2023
Summer Weekly Online Class:
Butoh & Movement with Yokko -Cultivating an Instrument- May 24- July 5, 2023 Wednesdays 8-9:30pm (EDT) Part I: May 24, 31, & June 7 Part II: June 21, 28 & July 5 (no class June 14) Scale Payment Drop - in $15-20/class Whole Classes $50-70 / 6 classes Payment: Venmo@yokkosien Zelle: Rengyosoh@gmail.com PayPal: yokkoyoga@gmail.com (please select Friend & Family) |
2022
Phrase I: Fundamental Body
Noguchi, Basic in Butoh, Available Body
Phrase II: Infinite Possibilities
Imagination, Embodiment
*Subject may change based on the participants
Noguchi, Basic in Butoh, Available Body
Phrase II: Infinite Possibilities
Imagination, Embodiment
*Subject may change based on the participants
2021
Ren Gyo Soh's Spring Weekly Class:
Butoh, Movement & Physical Theatre (ONLINE) Led by Yokko & Jordan Rosin April 5- May 10, 2021 Mondays 8-9:30pm (EDT) *NYC time |
Jordan Rosin (Left), Yokko (Right)
Phrase 1: April 5 & 11_Foundation: Body conditions
Phrase 2: April 19 & 26_Embodyment & Transformation Phrase 3: May 3 & 10_Application & Infinite Possibility |
Jordan Rosin (he/him) is a director/choreographer, actor/creator, and researcher/teacher, specializing in Butoh Dance and ensemble-devised physical theatre. Jordan was co-founder & Producing Artistic Director of the The Ume Group in New York City from 2011-2016; is a frequent collaborator with Ren Gyo Soh ; and is the creator of DREAM DANCES™ . Choreography credits include the internationally acclaimed Citizens of Nowhere, which won “Best Movement Composition” and “Most Relevant Discourse” at the 2019 Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario at Teatro UNAM; Butoh Medea, which won “Best Physical Theatre” & “Best Choreography” at the 2015 United Solo Festival and has been performed in Turkey, Italy, Scotland, Poland, Germany and at colleges & universities across the US. Other projects include The Ume Group’s Butoh Electra; Facet; Isis Variations; Dream Dances; and Lysistrata Project. Jordan received his BFA in Acting & Directing from Syracuse University and MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International . Jordan is a 2019 - 2021 Teaching Fellow in the Department of Theatre & Cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA
Official Website: Jordan Rosin
Official Website: Jordan Rosin
YOKKO (She/He/They) is an Actor, Butoh Theatre Artist from Japan, specialized in Acting, Butoh Dance, Physical Theatre, Movement for Actors, solo performance, and Yoga. She is also a choreographer director, writer, sound designer, film maker, clown, Theatre educator, certified theraputic essential yoga and Yoga Nidra instructor and USUI Jikiden Reiki Master Teacher as well. Her works have been presented across the USA and Europe, and received several awards (Awards list). She has acted in, devised, and choreographed a variety of local and international shows and films. Most recently, her Butoh work has been seen in several music videos, including I Don’t Know Where We Went Wrong (HOKO, 2020) and Ready To Let Go (Cage The Elephant, 2019). She has been regularly offering workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation, Movement for Actors) in several places include NYC, Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Drama School MFA, Stella Adler Academy of Acting, The Actors Studio (NYC), and at some events such as UNFIX NYC and Ecstatic Dance. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty in Movement for Actors at BFA Acting Studio program by the New Group at Long Island University in Brooklyn (LIU Brooklyn), MFA Acting at Brooklyn College.
2020