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Katsura KAN Butoh Classes
May 10 to May 14

Katsura KAN Butoh Classes
Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
Chicago, IL

blushing poppy productions & Defibrillator present:

BUTOH-based training for actors, dancers, performance artists and performers of all kinds and valuable for non-performers seeking enriched body-imagination-sensory experience.

Katsura KAN
A native of Kyoto, Kan performed with the seminal Butoh troupe, “Byakkosha” 1979-1981 and continued his own research in dance traditions throughout Africa, Europe and South East Asia for the past 30 years. He is a celebrated solo and collaborative performer, and choreographer. Kan continues to travel the world teaching and performing butoh and creating projects with dance and theater companies.

Kan’s classes explore the idea of “transformation” which is the key to his understanding of butoh. He will guide you through a new cognitive approach of body with emphasis on listening to your weight, awakening your noise, and focusing on the other side of your reality.

MAY 2011
10th, Tuesday 6-10PM: Open Class
11th, Wednesday 6-10PM: Open Class
12th, Thursday 6-10PM: Open Class
14th, Saturday 11AM-3PM: Open Class

One, 4-hour Open Class: $35 early registration by APRIL 30th / $50 after
$30 for each additional class registration by APRIL 30th /$40 after

***EARLY registration discount is over, but for LATE REGISTRATION DISCOUNT code contact Nicole, blushingpoppy@gmail.com

*Open to all. No experience necessary. Register and full payment due in advance. No refunds.
www.blushingpoppy.org
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DIEGO PIÑÓN, Butoh Ritual Mexicano
June 7 to June 12

blushing poppy productions & Defibrillator present:

BUTOH-based training for actors, dancers, performance artists and performers of all kinds and valuable for non-performers seeking enriched body-imagination-sensory experience. Open to all. No experience necessary. Register and full payment due in advance. No refunds.
DIEGO PIÑÓN, Butoh Ritual Mexicano Training in Chicago June 7-12, 2011

Butoh Ritual Mexicano CLASSES:
June 7th, Tuesday 6-10PM
June 8th, Wednesday 6-10PM

$35/class paid in full by MAY 24th
$45/class paid in full after MAY 24th
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/174056
no experience necessary, space is limited, no refunds

Butoh Ritual Mexicano WORKSHOP:
Searching the Vestiges of Love
June 9-12th, 2011
4-day intensive-workshop with public performance
June 9-10th, Thurs-Friday 6-10PM
June 11-12th, Sat-Sunday 11-5PM
June 12th, Sunday 7:30 performance

$170 paid in full by MAY 24th
$225 paid in full after MAY 24th
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/174056
no experience necessary, space is limited, no refunds

Please arrive a few minutes early to settle your things. Wear layered clothes that allow for movement and keep you warm/cool as needed. Bring simple snacks, water, notebook. We work in bare feet. Contact Nicole with any questions: blushingpoppy@gmail.com, 773.387.8418

Events are held at:
Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1136 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60642
www.DFBRL8R.org
773.485.6284

Please contact:
Nicole LeGette
blushing poppy productions
blushingpoppy@gmail.com
www.blushingpoppy.org
773.387.8418
DIEGO PIÑÓN, Butoh Ritual Mexicano:
Chaos and crisis, destruction and deformation, suffering and stagnation…  All these are present in our lives, and at the same time we experience creativity, compassion and community.  My vision for the stage is to use a public space to go beyond personal limits, to renew the highest purpose to the sacred language of dance, to understand life as a possibility of energetic and evolutionary transformation, to reach more freedom to experience creativity, love, pleasure, and joy, all with greater consciousness.

To truly awaken the body is a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual process.  Every Butoh Ritual Mexicano workshop involves moderate-impact aerobic training, active meditation, and guided improvisation, all embraced within a sense of communal ritual. The collective physical training consists of stretching, shaking, jumping, low-level groundwork, balancing, partnering, weight sharing, impulse exchange, bodywork, bioenergetics, breath expansion, and transpersonal communication.  Active meditation exercises are introduced to quiet the mind and awaken originative, non-reactive impulses for organic movement.  Guided improvisations then give participants the opportunity to integrate this newfound sensory awareness within their physical body, environments both internal and external, and the shared workshop space.

DIEGO PIÑÓN
Diego Piñón’s unique style of teaching and performance incorporates more than 35 years of research in Mexican energetic traditions, Japanese Butoh, ritual dance, modern dance and contemporary theatre. Departing from the guidance of Japanese Butoh masters Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Min Tanaka, Natsu Nakajima, among others, Diego Piñón performs and teaches throughout the US, Canada and Mexico using Butoh Ritual Mexicano as a means to transform personal, cultural and social divides through the dancing body.  Piñón explores the question of what it means to be human during these complex times in new and unexpected ways. His unique approach to the body and movement strips away clichés of gender, class, and national identity to reveal a deeply personal vision of humanity beyond the boundaries of convention. Diego’s goal is not only to prepare extraordinary dancers or actors, not only to create extravagant performances, not only to involve the sacred and mystical uses of the stage, but to create an energetic presence that integrates all. 

BODY IN THE WORLD: a Butoh Workshop with SU-EN (Sweden)
October 16 to October 20

BODY IN THE WORLD:

a Butoh Workshop with SU-EN (Sweden)

SAVE THE DATE: Oct. 16-20th

Details posted soon.

blushing poppy + Links Hall proudly present SU-EN (Sweden) in a rare US engagement. This will mark SU-EN’s first encounter with Chicago offering training + performance. SU-EN comes from the lineage of Tomoe Shizune and Yoko Ashikawa, rare styles of butoh rarely found in the US. Considered among the vanguard of performance art in Sweden, SU-EN has been recognized with numerous international awards and is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the SU-EN Butoh Company. Not to be missed! No previous butoh or dance experience necessary. Open to all. Photo by Henriette Lykke