Body/Environment 23-25 Aug 2012
Yoshidayama KYOTO
Intensive 3-day dance workshop
led by
Meyou Kobayashi (Body Weather Kyoto)
Set in the West of Kyoto. Workshop located in Yoshida where a minuets away from Yoshida Shrine and Ginkakuji(Shilver pavilion).You may enjoy a stunning landscape rich with wild life and a strong local tradition in Yoshidayama. We train also the river Kamogawa area.
◇with Guest teacher: Shin Sakuma and Mutsumi Abiru
Body/Landscape : The workshop proposes strategies to confront our bodies with the
multiplicity, unpredictability, directness and autonomy of the natural environment.
The aim is to explore and develop consciousness of the body itself being an ever evolving landscape within a greater surrounding landscape.The basic training and point of departure for this workshop, BODY WEATHER is a comprehensive training and performance practice that investigates the intersections of bodies and their environments. Bodies are not conceived as fixed entities, but just like the weather, constantly changing through an infinite and complex system of processes occurring in- and outside of these bodies.
Regular training/ Body Weather work
1 - MB (mind/body, muscles/bones)
An energetic, dynamic and rhythmic movement work-out that observes the kinaesthetic
sensitivity of the body-in-motion while developing strength, flexibility and grounding.
2 - Manipulations
Structured and paced work with partners, concerned with breathing, stretching,
alignment and relaxation.
3 - A wide forum of explorations to encourage an open and effective listening to one’s
mind and body and one’s environment. Emphasis is given on observation and feedback
as a means to objectify experience and to sharpen and articulate the perception of
bodies.
Participants: the workshop is for dancers, other performance practitioners and for
anyone interested in exploring the body and physical presence. Dance experience and
technical skills are not required but the work will be physically intensive.
Origin The term & philosophical basis for Body Weather was founded by dancer Min
Tanaka and further developed by Laboratories worldwide. Meyou trained Body weather at dance Hakusyu where Min tanaka who is the founder of Body weather used to lead the workshop. Also performend and trained with Oguri who was dancing with Min Tanaka and the Maijuku Performance Company. In
2008 Meyou found body weather 2000 with Oguri 'Body Weather USA' as a platform for
training and performance. Since 2008 she leads Body weather Kyoto connecting body and landscape with art, feldenkrais.
practical information
Dates 23- 25 Aug 2012
Address Kyoto city Sakyo-ku, Yoshida Kyoto
Workshop fee 6000yen repeater 5000yen. 3000yen/one class, 1500yen for citizen of Sakyo-ku, 2500yen for stutents and artists
Insurance Each participant should have a personal insurance.
Booking To apply send name, address, a short c.v. and a motivation letter
to Meyou Kobayashi, Body Weather Kyoto, /
felcafe@gmail.com. Within 1 week we will process your application
and upon acceptance you will need to send an enrolment
deposit of 6000yen to confirm your reservation. The whole course
fee needs to be transferred before 1 August 2012.
■require to be able to perform Oct 7th at Dance Ekiden.
Information and registration : felcafe@gmail.com