Julie – Julie Becton Gillum and Asheville Butoh Collective

INVISIBLE FORCES

Julie — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:03:15 +0000

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

Julie — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 23:28:43 +0000

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

Julie — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:51:30 +0000

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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Fringe Night at the Crow & Quill – Butoh Edition

Julie — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:55:05 +0000

Wednesday, July 27 at 8 PM – 11 PM Crow and Quill 106 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 July 27 marks the next installment of the Summer Fringe Nights at the Crow & Quill. This event will feature three performances by local Butoh masters. These short pieces, each about 15 – 20 minutes …

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A Technique For Butoh Dance

Julie — Tue, 24 May 2016 16:52:55 +0000

In this course, I would like to further develop the material from the original course taught in February, which barely scratched the surface. Several of the participants expressed interest in continuing to explore “A TECHNIQUE FOR BUTOH DANCE.” If you are interested, show up on June 13; if you have questions please contact me. All levels are …

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The Dance of Intimacy – Butoh Workshop

Julie — Fri, 20 May 2016 22:57:56 +0000

The Dance of Intimacy Butoh Dance June 26, 1-5pm Instructor: Constance Humphries Cost: $25 In this 4 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. Through movement, we will find pathways to explore …

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10th Asheville Butoh Festival

Julie — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:22:58 +0000

The 10th Asheville Butoh Festival April 7-10, 2016 BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce Street, Asheville, NC SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday/Friday, April 7th & 8th – 7:30 pm Before The Dawn created and performed by Yumiko Yoshioka General Admission $18, Students and Seniors $15 *This event was generously funded by Derek Dominy & Denise Carbonell @ The Cotton …

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A TECHNIQUE FOR BUTOH DANCE

Julie — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:59:20 +0000

A TECHNIQUE FOR BUTOH DANCE (6-week series) Taught by: Julie Becton Gillum Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm, 2/15 – 3/21, 2016 Where: French Broad Studios, 475 Fletcher Martin Road Cost: 6-session series is $100 OR $20 per session Based on exercises and improvisations from Butoh training, Noguchi Gymnastics, and Modern Dance, this course aims to introduce a …

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Chicago Butoh Veteran Nicole LeGette Revisits Asheville

Julie — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:47:14 +0000

The Legacy Butoh and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre are proud to present the Midwest’s foremost butoh artist Nicole LeGette, to be in-residence in Asheville for the month of November. LeGette will be collaborating with local butoh dancers Julie Becton Gillum (Legacy Butoh), Sara Baird (Anemone), and Jenni Cockrell (strange daughters butoh) to create a new work to be premiered at the Asheville Butoh Festival April 7-10, 2016. On Saturday November 21, at 4:00 PM, a Work-In-Progress showing of the ongoing collaboration. This showing offers an opportunity to witness the “ma“ of butoh. The word “ma” in Japanese means the space and time between. The audience will witness the process of creation after conception and before performance.

6-Week Introduction to Butoh

Julie — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 00:11:26 +0000

BUTOH PRACTICE TIME CHANGED TO MONDAY EVENING! For those of you who can’t make Sunday Butoh Practice, how about something completely different! WHAT: 6-Week Introductory Course in Butoh ~ ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! INSTIGATOR: Julie B Gillum of Legacy Butoh, jbgbutoh@gmail.com, 828 683 1377 DATES: Mondays – October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, & 9 …

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