Skill suitability: Open to all, with no experience necessary. The workshop is suitable for performers and those interested in expanding their notion of what a human body can be. It also offers an introduction to Butoh Dance for those new to the art form.
Immersive physical awareness exercises drawn from Noguchi Gymnastics and Body Weather. We learn how to remove tension, move with less effort and make friends with gravity.
Moving meditation and physical integrity exercises inspired by Paratheatre and Zen meditation techniques. The aim is to increase our physical honesty and ability to listen to body energies.
Butoh image work and improvisation. We experience how surrendering to images helps free our bodies for performance and movement innovation. We work from a conception of the body as the physical manifestation of the Unconscious.
Experimentation. As my work and life are in constant flux, I introduce current research and experiments into each workshop. Voicework, group choreography, sensory meditations, steps into the Unknown…
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St. Margaret’s House – G.25St Margaret's House, 151 London Road
Edinburgh EH7 6AE