DICHOTOMIES – DANCE OF OPPOSITES

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BUTOH INTENSIVE SUMMER WORKSHOP

Revealing the Transformative Power of Contrast

INTENSIVE SUMMER WORKSHOP WITH MATILDE J. CIRIA AND CAMILLA GIANI

We invite you to explore the profound creative force that emerges from the encounter of opposites. This workshop is for those willing to embrace contrast as a path to knowledge and expansion.

If you feel called to dance on the edge of duality, join us on this journey.

WHEN

Arrival July 13th 2025 (after lunch, we will have dinner together).
7 days workshop.
Departure July 21th 2025 (after lunch, we will have lunch together).

WHERE

Schloss Broellin. Germany.

schloss bröllin e.V.
Bröllin 3
17309 Fahrenwalde
Tel. +49 (0) 39747 5650-00

To get there; You just have to find your way to get to pasewalk and we will organize a couple of transports from Pasewalk to Schloss Broellin the day of arrival, and two more on departure day.

You can also get there by you own means.
More details after inscription.

HOW MUCH

PRICES AND CONDITIONS:

CAMPING……………………………………………575,00€
¾ PAX ROOM………………………………………650,00€
¾ PAX ROOM WITH BATHROOMS……….725,00€
DOUBLE ROOM…………………………………..825,00€
SINGLE ROOM…………………………………….900,00€

All the prices include workshop fee, accommodaton and 3 vegetarian meals per day.

On the day of arrival only the dinner will be served, on the day of departure breakfast and lunch will be served.

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BUTOH

Born as a rebellion against both Western and traditional Japanese dance, Butoh itself embraces duality as a transformative power. It resists definition, stability, expectations, existing in constant metamorphosis: it is at constant rebellion against itself.

Inspired by the Japanese concept of Ma (間) — the space between things—Butoh exists in a state of unresolved becoming. By surrendering to opposition, the dancer finds freedom, letting external and internal forces shape movement.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

In this workshop we will be turning contrast into an engine of metamorphosis.

Can two opposite states coexist without one overpowering the other? Must there have to be someone to lose? Can we discover a space where contrasts engage in dialogue, giving birth to new realities?  What we often perceive as a conflict can also be envisioned as a dance of life, a driving force for transformation which originates new possibilities we would not have discovered without the challenge of an opponent. As the meeting of hot and cold air generates rain—a release of energy that nourishes life—our exploration of contrasts will lead to unpredictable movement, that will nourish our dance.

A 3 PHASES JOURNEY

1 phase –– CLEAR WEATHER.
SEPARATE CLASSES

During the first phase, each of us will guide you through our own unique explorations:

· Matilde will lead you into the universe of ni.butoh, exploring the unnamed, the limitless, the underground, and the intimate. We will work with the concept of the hollow – “what is not” – and its transformative power.

· Camilla will focus on what happens on the surface. We will explore the liminal space where one thing ends and another one begins, investigating border spaces where subtle yet powerful creative impulses arise, sometimes hidden in plane light!

2 phase – CLOUDS.
CO-TEACHING

In the second phase we will weave these contrasting explorations into a unified experience. The two paths will merge into only one, where both teachers will lead together the classes. A meeting ground of opposites where Butoh dance emerges and transforms.

3 phase – PREPARING THE STORM.
CREATION

In the third phase we will immerse ourselves into specific creations. Exploring and sharing the “art of becoming” and the “art of being,” discovering in opposition an inexhaustible source of creation.

7^TH DAY:  THE RAIN COMES!

The last day we will give ourselves to the magical ritual of performance to share the result of our research.

THE PARTICIPANTS

All bodies are invited! We would be thrilled to have a diverse group to explore the dance of opposites. Imagine young and mature bodies, experts and beginners, professionals and amateurs, pioneers and old-timers, exploring the contrasts within our bodies, imagination and movements.

ABOUT US:

We met in Ten Pen Chii in 2010, and we grew in Butoh under the wings of Yumiko Yoshioka. Ever since we have been collaborating as artists and friends, driven and united by the love of Butoh. Our vision was so profoundly connected that in 2024 our path joined again to give birth to BIG – Butoh international Gathering, the biggest and most important event for butoh dissemination in Europe, and a great legacy from Ex..it project

During BIG we have been able to put our diversity at the service of a shared goal and this is why our different ways worked as pillars of a temple, they supportively engaged to what was necessary, We consciously yielded any friction for the sake of BIG!!!!

Since we have been working so smoothy together we decided to look for some creative friction!

Though our Butoh experience has been mostly intertwined, each of us has a different background, Camilla is also a contemporary dancer and choreographer, while Matilde has a strong theater and clown work experience. This of course influences our way of teaching and creating.

More about Camilla…
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