Descent Performance Laboratory and Metabolic Studio present
BUTOH Workshop with Katsura Kan
Saturday, April 18 1:30-5:30 pm
$35 advance registration; $45 on-site registration
To register, please send an email including your name, phone number and email address to: rosemary@descentperformance.org

This workshop is a unique opportunity to study closely with a Master Butoh artist during this 50th anniversary year of the dance form. Katsura Kan will lead workshop participants through preparatory exercises that lead into more advanced work in what he calls “Butoh Notation,” drawing from both from the writing of butoh co-founder Hijikata Tatsumi and from Katsura Kan’s own efforts to develop “Beckett Butoh.” The workshop is appropriate for dancers and non-dancers alike; no previous butoh experience necessary.

Katsura Kan is a native of Kyoto, Japan, and is a Master Butoh artist from the ranks of Japan's first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe, Byakkosha (1979-1981) and is a celebrated solo artist and collaborative performer as well as a choreographer. Katsura Kan's work as a performer, a choreographer, a researcher, and a teacher is unique in that he combines Butoh and the uniquely Japanese qualities of this dance form as a gateway to explore dance and performing arts from other cultures. Not only is Kan known for his interest in diversity in the performing arts, but he engages social-historical realities in his work. For example, Kan was an artist in residency in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2005 and 2006. He has worked in Warszaw, Russia, Paris and Spain and has also expanded his Japanese and European background to West Africa and Thailand, working with children in both places.

Please join us for this unique opportunity to participate in the evolution of a truly unique and global art form. - Descent Performance Laboratory

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