http://www.ashevillebutoh.com Authentic Japanese dance in Asheville, NC Tue, 25 May 2010 19:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out videos of some of Julie's performances now online at vimeo: http://vimeo.com/ashevillebutoh More updates and video coming soon. 20081010-butap from Julie Gillum on Vimeo. http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2010/05/25/julies-new-vimeo-chanel/ What: Butoh Dance Workshop When: Saturday, November 21, 1:00 – 4:00 Where: Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College Who: Taught by Julie Becton Gillum Cost: $30.00 Contact: Julie Becton Gillum, email: jbgbutoh@gmail.com, Telephone: (828)683-1377 “Create the form and the soul will follow.” Tatsumi Hijikata (founder of butoh) “Follow your heart and the form will reveal itself.” Kazuo Ohno (founder of butoh) Butoh ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/10/26/butoh-dance-workshop/ This is officially my last week in Japan. When I first arrived this seemed like a very foreign place. Now that I have been here for a while and contemplating a return to the good ole US of A, Japan feel like home and the US seems like some alien ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/09/12/last-week-in-japan/ Sankai Juku is known for their visually stunning, ritualistic movement style, sensually performed by only men. The workshop was taught by director Semimaru, who was the original member of the company whose work is choreographed by Amagatsu. Members of the company took class with us and performed with us during ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/09/02/sankai-juku-workshop/ I took a 10-day workshop in Kyogen, the 700-year-old comedy form of Noh theatre taught by 8 different Kyogen actors, including Manzo Nomura IX, who is a Living National Treasure.  The form blends ancient techniques of Chinese and Japanese theatre. There is no book for teaching Noh and Kyogen. It ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/09/02/kyogen-workshop/ The Dairakudakan workshop took place in Hakuba in northern Honshu where the '97 Olympic skiing took place. The scenery was stunning as you can see from the photo taken from the front of our hostel. The first 4 days of the workshop were interesting and physically challenging. We worked from 8 ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/09/01/dairakudakan-workshop/ If Tokyo is the beating heart of Japan then Kyoto is the soul. It is lush green gardens, serene temples and shrines and a much slower paced life style. My two favorite places were Ryoangi zen garden and Sanjusangendo temple. Ryoangi is a world heritage site, a sand garden with ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/08/31/kyoto-sightseeing/ On Monday July 20, I went to Kamakura, which was the capital city of Japan between 1192 and 1333. It is a religious hub with 65 Buddhist temples and 19 Shinto shrines. We hiked from temple to shrine and saw many but not all of them. Ginger and I were ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/07/21/kamakura/ I have found a new place to stay. Ginger Krebs, my friend from Chicago who is also here dancing and checking out Japanese culture is rooming with me. We are staying in the home of Kazuko Asaba, a lovely, new-age, world-travelled artist. I feel right at home; it's just like Asheville and only ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/07/19/new-digs/ So far I have taken most of my classes with Yoshito Ohno and Natsu Nakajima. By meeting people in these workshops, I have found out about other classes and performances around Tokyo.  Even though I get most of my information via translations from bilingual students, I feel I am gaining ... http://www.ashevillebutoh.com/2009/07/17/workshops-and-classes/