Press Release
2016/6/10
[16-07] "Difference - Own your Difference" - Moving Bodies Butoh and Live Art Festival
Masaki Iwana together with Eleanor Lawler, Cillian Roche & Michael Higgins of Open Night Cinema, Tash Buke, Rachel Sweeney, Kathleen Moroney, Tobi Omoteso, Susanne Warwa, Francesca Arri, Yuri Dini, Sinead Keogh, Luca Pierucci, Miriam Needham, Antje O’Toole, Claire O’Sulivan and Ambra Gatto Bergamasco will come together in Dublin between 24th June and 25th to perform Butoh and Live Art, and Masaki Iwana, butoh master, will teach a workshops from the 26th to the 29th of June 2016.
The theme of 2016 is “Difference”. Butoh is a form of art and dance that emerged in Japan in the late 1950s by founder Tatsumi Hijikata and developed further by Kazuo Ohno. Butoh dancers dance fluidly, embracing gravity and aspire to reach the essence of human spirit, while conventional Western dance is characterised by the beauty of dynamic movement. Sophisticated and detailed movement developed from body language has created a unique mode of expression. Their performances have received support and praise from various cultural spheres throughout the world.
Performances (Mart, 190a Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6)
24 June Performances
17.00 on 24 June : Claire O’Sullivan (exhibition) + Francesca Arri (video performance)
18.00 on 24 June : Miriam Needham
18.45 on 24 June : Kathleen Moroney Lecture Performance (sculpture site specific and Butoh)
20.00 on 24 June : Natasha Burke
21.15 on 24 June: Open Night Cinema – ONC with Cillian Roche, Michael Higgins, Shane Cleare, Oli Ryan
25 June Performances
15.00 on 25 June: Antje O’Toole, Tobi Omoteso – advised for families and children
17.00 on 25 June: June Susanna Warwa (video performance)
18.00 on 25 June: Eleanor Lawler – Performance indicated for the Elders + Sinead Keogh
20.00 on 25 June: Ambra Gatto Bergamasco + Luca Pierucci
20.30 on 25 June: Yuri Dini
21.30 on 25 June: Rachel Sweeney
Workshops (Fringe Lab, Sycamore Building, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2)
12.00 - 16.00 on 26 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 27 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 28 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 29 June: Masaki Iwana
(Please contact Moving Bodies Festival about tickets and details of performances and workshops)
Mrs Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland said, “I am very happy that the Embassy of Japan co-organised this Butoh event in Ireland this year, especially in the run up to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan. I hope that many Irish people enjoy the performances and workshops, and gain an insight into contemporary Japanese dance.”
Ms Ambra G. Bergamasco, Moving Bodies said, ”It is a great honor to see the festival continuing the collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland for 2016”, and continued, “I hope this sees a great result also for the celebrations in 2017 for a long collaboration to bring Butoh artists and European on the same stage.”
Moving Bodies Butoh and Live Art Festival is co-organised by the Moving Bodies Festival and the Embassy of Japan in Ireland.
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(Contact)
Ms Ambra G. Bergamasco, Moving Bodies Festival
E-mail: butohfestivaldublin@gmail.com,
Website: http://movingbodiesbutohfestival.com/
Press and Cultural Affairs Section, Embassy of Japan in Ireland
Tel: 01 - 202 8305
E-mail: cultural@ir.mofa.go.jp
Website: https://www.ie.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.html
The theme of 2016 is “Difference”. Butoh is a form of art and dance that emerged in Japan in the late 1950s by founder Tatsumi Hijikata and developed further by Kazuo Ohno. Butoh dancers dance fluidly, embracing gravity and aspire to reach the essence of human spirit, while conventional Western dance is characterised by the beauty of dynamic movement. Sophisticated and detailed movement developed from body language has created a unique mode of expression. Their performances have received support and praise from various cultural spheres throughout the world.
Performances (Mart, 190a Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6)
24 June Performances
17.00 on 24 June : Claire O’Sullivan (exhibition) + Francesca Arri (video performance)
18.00 on 24 June : Miriam Needham
18.45 on 24 June : Kathleen Moroney Lecture Performance (sculpture site specific and Butoh)
20.00 on 24 June : Natasha Burke
21.15 on 24 June: Open Night Cinema – ONC with Cillian Roche, Michael Higgins, Shane Cleare, Oli Ryan
25 June Performances
15.00 on 25 June: Antje O’Toole, Tobi Omoteso – advised for families and children
17.00 on 25 June: June Susanna Warwa (video performance)
18.00 on 25 June: Eleanor Lawler – Performance indicated for the Elders + Sinead Keogh
20.00 on 25 June: Ambra Gatto Bergamasco + Luca Pierucci
20.30 on 25 June: Yuri Dini
21.30 on 25 June: Rachel Sweeney
Workshops (Fringe Lab, Sycamore Building, Sycamore St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2)
12.00 - 16.00 on 26 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 27 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 28 June: Masaki Iwana
16.00 - 20.00 on 29 June: Masaki Iwana
(Please contact Moving Bodies Festival about tickets and details of performances and workshops)
Mrs Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland said, “I am very happy that the Embassy of Japan co-organised this Butoh event in Ireland this year, especially in the run up to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan. I hope that many Irish people enjoy the performances and workshops, and gain an insight into contemporary Japanese dance.”
Ms Ambra G. Bergamasco, Moving Bodies said, ”It is a great honor to see the festival continuing the collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Ireland for 2016”, and continued, “I hope this sees a great result also for the celebrations in 2017 for a long collaboration to bring Butoh artists and European on the same stage.”
Moving Bodies Butoh and Live Art Festival is co-organised by the Moving Bodies Festival and the Embassy of Japan in Ireland.
(END)
(Contact)
Ms Ambra G. Bergamasco, Moving Bodies Festival
E-mail: butohfestivaldublin@gmail.com,
Website: http://movingbodiesbutohfestival.com/
Press and Cultural Affairs Section, Embassy of Japan in Ireland
Tel: 01 - 202 8305
E-mail: cultural@ir.mofa.go.jp
Website: https://www.ie.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.html