Butoh & Embodied Research Workshops
Expanding the legacy of Butoh: embodied research workshops and classes in London
Classes, Workshops, Hackathons
Join our workshops to explore somatic practices and deepen your understanding of the body in contemporary Butoh art and dance.
Butoh Mutations Classes & Workshops
In 2025, weekly sessions are being replaced by quarterly intensive workshops.
Online sessions are also available on request. Please send an email enquiry.
Classes are taught by Dominique Savitri Bonarjee, author of Butoh, as Heard by a Dancer (Routledge, 2024).
Mutating Butoh means exploring contemporary perspectives on Butoh's legacy. Butoh Mutations weaves together an ecology of movement traditions, including spiritual practices, ritual and meditation. The core focus is to foster new psychic and somatic practices that expand the contemporary relevance and perpetuate the ongoing craft of Butoh dance.
Current class schedule:
Winter Workshop: "Your Body Can Weave Spacetime" London, 25 -26 January 2025 at Colet House
Butoh Mutations International Workshops
Experience transformative somatic movement classes that connect body, mind, and contemporary artistic discourse. Upcoming workshops are planned in London, Berlin, and subarctic Sweden.
International Workshop: "The Body as Imaginal Practice" with Northern Sustainable Futures
Moskosel, Sweden, Spring 2025 >>
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Participate in an Embodiment Hackathon, deep dive with the Embodied Theory Lab research workshops, and learn about cross-discilinary gatherings that unpack the fascinating intersections of Butoh, embodiment theory, non-linear time, electronics and biofeedback sensors, computational technologies and AI.
Embodied Research: Time, Body. Technology
COLLAPSE London, 2024 (photo: Maria Meco)
I had long been intrigued by butoh but struggled to find the right teacher in London. After a life-changing spine injury, I decided to join Dominique’s classes, seeking a way to reconnect with my body. Dominique’s deep dedication to butoh, her training with the masters and the beautiful room we were learning in immediately put me at ease. Her teaching revealed a new philosophy of movement that transformed my relationship with my post-injury body. I would urge everyone, no matter their age or ability, to explore butoh in Dominique’s classes—you will no doubt uncover something amazing.
- Keira Johnson, professional dancer
"For me, the whole experience cannot be easily described with words, that's how fascinating it is! The space where I could connect to my humble - self. The dance/movement is a kind of deep listening that is not for expressing myself, it is to dissolve the ego and compromise with a sense of “self"."
- Tu Perkins
"Dominique creates a unique situation in her classes in which she shares her extensive understanding of the practice and history of Butoh along with a range of other practices in response to the needs and interests of members of the class. She creates and maintains a beautiful balance between leading and sensitively inter-acting with us, individually and as a group: allowing us all to enquire into ourselves and our world, to work closely with others, and to feel supported and facilitated in doing so under her guidance. I’ve been attending Dominique’s class for over a year; I signed up originally because my first (very good) experience of Butoh was attending a 3-day workshop led by another teacher (at another venue) and I wanted to find a regular class. I value the weekly classes being a regular part of my life (and miss them during breaks!) Dominique’s classes have had a liberating effect on me; I have felt the effect of them develop week on week and they continue to impact on, and benefit, both my physical and psychological wellbeing."
- Jane Wildgoose, artist and historian
"Participating in Dominique's Butoh course was a most rewarding experience. Her skilled and gentle guidance into explorations based on images and movements opened up in me areas and insights that were new to me and utterly fascinating - truly a deep and enjoyable learning experience. I very much hope that she will soon offer another course or a series of classes and workshops at Colet House."
- Klaus, bookseller
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