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Winter news 2023 :)

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Claire in the woods at Greycot, Brighton, by Yael Karavan

Dear friends / Queridos Amigos

(mais informação em Portuguese em baixo)

2023 has begun!
With a lot of mess worldwide...
but let us concentrate on the positive,
if we may,
The year has also started 
with a beautiful Butoh and Metamorphoses workshop
at Forum Danca :)
then a week's residency with sorella - Silvia Mercuriali
at Battersea Arts Centre, London.
Developing the Live version of Human Rights Bingo.
It feels like it is going to be a creative and active year
my work has become more and more of a mission...
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Loads to come in the coming months
and I hope our paths will cross
along the way
in the meantime
Keep warm
Keep healthy
and
as Andre Lepecki said in a conference
at TBA recently
one of the activists acts we can do these days 
is -
keeping out Friendships :)

ho, and the little St. Valentines/ cupid
with the arrow
should be on his/her way soon
on the 14th of Feb,
reminding us to celebrate
that magic thing called

LOVE

ate ja
beijinhos 

yaelxx
 

'I' Solo by Yael Karavan, inspired by the work of Sandra Tomboloni at Mevannucci, Pistoia, Italy

 
Workshop/ Oficina bi-lingual de BUTOH


Who is Dancing my Body?

Quem está a Dançar o meu Corpo?


25 e 26 de Fevereiro 11-17h

no Palacio Pancas Palha (compania Olga Roriz), Lisboa

 

' Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foreign to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here'  Tatsumi Hijikata

'Mesmo os teus próprios braços, no fundo do teu corpo sentem-se estranhos a ti, sentem que não te pertencem. Aqui reside um segredo importante. A essência radical de Butoh está aqui escondida' – Tatsumi Hijikata, fundador do Butoh

Este workshop trabalhará os elementos da metamorfose, presença, prontidão, contraste, a dança através de imagens e tensão entre opostos. O objectivo é libertar o corpo do seu conjunto preconcebido mundano de gestos e movimentos e, assim, permitir-nos aceder a uma essência mais profunda e autêntica de movimento e expressão arquetípica. Questionando como o Butoh pode ser traduzido para um corpo europeu e o porquê de o Butoh não ser apenas relevante, mas extremamente vital nos dias de hoje.
Yael Karavan tem mais de 25 anos de experiência em Butoh, durante os quais teve a oportunidade de trabalhar com os fundadores do Butoh no Japão: Kazuo Ohno e Motofuji San - esposa de Tatsumi Hijikata - bem como com Tadashi Endo e o MAMU dance theatre, Yumiko Yoshioka e Ten-Pen-Chi, Sankai Juku, Atsushi Takenuchi, Minako Seki, Carlota Ikeda, Yuko Kawamoto, Akira Kasai, Natsu Nakajuma entre outros.
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The main elements that will be explored in the workshop are metamorphoses, dance through imagery, presence, awareness, and the tension between opposites. The aim is to free the body from its mundane preconceived set of gestures and movements and thus allowing us to access a deeper and more authentic essence of movement and archetypal expression. Questioning how Butoh can be translated into a European Body and why is Butoh not just relevant but extremely vital nowadays.
Yael Karavan has more than 25 years of experience in Butoh, during which he had the opportunity to work with the founders of Butoh in Japan: Kazuo Ohno and Motofuji San – wife of Tatsumi Hijikata – as well as with Tadashi Endo and the MAMU dance theatre, Yumiko Yoshioka and Ten-Pen-Chi, Sankai Juku, Atsushi Takenuchi, Minako Seki, Carlota Ikeda, Yuko Kawamoto, Akira Kasai, Natsu Nakajuma among others.

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INSCRIÇÕES/ Registrations 
A inscrição é efectuada através do email- karavan.producao@gmail.com
e será validada após recepção do comprovativo de pagamento, que deverá enviar para email.
Destinatários: Profissionais, estudantes e pessoas com experiência prévia em movimento, dança e/ou teatro.
Número máximo de participantes: 20 pessoas
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TAXA DE PARTICIPAÇÃO/ Prices
Até 18 de Fevereiro: 75,00 €
A partir de 19 de Fevereiro: 85,00 €
Desconto de 10% para:
Pessoas que já frequentaram cursos de Butoh com a Yael a mais de 3 vezes
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Homenagem
Human Rights Bingo is Back in its LIVE version!


30th Jan -5th of Feb we were in residence at BAC, London
+a scratch on the 3rd of Feb from which we learned loads!


Next is an open workshop/ Scratch at Holingdean Community Centre
this Thursday 9th of February 6-8 pm for more info email e.karavan@gmail.com


After that, we head to a residency at COR, Lisbon, from 15-22nd February
then to Lancaster Arts with workshops and a sharing of work in progress


WATCH THIS SPACE
 

 
created and performed in collaboration with Silvia Mercuriali
with Illustrations by Izhar Cohen, costumes by Lucy Bradridge, props by Tim Harbridge, and more... 

Conceptually ingenious, this interactive show is part competition, part comedy, and part learning experience in multiple senses... The transition to an online show is cleanly achieved, building a sense of community among theparticipants who are clearly instructed how to play. 
★​★★★​​TheReviewsHub​


Bingo! is a wild reimagining of the familiar game. Karavan and Mercuriali are extremely likable, and juggle the unpredictability of an interactive audience with impressive spontaneity... It’s a nudge to let ourselves off the hook, but remember our rights. 
★​★★★​​TheUpComing​​

It’s all weaved together cleverly, and delivered with great gusto by our two energetic performers, who hold the space admirably – with disco-dancing and clever quipping a plenty. Jolly good fun, and educational to boot! ​Total Theatre - Dorothy Max Prior

Audience feedback

It was fun. Great energy. Sense of humour. Creative and lots of talent. Wonderful illustrations. We had a great time, learning while laughing, thinking while playing.
Thank you, Yael and Silvia. This was my best zoom experience! 

 

 
This time with the aim of performing in a REAL BINGO hall!
Watch this space for more updated dates 
It's gonna be bonkers!
   
                             
Homenagem 

A new performance in collaboration with
Naomi Silman from LUME TEATRO, Brazil

Primeira partilha dia 24 de Fevereiro 20h30 Brazilian Time/ 23h30 Portugal.
Na sede do Lume em Campinas, Sao Poulo e online.

 

 
HOMENAGEM é um espetáculo de teatro-dança que leva a palco o tema da
extinção de espécies, flora e fauna, cuja ausência terá silenciosas mas duras repercussões na vida do nosso planeta; emergindo da linha ténue entre o trágico e o cómico, traz à superfície as contradições do comportamento humano e da vida no nosso planeta terra. 


Photo from Kalipety village Brazil


Segundo o site SPECIES EXTINCTION RATE, o número de espécies em risco crítico de extinção já atingiu os 28%. Quem são essas espécies? Porque é que estão em risco? Qual a sua participação para o equilíbrio do planeta Terra? Com a sua extinção, que parte do Planeta se perde também? 

A tarefa é ambiciosa, exige uma investigação profunda e exaustiva, mas é necessário mergulhar nesta busca, sermos sensíveis perante a existência de outras espécies que, como nós, têm (ou deveriam ter) lugar neste Planeta. 
 


We have started our first phase of Research, Development, and Creation in mid-October, working with Chris and Raquel from Lume Teatro (thank you, Obrigada it was so very valuable and inspiring), two Biologists and with the Guarani and Kariri Xoko Indigenous tribes. A big thank you also to Michel from Ikatupe and Jera from Kalipety indigenous village where we were hosted for 2 magical days. This project has now taken off and we are so very excited and frightened by the grandeur of the challenge. The premiere should be presented in Lume Teatro and Feteag Festival in Recife in September 2023, then in Faro- Teatro das figuras and Lisbon. 
 

Watch this space!

        

 

 

Renascimento em danca
retiro/ retreat

Encontro de danca Butoh foi taoooooo booooom 
o proximo/ next one 


Spring edition- registrations are already open!

5-10 of April 2023

Quinta Ten Chi/ Sintra, Portugal


The Retreat includes the creation of a performance to be shared with audiences on the last day.

 
"I run a shop of the body, my profession, known under the name of 'dancer, is an enterprise of restoration of the human." T.Hijikata (fundador do Butoh)

We will gather for the 3rd time for 5 days diving into the art of Butoh through Intensive workshops with Sara Pons, Yael Karavan, Marlene Jöbstl, performances, creative process, impro, films, talks...


more info with Irene on: renascimentoemdanca@gmail.com
 
 
  
 
                                                    


Empathic Action / Art for the planet

We have recently launched our new website and are still open for your contributions/ work submissions.

Created in collaboration with Vincent Ordonenz

PRESS HERE TO SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES!

Dear friends of the world, in the face of the current state of our world we feel the need to break the silence and take action for our planet. Waiting for authorities to take act upon these urgent matters is a waste of time and we need to unite in the face of this crises in order to imagine a better future. Protecting our environment and ourselves is of most importance and must be done now before it’s too late. As part of this wondrous nature we must have more empathy and collaborate. We invite you to join our Empathic Action towards our one and only Home- Planet Earth, by adding in your Art and Heart. Please email us to if you'd like to be part of our project and add your work to it.

artfortheplanet.action@gmail.com


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