An inner voyage Butoh dance workshop
As my artistic background is based in Butoh dance I want to share an inner voyage approach to improvisation.
In this workshop, we will use the expressive form of Butoh to create absurd and fantastical dialogues in the fields of feeling. By dancing we turn into story-tellers whose bodies create an affair of the in-between, clasped by moments of spirituality.
We will examine these fields of feeling by taking positions and by jumping into emotions. We will also become aware that a little taste of dominance and submission can make us more playful.
delta® has been an art performer, dancer, choreographer, art director and light & stage artist since the late 70's.
In 1985 he started his autodidactic dance studies by experimenting on stage and specialising in the German “Ausdruckstanz” (expressionist dance). In 1986 he started practicing Butoh, studying with Tetsuro Tamura, Akaji Maro, Kazuo Ohno and Anzu Furukawa in Tokyo.
In 1987 he founded tatoeba-THÉÂTRE DANSE GROTESQUE with Minako Seki and Yumiko Yoshioka in Berlin.
In 1995 he created "eX...it!" an international symposium and dance exchange project. Together with Yumiko Yoshioka he curates and directs this 4-yearly event at the Castle of Bröllin, an art-in-residence centre in Germany.
In 1998 he started exploring interactions with dance. His “Foot Washing Ceremony” presents an interactive public dance-installation for one person (www.feetwash.de).
Since 2000 he mainly collaborates with Felix Ruckert in Berlin and Gregor Weber in Cologne.
Through Felix he got in touch with Contemporary Dance, participatind in Felix Ruckert's interactive performances including “Deluxe Joy Pilot”, “Ring”, “Love Zoo” and “Secret Service”. He also regularly teaches at xplore.
Since 2004 he has been administrative director of Cie. Felix Ruckert Berlin e.V. and since 2008 administrative director of schwelle7.
As part of the Creation Team of the Xplore he is responsible for all production affairs, especially website, financial affairs, registration and participant's support.
