Deep Kyoto: Walks Publisher: Deep Kyoto; 1st edition (May 18, 2014) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. ASIN: B00KFM2J0C URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFM2J0C Price: $7.99 (811 yen) Editors: Michael Lambe & Ted Taylor Authors: Jennifer Louise Teeter, Bridget Scott, Miki Matsumoto, Robert Yellin, Pico Iyer, Chris Rowthorn, John Dougill, John Ashburne, … [Read more...]
Bridget Scott & Christopher Fryman in ALTI BUYOH FESTIVAL 3rd NOVEMBER from 6pm
Bridget says, Hello Everyone, I hope you are enjoying this lovely Autumn weather. On Thursday 3rd November, a public holiday, I will be appearing at ALTI Hall with musician Christopher Fryman. We are part of ALTI BUYOH FESTIVAL. We were lucky to be selected from numerous applicants to perform on this big stage with great sound and lighting systems. There will be 6 … [Read more...]
Bridget Scott’s Butoh Workshop #3
Our friend Bridget writes, On 24th July I will hold the third in my series of monthly butoh workshops at Ichijoji Shukaijo - an old dojo in Ichijoji. We will begin with a good warm up and then do some butoh image work, followed by pair work, some choreography and improvisation and finally a warm down. My workshop will be inspired by my work with my teachers Katsura … [Read more...]
Images from Schale Vol 8
Last Friday's eight installment of Schale at Urbanguild was a splendid night of vision, sound and music. In five collaborative multi-media acts, the various dancers, artists and musicians inspired each other into exploring the boundaries of their arts before a very appreciative audience. It was a packed house and not one of the acts disappointed! Christopher Fryman (trumpet, … [Read more...]
Butoh Workshops & Shiatsu Classes with Bridget Scott
Our friend Bridget Scott says, At last I am starting to teach my own monthly butoh workshop at Ichijoji Shukaijo - an old dojo in Ichijoji. In April I worked with Katsura Kan, who was the teacher who lead me into the butoh world in 1989. I also studied with Min Tanaka, and butoh greats: Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno. I feel as if I have come full circle after dancing with … [Read more...]
Katsura Kan Buto Workshop & Performances
Dance is the original behavior of the body. Dance is before or beyond words. Dance is play with the human form. In this intensive workshop, Katsura Kan will share ideas about dance choreography through his "Matrix". This is not a butoh class or lesson. Instead, it is an opportunity to do cooperative research about a "strange object".....THE BODY. Our friend Bridget … [Read more...]
Patterns: A Butoh Dance Performance
Bridget Scott writes: I know it is short notice, but I want to let you know about my performance on Sun 8th November in Kyoto. I will be performing with an old friend, Jeannie Donald-McKim, who I introduced to Butoh nearly 20 years ago. Jeannie returned to England and studied Dance Movement Therapy and set up Oxford based Butoh group, Cafe Reason. She is having a nostalgic … [Read more...]
