @ the Asheville Fringe Festival Don’t miss these butoh performances and a workshop at this year’s Asheville Fringe Festival. Double Feature: nothing and The Beautiful Us January 25th @ 7pm and January 27 @4pm Static Age Records, 110 N. Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 More Information Get Tickets nothing Jenni Cockrell/strange daughters butoh Jenni Cockrell’s unconventional reframing …

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12 Asheville Butoh Festival

2018-08-31T14:31:02Z

Announcing the 12th Asheville Butoh Festival Please join us for the Asheville Butoh Festival, now in its twelfth season! October 25-28, 2018 BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Buy Tickets Asheville Butoh Festival Schedule of Events Performances Thursday, October 25, 8PM & Sunday, October 28, 7PM “Black, White, Red and Other”, a solo retrospective …

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Butoh & Archetypal Symbol

2018-06-14T15:59:35Z

Butoh & Archetypal Symbol Butoh Workshop August 5, 1-4pm (please arrive at 12:45) BeBe Theatre 20 Commerce Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Instructor: Jenni Cockrell Cost: $30 (cash at the door) More info: strangedaughtersbutoh.com This workshop investigates how we experience symbol, image and archetype as vital seeds for dance, performance and human experience. Through Laban-Bartenieff based floor work, Butoh …

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Aspects of Butoh

2018-06-14T15:59:47Z

Aspects of Butoh Butoh Workshop July 1, 1-4pm (please arrive at 12:45) BeBe Theatre 20 Commerce Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Instructor: Julie Gillum Cost: $30 (cash at the door) More info: ashevillebutoh.com/legacy-butoh Aspects of Butoh is an open-level workshop where participants will have the opportunity to explore butoh with a committed performer and teacher of the form. Topics …

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Tethered: An Evening in Two Parts

2018-06-14T15:54:27Z

Tethered: An Evening in Two Parts Friday, June 22, 2018, 9:00 PM 10:30 PM REVOLVE 821 Riverside Drive Asheville, NC, 28801 $10 More information MAP/REVOLVE presents a two-part program of performance, sound, and video from some of the area’s most interesting innovators, including Asheville Butoh Collective’s Julie Gillum of Legacy Butoh as well as Derek Dominy …

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The Dance of Intimacy – Butoh Workshop with Constance Humphries

2018-06-14T15:45:24Z

The Dance of Intimacy – Butoh Workshop with Constance Humphries June 3, 1-4pm Instructor: Constance Humphries Cost: $30 More info: constancehumphries.com, facebook.com/events/402051826930408/ In this 3 hour workshop we will practice seeing and being seen through the lens of intimacy. Participants will make the invisible visible, learning more about the vulnerability of the body and mind. The following …

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