Explore the material quality of the body through the concept of the 'Four Dignities of Zen', walking, standing, sitting and lying down.

As the basic positions through which the body exists the majority of the time, you will become conscious of the minutiae of movement that are at work within the structures of the bodies. Moving between these states through alternate points of reference including space, time, anatomy and imagery you will move into dance.

Butoh emerged as a physical language of actions, happenings and revolt in 1960s Tokyo. Today it has gained popularity as a dance or theatre form in many countries. At its origins Butoh, more than a form, is a method for exploring what the moving, lived body is as flesh, as structure, as semiotic object.

This is an open-level workshop open to artists, performers, dancers and people with an interest in movement.

Dominique Baron-Bonarjee has been developing her performance art practice through a deep and 'embodied' research into Butoh, its origins and dancers since 2007 and was based in Japan for 3 years until 2014 in order to understand its development within Japanese society. She is currently based in Berlin and London. She has collaborated and worked with many dancers from the original founding period of Butoh dance including Yoshito Ohno, Ko Murobushi and Masaki Iwana as well as younger artsits still exploring Butoh's traces today.

28 & 29 November