Starting in January 2025, we will launch the "Kyoto Butoh Experience" program, which will allow international travelers to experience Butoh in Kyoto. Prior to that, we would like to create a website and SNS of the "Kyoto Butoh Experience" and offer information to overseas. Therefore, we will hold a Butoh workshop on December 14th to take photos and videos to be posted on the "Kyoto Butoh Experience" website and SNS. The workshop is free of charge, however we have three requests.
1. Someone who don't mind us posting photos and videos that include you on the "Kyoto Butoh Experience" website and SNS.
2. Someone who can provide us with feedback after the workshop.
3. Someone who can post a review of the workshop on TripAdvisor.
If you can accept the above requests, please apply. We look forward to seeing you.
Date: Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Time: 13:00-16:00
* 13:00-15:00: Workshop, 15:00-16:00: Feedback
* Before the WS, there will be a Butoh demonstration by the instructor (about 5 minutes).
Location: Kyoto Kamogawa Doin, 109 Bukkoji Higashicho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
京都鴨川道院 京都市下京区仏光寺東町109
6 minutes walk from Exit 5 of Shijo Station on the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway
The entrance to “Kyoto Kamogawa Doin” is
the door on the left. On the right is the entrance to the Saju(茶住) Kyoto Hotel.
Number of participants: 10 (first come, first served)
Fee: Free
Language: English/Japanese
Instructor: Daiji Meguro
Contact: 080-4716-0214 freebutohws@gmail.com
What is Butoh?
Butoh is a dance that originated in Japan and is said to have begun with Tatsumi Hijikata's work "Kinjiki" in 1959. Early Butoh dance questioned the existing aesthetic concept of the body and found beauty in distortion, ugliness, crudeness, and death. After that, various expressions were found by Butoh companies such as Dairakudakan, Sankai Juku, and Byakkosha, as well as individual Butoh dancers such as Akira Kasai and Ko Murobushi, and now new Butoh is being explored by Butoh dancers not only in Japan but also from all over the world, including the younger generation.
Daiji Meguro
Daiji Meguro studied Butoh under Tatsumi Hijikata’s wife Akiko Motofuji and was a member of Asbestos Studio from 2001 to 2003. He was a member of Ko&Edge Co., established by Ko Murobushi, from 2003 to 2010. In 2004, He established his own Butoh company NUDE. It was active until 2009. He has been working as a solo Butoh dancer and choreographer since 2009. In 2010, he studied abroad in New York City as a member of the "Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists", sponsored by the Japanese government. He aims to explore and present the Butoh’s body in contemporary period.
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