Ken Mai(he/him)

Ken Mai

Butoh dance teacher Ken Mai is performing Flashes to Ashes
Ken Mai is an international Japanese Butoh Artist, Choreographer, Teacher, and Yogi living in Helsinki, Finland since 2006, but is originally from Nara, Japan. He studied Butoh with Legend and Founder of Butoh Artist “Kazuo Ohno” in Yokohama, Japan(1995 – 2000) and a member of Sub Rosa Butoh Company in Kyoto and also Otoya & Sumiko Eguchi Modern Dance Company in Osaka in beginning of `90s.
photo by Timo Suutarinen.

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    • In-House

    Renée de Sans x Ken Mai: Empty Rope – Vernissage & Performance

    7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Renée de Sans, Ceci Ferox, Ken Mai

    Empty Rope is a vernissage and performance evening in which ropes meet butoh. The evening consists of a two part butoh performance by Ken Mai, exhibition opening talk by Renée De Sans, and free mingling while viewing the art. Participants of the Ken Mai - Metamorphosis workshop have free entry. Empty Rope -Photography Exhibition by...

    In-House

    Ken Mai: Metamorphosis – Experiments in Butoh and Rope

    12:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Ceci Ferox, Ken Mai

    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...