Organized by
Shoshana Green
Shoshana GreenShoshana is a Butoh artist, teacher and presenter for Butoh programming in San Francisco [Butohsf]. She is inspired by the tradition of Japanese Ankoku Butoh and transformative healing and somatic modalities. Her programming is dedicated to the appreciation, education and contemporary movement of the Butoh art-form by offering public workshops and performances through collaborations with International and National Butoh Artists. She draws from the teachings and guidance of renown Butoh teachers, Vangeline, Diego Piñon, Katsura Kan, Natsu Nakajima, Akira Kasai, Tetsuro Fukuhara. Shoshana most recently performed in KATSURA Kan's Oracle and Enigma at CounterPULSE in San Francisco.
Event in
San Francisco
Embodying the Spirit: Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
February 28, 2025
18:00
Joe Goode Performance Group
499 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
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Embodying the Spirit: Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
Embodying the Spirit: Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
This workshop is a process of erasing and re-creating the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery and Ukiyoe prints.
Experience training methods towards a supple body and mind and investigate aesthetics common to butoh through creative explorations. ETS explores endless questions: What is life? What is the human condition? What is the body? The workshop structure includes explorations of physical, natural, and transforming bodies. Partner work will facilitate participants’ individual and collective journeys. In this workshop we will focus on the elemental body and work with famous Japanese Ukiyoe wood block prints to create movement sequences inspired by Joan’s time with Gnome, Yoko Ashikawa’s company. The workshop draws from Joan’s training with the Ohnos and Ashikawa in Tokyo, Atsushi Takenouchi in Europe and her background as a Tai Chi practitioner and professional gardener.
2025 Workshop Dates/Times:
Friday Feb 28th: 6-9pm
Sat March 1st 12-4pm and Sunday March 2nd: 12-5pm
Location Joe Goode Annex 401 Alabama St, San Francisco
Refund policy:
This workshop is nonrefundable, no exceptions.
Workshop is for all levels, beginners welcome
EARLY DISCOUNT EXTENDED to Feb 3d
Limited BIPOC Scholarships available. Email for info: butohcontact@gmail.com
Photography: 1, 2: Joan Laage-Kogut Butoh–Photo by David Jennings; 3: Katarina Wolf
