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2023 ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT OF ORDER 

Green Room Awards

Nomination: Dance category (2024)

Visual Artist: Jacqui Stockdale, Artistic
Director: Yumi Umiumare
Lighting Design: Emma Lockhart-Wilson
(ButohOUT! 2023 and Abbotsford Convent)

The Age
"Yumi Umiumare and her ensemble embody the transformative power of Butoh,
translating extreme psychic experiences into grotesque gestures and ecstatic body states.”

ButohBar: Out of Order ★★★★ (2023)

ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER 

ButohOUT! 2023 brings you 5 public workshops in September/October in 2023 in various locations and a new experiment in the form of a bizarre Butoh BAR番狂わせOUT of ORDER in November, featuring dance, cabaret, song, poetry, and visual arts woven together by Butoh.

ButohOUT! Out of Order is an invitation to confront and celebrate being out of order. It shines a light on aspects of life that can be difficult to chew, swallow, and digest. This positive approach to the dysfunctionality of today will give artists and participants an unconventional form of relief by way of spiritual upheaval.

Butoh offers a unique perspective on the idea of being out of order, and can provide a source of insight, inspiration and creativity in the face of disruptions and challenges. Serious challenges not only caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but also the global crisis and human tensions we face today which beg the question “How do we create new ways of being that allows our heart and minds to heed what these times are asking of us?”

Welcome to the world of OUT OF ORDER.

The ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER menu included:

  • Tokyo nightbar-esque space & installations

  • Butoh 舞踏 dance performances

  • 15+ diverse performers

  • Out of Order Karaoke

  • Virtual interactions with Hokkaido Butoh Festival in Japan

  • Japanese food & sake by Tamura Sake Bar

  • Guest artists Surprise!

Read more event program details here.

CREDIT

CREATIVES:

Co-creator / artistic director/ choreographer Yumi Umiumare
Co-creator / creative producer Taka Takiguchi 滝口貴
Visual artist Jacqui Stockdale
Voice artist Emma Bathgate
Sound designer Ai Yamamoto
Creative assistant Helen Smith
Lighting designer Emma Lockhart-Wilson
International Butoh artist (online) & producer Hal Tanaka & Hiroshi Morishima (Hokkaido Butoh Festival)

CO-CREATORS & PERFORMERS:

ButohOUT! Ensemble 2023
Emma Bathgate
Hal Tanaka (Online)
Willow J Conway
Yumi Umiumare

ButohOUT! Ensemble 2023:

Alex Moon, Alex Rouse, Cora Hughes, EbemToala, Elizabeth Nicholls, Em Kimber, Emma Fayelecaun, Holly Rowan, Jessie Ngaio, Kei Murakami, Michael Chia, Pauline Sherlock, Samantha Helps, Spira Stojanovik and Tania Perez

Guest performers:

Maude Davey, Moira Finucane & Dan West

PRODUCTION: 
Lighting operation & stage manager Celina Mack
FoH co-ordinator Kei Murakami
FoH assistant Cora Hughes

MARKETING & PUBLICATION:

Publicist Eleanor Howlett (Sassy Red PR) 
Website & Graphic Design Taka Takiguchi 滝口貴
Photographer Vikk Shayen
Video Documentation & Edit Takeshi Kondo

EVENT COLLABORATOR

Tamura Sake Bar & Izakaya

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Official Support and Partnership

ButohOUT! Festival 2023 is greatly supported by ACreative Australia and is in partnership with Abbotsford Convent.