Photo by Dola Baroni

This fall, butoh masters from across the globe are arriving for residency at CAVE, where they will participate in the New York Butoh Kan Training Initiative by leading introductory and intensive workshops from September to November. In addition, they will be performing works of their own, providing the opportunity ti experience the aesthetic of the masters firsthand. Performances run from 40 to 60 minutes in length.

YUKIO WAGURI
RESIDENCY PERIOD: SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 16

Waguri was the main male dancer at Tatsumi Hijikata’s Asbestos-Kan from 1972 to 1978. From this period, he kept notes of the words Hijikata-butoh’s co-founder-spoke while choreographing in order to stimulate dancers movement. These words are called Butoh-fu, a unique method for choreography. Waguri has made his own interpretation of these words and continues to use them as a method for his own choreography and teaching. Over the past 33 years he has taught and choreographed around the world. He is the Artistic Director of the Kohzensha Butoh Company. When choreographing and teaching, his focus is on transforming oneself to become imagery rather than depicting this through movement. The manner Waguri dance is often said to be as solid as crystal, limp and smart as a leopard, subtle and fine as a willow; his works are tightly choreographed rather than improvisational and he often employs the Butoh-fu learned from Tatsumi Hijikata. In 2004, Waguri published a Butoh book with CD-ROM titled Butou Kaden, which has been read worldwide and receives numerous interests among butoh dance scholars and practitioners as it unveils the essence of Hijikata’s Butoh notation and choreographic methods.

October 15 and 16
Time: 8:00 pm
Cost: $16 regular/ $13 CAVE Nexus member and student with ID.

In addition, Waguri will participate in an artist conversation, part of a series, lead by CAVE’s artistic co-director, Ximena Garnica. Each conversation brings the audience closer to the unique creative process of the teachers, and creates a platform for the exchange of ideas that is vital to the development and evolution of butoh. All conversations are streamed live on the net at CAVE’s online channel: http://nexus.cavearts.org/

Dates: October 11th
Time: 7:00 pm

For full details about Ludus: New York Butoh Kan Teaching Residency + Training Initiative and At Home: CAVE Performance Season, to purchase tickets and to register for workshops, please visit the CAVEarts LUDUS page, or call 347.838.4677, or email us.