Ren Gyo Soh Weekly Class - 春稽古 (SpringTraining)
Series I: Body Movement & Butoh
Body Movement Exploration which focuses on internal physical perception, sensation and experience. It develops the understanding and knowledge of your body/instruments. Knowing & Understanding own instruments is an essential tool as a performer and a person. We will do variety of Body Movement Work (Pure Movement, Laban Movement Analysis, Noguchi Gymnastic, Improvisation, Basic Lucoq, Therapeutic Essential Yoga), and apply into Butoh Dance.
Body Movement Exploration which focuses on internal physical perception, sensation and experience. It develops the understanding and knowledge of your body/instruments. Knowing & Understanding own instruments is an essential tool as a performer and a person. We will do variety of Body Movement Work (Pure Movement, Laban Movement Analysis, Noguchi Gymnastic, Improvisation, Basic Lucoq, Therapeutic Essential Yoga), and apply into Butoh Dance.
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Dates:
Tuesday 2/19 Tuesday 2/26 Friday 3/1 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: Grace & St. Paul's Churh 123 West 71st Street, New York Fee: $15-20 (Scale Payment) Cash, Check, Venmo, Paypal Series II Physical Theatre & Butoh in March Series III Visual Arts & Butoh in May the dates are TBA |
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"My dance is the expansion of human concept- letting a human body metamorphosis into anything including an animal, a plant, even an object which does not have a life, and the fundamental ideology of my butoh is finding the possibility." -Tatsumi Hijikata
"Butoh is a dance of life" - Kazuo Ono
"You are enough" -Elizabeth Kemp
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"There is no light without darkness" -many teachers
"Butoh is a sensation; not a presentation"
"Butoh is breathing"
"Pay attention to the cracks, because that's where the light gets in"-Leonard Cohen
About Instructor:
Yokko is an actor, a Butoh & Theatre Artist, Movement & Physical Theatre educator. Yoga Instructor & Jikiden Reiki master from Japan. She has been regularly teaching weekly classes, and holding workshops in several places include NYC, Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College(MA), and at some events such as Ecstatic Dance.
She has acted in, devised and choreographed a variety of local and international shows, having won several awards, including Best One-Woman Show, "Best Choreography" and "Best Actress" for Butoh Medea (United Solo 2014 NYC at Theatre Row, TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards). Butoh Medea was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. Other Theatre credits include: Hide Your Fires (NU Works with Pan Asian Rep, United Solo 2017: Theatre Row) BALDY (CRS, United Solo 2013, HFF 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), ISIS Variation (Fringe NYC 2014), FACET (Irondale Center, Wave Rising Series, HFF 2013). Yokko also acted in several of local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Silver Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). She is the associate artistic director of The Ume Group as well as the artistic director of Ren Gyo Soh in NYC. Winner of Outstanding Production, Choreography, and Ensemble (SHINKA at Planet Connections 2018), Best Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, United Solo 2015). Best Physical Theatre, Best Sound Design (Hide Your Fires at United Solo 2017) B.A in Theatre (UAlbany), MFA in Acting (The Actors Studio). www.rengyosoh.com; www.butohmedea.com
Awards:
Winner of Outstanding of Choreography
Winner of Outstanding Production of an experimental of a dance piece
Winner of Outstanding of Ensemble of an experimental or a dance piece
(above three awards are for SHINKA, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018)
Winner of Best Actress (Butoh Medea, TVolution Hollywood Fringe Award 2018)
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (Hide Your Fires, United Solo NYC 2017)
Winner of Best Sound Design (Hide Your Fires, United Solo NYC 2017)
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2015)
Winner of Best Choreography (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2014)
Winner of Best One Woman Show (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2014)
Recipient of Special Award (Butoh Medea, Thespis Festival 2018, Kiel, Germany)
Recipient of Green Award (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018 NYC)
Nominee for Best International Play (Butoh Medea, Hollywood Fringe 2018)
Nominee for Best Dance and Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, Hollywood Fringe 2018)
Nominee for Best Supporting Actress (Messenger in Antigone, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2016)
Nominee for Asian Arts Award (Butoh Medea, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015)
Nominee for Best International Play (BALDY, Hollywood Fringe 2013)
"Butoh is a dance of life" - Kazuo Ono
"You are enough" -Elizabeth Kemp
-----
"There is no light without darkness" -many teachers
"Butoh is a sensation; not a presentation"
"Butoh is breathing"
"Pay attention to the cracks, because that's where the light gets in"-Leonard Cohen
About Instructor:
Yokko is an actor, a Butoh & Theatre Artist, Movement & Physical Theatre educator. Yoga Instructor & Jikiden Reiki master from Japan. She has been regularly teaching weekly classes, and holding workshops in several places include NYC, Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College(MA), and at some events such as Ecstatic Dance.
She has acted in, devised and choreographed a variety of local and international shows, having won several awards, including Best One-Woman Show, "Best Choreography" and "Best Actress" for Butoh Medea (United Solo 2014 NYC at Theatre Row, TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards). Butoh Medea was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. Other Theatre credits include: Hide Your Fires (NU Works with Pan Asian Rep, United Solo 2017: Theatre Row) BALDY (CRS, United Solo 2013, HFF 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), ISIS Variation (Fringe NYC 2014), FACET (Irondale Center, Wave Rising Series, HFF 2013). Yokko also acted in several of local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Silver Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). She is the associate artistic director of The Ume Group as well as the artistic director of Ren Gyo Soh in NYC. Winner of Outstanding Production, Choreography, and Ensemble (SHINKA at Planet Connections 2018), Best Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, United Solo 2015). Best Physical Theatre, Best Sound Design (Hide Your Fires at United Solo 2017) B.A in Theatre (UAlbany), MFA in Acting (The Actors Studio). www.rengyosoh.com; www.butohmedea.com
Awards:
Winner of Outstanding of Choreography
Winner of Outstanding Production of an experimental of a dance piece
Winner of Outstanding of Ensemble of an experimental or a dance piece
(above three awards are for SHINKA, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018)
Winner of Best Actress (Butoh Medea, TVolution Hollywood Fringe Award 2018)
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (Hide Your Fires, United Solo NYC 2017)
Winner of Best Sound Design (Hide Your Fires, United Solo NYC 2017)
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2015)
Winner of Best Choreography (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2014)
Winner of Best One Woman Show (Butoh Medea, United Solo NYC 2014)
Recipient of Special Award (Butoh Medea, Thespis Festival 2018, Kiel, Germany)
Recipient of Green Award (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018 NYC)
Nominee for Best International Play (Butoh Medea, Hollywood Fringe 2018)
Nominee for Best Dance and Physical Theatre (Butoh Medea, Hollywood Fringe 2018)
Nominee for Best Supporting Actress (Messenger in Antigone, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2016)
Nominee for Asian Arts Award (Butoh Medea, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015)
Nominee for Best International Play (BALDY, Hollywood Fringe 2013)
