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A Close Encounter with Butoh Dance at the Kyoto Butoh-kan

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Today we have a special guest post from Florentyna Leow on the world’s first theatre expressly devoted to regular Butoh performances. Butoh is an avant-garde dance style originating in Japan. First developed by Kazuo Ono and Hijikata Tatsumi in the 1960s, one of the central features of Butoh is its very indefinability - it is difficult to attach a definition or set of … [Read more...]

Kyotographie Masterclass with Isabel Muñoz & Taketeru Kudo

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Thanks to Marguerite Paget for sending this in... Capture the Moment! – Grasping the body and the movement The work of Isabel Muñoz has always evolved around the body and movement. This is partly what has contributed Isabel Muñoz’s international notoriety. Passionate about dance, she has worked on various series dedicated to the arts she herself practiced for a long … [Read more...]

Music on the Edge of Silence: Shakuhachi Concert with Adrian Freedman

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A solo shakuhachi concert with Adrian Freedman in the beautiful garden of Eiun-In temple, part of the Kurodani temple complex in Kyoto. April 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: Eiun-In temple, Kyoto-shi, Sakyou-ku, Kurodani-cho 33, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan +Google Map Tickets on the door: ¥2,000 Bridget Scott says, 'A friend of mine, who lived here many years ago and is a … [Read more...]

Kyotographie Event: Zanele Masterclass On Self-Representation.

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Thanks to Marguerite Paget for sending this in... Date: April 16th 9:30-12:30 Fee: 10,000 JPY Muholi is a visual activist, photographer, educator with multiple solo shows and group exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide. In contrast to her life-long project of documenting members of the black LGBTI community of South Africa, for her latest body of work … [Read more...]