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Dive into a transformative journey of movement and creativity with renowned butoh artist Ken Mai and our own rope expert Ceci Ferox. Explore the powerful connection between butoh and shibari, unlocking new forms of expression, liberation, and metamorphosis. Prepare to be led on a journey of research into meetings between the two art forms, Japanese culture, philosophy, and beyond.
This workshop explores the relationship between the metamorphosis of the body through images and ropes, as well as restriction and liberation in various ways. It attempts to cultivate creativity based on experimental experiences. Rope is used as a source of expression, and materiality that inspires movement.
Ken Mai and Ceci will lead you through exercises, experiments, and scores that aim to create new possibilities for your expression. We will carry out mind and body purification and energy circulation exercises to activate images and creativity.
You don’t need any previous butoh or rope experience, but we want to especially welcome people with experience in one of these forms of expression to create an interesting meeting of worlds. We will work solo, in pairs, and in groups.
Black and white photo by Timo Suutarinen
Colour photo by Zuzana Lazarova
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