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 Weekly Classes
Our weekly sessions run approximately every quarter. This is an open class focused on Butoh dance and its contemporary mutations.
Classes are taught by Dominique Savitri Bonarjee, author of Butoh, as Heard by a Dancer.
'Mutating' Butoh is about exploring contemporary perspectives on Butoh's legacy. We do this through an ecology of movement traditions that help in fostering new psychic and somatic techniques that nurture the contemporary relevance and ongoing craft and creativity of Butoh dance.
Current class schedule:
Dancing Dark Intentions
Wednesdays 7.30 - 9.00pm at Colet House, London
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.
Winter Workshop: "Your Body Can Weave Spacetime" London, 25 -26 January 2025 at Colet House
Spring Workshop: "The Body as Imaginal Practice" Moskosel, Sweden, 14 - 24 April 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
"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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