Butoh and Continuum Workshops

Butoh – Workshop
By Syv
Saturdays 12, 19, 26 May 2012, 7pm-9pm
Saturdays 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June 2012, 7pm-9pm
Saturday 7 July 2012, 7pm-9pm
The Substation Dance Studio
Admission: $25 per session, drop in. For more information contact Cyril admin@substation.org

Butoh is a mesmerizing, powerful and poetic dance created in Japan after WWII. It is a unique movement that is not dictated from the outside, but comes from the inner world of each individual. In Butoh, one lets the body be moved by memories, feelings, and stories, through imagery and by letting go of one’s daily mind and consciousness. Butoh is a journey through the rhythm of our bodies and the universe, bringing freedom in expression and in the way we perceive ourselves. It takes us to a place where everything is possible. Butoh can be both a healing and creative process.

By bringing awareness to the body and away from boundaries of the ego and the mind, learn to connect to yourself and your environment; unearth and release tensions buried deep in your body and mind. Liberate yourself from emotional and physical stress and communicate with yourself, others, and your surroundings in a new and novel way. This workshop requires no dance experience. Anyone who would like to explore their hidden creative potentials is welcome. What to bring: curiosity, willingness to move, comfortable clothes and bare feet.

Moving Resonance (Continuum) – Workshop
By Syv
Thursdays 10, 24, 31 May 2012, 7pm-9pm
Thursdays 14, 21, 28 June 2012, 7pm-9pm
Thursday 5 July 2012, 7pm-9pm
The Substation Dance Studio
Admission: $25 per session, drop in.
For more information contact Cyril admin@substation.org

Moving Resonance is a meditative sound technique that enhances mobility, healing and growth whether physical or emotional. This method reminds us that our bodies are primarily water which can be shaped with sound and breath. During this class, we start by bringing consciousness and awareness to our bodies and our environment.  We slowly take this awareness deep into the body, at a cellular level. With different sound frequencies, learn to stimulate internal sensations and responses which eventually lead to movement.

About the Instructor

Born in France, Syv went to Japan after university to explore Asia and its culture and never left this part of the world. Following her passion for food and travel, she and a friend opened a vegetarian restaurant in Vietnam and subsequently in Thailand. She has always found food as a means to provide joy and bonding between people. This passion enlightened her interest in healing techniques and therapies and led her to dance therapy/movement healing. She discovered Butoh while in Japan and studied it in the Himalayas. She studied other dance techniques in New York City. She was trained by Japanese Butoh master Lee Rhizome and was inspired by Eiko, Koma, KatsuraKan and Tetsuro Fukuhara. She also studied Continuum, Feldenkrais Method and Physical Theater and incorporates some of those learning in her movement therapy. Syv believes that movement can be a part of self-healing, self-discovery and creation.  Through movements and sounds, she wants to help people reconnect with their bodies, themselves, and the environment. It will allow an individual to discover the infinite possibilities of movement and the freedom and joy it brings, and to welcome healing, transformation, and a better general well-being.