Facilitated by an acclaimed Japanese Australian Butoh dancer and choreographer Yumi Umiumare, this workshop will introduce various Butoh philosophies and Yumi’s unique Butoh Cabaret methods, including characterisation, provocation, and transformation.

We can all dance with hidden desire, making untold stories or shaping unknown masks in Butoh styles! This unique weekend workshop will guide participants to explore interdisciplinary elements in Butoh, through acting, burlesque and mask-making.

This is a taster workshop introducing Butoh in playful and family friendly ways. Step inside the playful and imaginative world of Japanese Butoh. Playing with everyday games like peekaboo and hide-and-seek, participants will jump headfirst into a world of transformation