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             the empty house or the house of emptiness

For this fall workshop, we have a large empty house with a spacious garden at our disposal. We will train in the house, in the garden and in the great outdoors. We will embark on a performative search for lost time, because an abandoned house is always impregnated with traces of memory. Our field of perception and research is the house, the garden, our own bodies and the void.

Where there is nothing, everything is possible

For me, “empty space” is the point or place in a creative process

where nothing comes to mind and an absolute emptiness spreads in my head.

Peter Brook

Requirement:

Interest in exploring empty space, the void. What is empty space in relation to body and mind? How can I allow and endure the empty space? How does my body sensation change in empty space?

Date:                                       October 1-7 Oct 2024/ 7 days

Time:                                       11am- 17 pm

Location:                                 The empty house in Epauvillers/JU

Food :                                     about 15.-Fr/day

Cost:                     420.-Fr for 7 days,
For those who only come to the workshop on a daily basis, the daily
approach would be 70.-Fr  plus 15.- fr/day for food.

Contact and info:                    flaviaghisalberti708@gmail.com

                                               ++41 79 780 14 65

Flavia Ghisalberti is a multidisciplinary artist and performer. She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel from 1983-1989, followed by periodic exhibitions and poetic sound performances with self-created musical instruments. Since 1998 she has been intensively involved with Japanese Butoh dance. Flavia’s art explores the boundaries between body and mind and what they are prepared to endure. Masaki Iwana is an important teacher. In 2003, she co-founded the Butoh dance group In Between. In 2010, together with Fribourg and Strasbourg, she founded the tri-national ButohOff festival in Basel, which took place every two years across national borders. She teaches and performs in Switzerland, Europe and Russia.

http://www.fleuvie.wordpress.com

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http://www.inbetweenbutoh.com/

Shibari/Kinbaku is a Japanese form of tying people with ropes which was horrific in its past, however the ideas of modern Japanese slavery have changed and taken on a different meaning in today’s world. This has grown into art nowadays, the „essence“ of which, although it may differ depending on individual interests; I think we can generally say that in most cases it is about the liberation of the body and soul through bondage reaching a state of catharsis.

It is a nonverbal communication form where the object is the rope and the subject is being chosen by the two parties, considering their wishes and the „wheel of consent“. It is a play of trust, vulnerability, listening.

For Julia Shibari is a kind of gate to experience our true selves which transcend our character. In the catharsis experienced in tragedy, when opposing forces necessarily clash (in this case most likely these are pain and pleasure), a gate opens. As in death. Perhaps one of the keywords of Shibari for her is “death”. The fulfillment of life in death. The boundaries of the „I“ are blurred, the two people merge together, turning into a common dance. It can never be the same, nor can two moments.

Requirements: 

Bring ropes if possible. Julia will bring every one of hers, but depending on the amount of people, hers might not be enough. They don’t have to be special but make sure it has pleasant contact with the skin.

Willingness to be in contact with someone you may not know is recommended, for the sake of learning on each other’s bodies. You can also come in pairs if that suits you more. 

Bring your curiosity and playfulness.

Dates :                                              June 29/ 30

Time :                                               12- 17h/ Sa&So

Place :                                               Austober, Rappoltshof 10, Basel

Cost :                                                 120.- Fr

Application Deadline :                June 23

Info and application :                  flaviaghisalberti708@gmail.com,

 +41 79 7801465

Júlia Gombkötő is a contemporary dance performer from Hungary. She developed passion and interest in shibari a few years ago and since then she practices it.

  Der öffentliche Raum

english version below

Der öffentliche Raum als Ausgangspunkt und Inspirationsquelle für die Erarbeitung einer Performance. Orte haben bestimmte Bedeutungen und Funktionen. Diese sollen dazu inspirieren, inhaltlich und künstlerisch eine eigene Performance zu entwickeln. Mit gezielten Übungen werden wir unser Wahrnehmungsfeld erweitern und so ein Antennen Bewusstsein für unsere Umgebung wie auch für uns selbst entwickeln. Es werden Praktiken und Methoden vorgestellt, die uns helfen, mit psychischen wie auch physischen Grenzen umzugehen.

Voraussetzung zur Teilnahme ist eine Offenheit in Bezug auf neue Raum- und Körpererfahrungen. Interesse am Japanischen Butoh Tanz.

Zum Schluss des Workshops findet ein Performance Parcours im Hafen-Areal statt, an dem ein geneigtes Publikum Einsicht in das künstlerische Schaffen der einzelnen TeilnehmerInnen erhält.

Details zum Ablauf des Workshops findest du im Anhang!

Butoh Workshop Rhine harbour Basel 3-8 July 2023

The public space as a starting point and source of inspiration for the elaboration of a performance. Places have certain meanings and functions. These should inspire us to develop our own performance in terms of content and art. With specific exercises we will expand our field of perception and thus develop an antenna awareness for our surroundings as well as for ourselves. Practices and methods will be introduced that help us to deal with psychological as well as physical limits.

Prerequisite for participation is an openness to new experiences of space and body. Interest in Japanese Butoh dance.

At the end of the workshop, a performance parcours will take place in the Harbour Area, where an inclined audience will gain insight into the artistic work of the individual participants.

Details about the workshop you can find in the attachment!