8 day workshop –3 BODY HINTERLAND (elements of movement and place)
with Mari Osanai, Isak Immanuel, Yuko Kaseki

October 27 - November 4, 2012 (off day Oct 29) at 11:00-17:00h

EDEN*****
STUDIOS
Breite Straße 43 / 13187 Berlin - Pankow
www.dock11-berlin.de

Cost: 380 euro (350 euro paid by October 15)

Transfer to Yuko Kaseki
Sparkasse Berlin
Kt.Nr.: 34621377
BLZ: 10050000

Info: info@cokaseki.com
fon: 0176 23 22 16 51

This is a rare chance of three different aspects of movement investigation with teachers from Japan and USA.  Mari Osanai (Aomori) leads from her minimalist synthesis of Noguchi Taiso and contemporary methods of opening body sensitivity and efficiency.  Isak Immanuel (San Francisco) engages inquiries to site/sight specific bodies from a unique combination of conceptual and physical practices. Yuko Kaseki (Berlin) investigates Butoh influenced improvisational work with spatial awareness, permeation, transformation, and dynamism. Throughout the eight days, each teacher exchanges in the leading of a focused practice and exploration.   

"Your weight is thought and thought is image. " -Michizo Noguchi

MARI OSANAI is an Independent dance artist, choreographer and Noguchi Taiso (gymnastics) instructor. Born in Aomori city Japan, she was trained in Classical Ballet and Modern Dance at early age and later studied Tai-chi, Jazz dance, Noguchi Taiso, and in the classes of Hironobu Oikawa. Her unique and complex movements are created interweaving these techniques. Particularly Noguchi Taiso and its theory has had a great influence on her creations. She is a minimalist of dance. In 1980, she started teaching, choreographing, and performing as an independent dance artist in Japan. in 1994, she began performing overseas, and has performed in Canada, USA, and Greece. 

ISAK IMMANUEL is an interdisciplinary artist, dancer, and choreographer working internationally in unconventional spaces, theaters, galleries, and for camera. He is the artistic director of the performance and exhibition series Tableau Stations. Recent work has been as a fellowship recipient from the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts in Japan, at the Taipei Artist Village and HweiLan International Artists Workshop in Taiwan, Fabrica Europa in Italy, Dock11 in Berlin, CESTA in the Czech Republic, and at New Langton Arts, CounterPULSE, and Djerassi in the SF Bay Area. Notable past work has been with Anna Halprin, Koichi and Hiroko Tamano, Katsura Kan, Thomas Langhoff, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Yuko Kaseki, and Luigi Coppola. www.tableaustations.org 

YUKO KASEKI is a Butoh dancer, performer, choreographer and teacher, based in Berlin since 1995. She studied Butoh Dance and Performing Art in HBK Baunschweig with Anzu Furukawa and danced her company Dance Butter Tokio and Verwandlngsamt in 1989-2000. She is co- founder of the dance company cokaseki in 1995 with Marc Ates. Solos, ensemble performances andImprovisations, are performed throughout Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, and the USA. These theme-driven works incorporate Butoh, contemporary dance, visual design, texts, and soundscapes. Since 2004, she organizes and performs apart of the improvisation series AMMO-NITE GIG (Vol.1-39+),with many international musicians, dancers, and performance artists. Past collaborations include: inkBoat (SF), CAVE (NY), Degenerate Art Ensemble (Seattle), Tableau Stations (SF), Theater Thikwa (Berlin) and many others. www.cokaseki.com

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10x Wednesday Training with Yuko Kaseki, Isak Immanuel, and guest

Wednesday at 20:00 - 22:00h (October 3 – December 5, 2012)

ada studio Uferstudios / Studio 7
Uferstraße 8/23, 13357 Berlin – Wedding
www.ada-studio.de

Cost: 110 euro for 10 classes /  Drop in 13 euro

Information: info@cokaseki.com

Body training led by weekly changing teachers from different backgrounds, including: Butoh, Noguchi Gymnastics, Contemporary Dance, Physical Theatre, Qigong, and spatial Improvisation. We will explore the dynamics of conditioning a pliable sensitive body relative to change.  Exercises are developed for moving with image, release, and fluidity between the tactile everyday body and non-human awareness. Shifting between spaces and layers of perception and orientation, physical imagination opens.  

Activities 2012-2013
November 15-18    Changing Lot, 3 solo dance works by Mari Osanai, Isak Immanuel and Yuko Kaseki, Dock11, Berlin
March 2013    International Butoh Workshop in the Rainforest, Puerto Maldonado, Peru (contact: info@cokaseki.com)