Take a brief walk through the history of Butoh, from the dark and abstract to the funny and accessible, and learn about Australia’s own style of Butoh. *This video contains mild nudity.
Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney as part of the Issho Editions online program and the Fluid Forms: Blending Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Dance.
Full program: jpf.org.au/events/issho-editions
ABOUT
Yumi Umiumare, a Japanese Australian performance artist introduces Butoh, a style of dance conceived in the late 1950s during the social turmoil of post-war Japan. Through a series of interviews and a showcase of recent works, she sheds light on the many aspects of Butoh, from the dark and abstract elements to the funny and accessible introduced in Australia’s own unique Butoh styles.
This film was created in collaboration between Yumi and Japanese Australian videographer Takeshi Kondo, produced by The Japan Foundation, Sydney.
Yumi Umiumare
yumi.com.au
Takeshi Kondo
manofthetree.com/
LINKS OF THE PERFORMANCE IN THE FILM
ButohOUT! Festival : vimeo.com/user64937756
EnTrance : vimeo.com/79352085
PopUp Tearoom Series : vimeo.com/161783738
Quiapo Dream: vimeo.com/218157096
VIDEO FOOTAGE
ButohOUT!2018, 2019 & TeaBreak – Takeshi Kondo
Butoh Residential workshop 2017 – Vikk Shayen
Butoh Residential workshop2019 – Raúl Bartolomé
DasSHOKU Series – Giovanni C. Lorusso
EnTrance – Brandt Lee
Hijikata Tatsumi archival footage-Hosoutan 疱瘡譚
Courtesy of Keio University Art Center and Butoh Laboratory, Japan
Film Director Keiya Ouchida
Marrugeku’s Burning Daylight – Filmed by Sam James at Carriageworks, November, 2009
PopUp Tearoom Series – Anjo Bolarda, Cobie Orger, Joseph Gabriel
Quiapo Dream – Sam Mcgill
Weave Movement Theatre – Lyndesay Dresdon
PHOTOGRAPHY
DasSHOKU Hora!- Jeff Busby
DasSHOKU SHAKE! – Vikk Shayen
PopUp Tearoom Series
Anjo Bolarda, Cesario Lourdes, Cory – Many Hands International, Chen Tienshong, Igaki Photo Studio, Jodie Hutchinson, John Pryke, Joseph Gabriel, Krzysztof Stacha, Lee Han Wei, Miloš Šejn, NObu, Yuga Hatta, Vikk Shayen, Yumi Umiumare
Program photos- Dairakudakan
Tokyo DasSHOKU Girl- Six 6 Photography
MUSIC
Ayako Fujii – FuDO
Dan West – ButohOUT!, DasSHOKU shake!, PopUp Tearoom Series, TeaBreak
David Shea – TeaBreak (From UNA NOTA SOLA )
Ian Kitney – EnTrance
Masaru Koga – EnTrance
MEDIA ART
Bambang N Karim – EnTrance and PopUp Tearoom Series
PERFORMANCE
Ayako Fujii, Ayako Tsunazawa and Japanese Community, ButohOUT! EnsembleGregory Lorenzutti, Harrison Hall, Helen Smith, Marrugeku, Maude Davey, Ria Soemardjo, Seisa-ku, Takashi Takiguchi, Theatre Group Gumbo, Tony Yap, Toshi Sakamoto, Trevor Jamieson, Weave Movement Theatre, Willow J Conway, Yumi Umiumare, Yumiko Yoshi-oka, Yuri Nagaoka
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Agita Lab- Portugal
Arts House
Kinosaki International Arts Center – Japan
Many Hands International
98B COLLABoratory – Philippines
PERFORMANCE VENUE
Abbotsford Convent
Arts House
fortyfivedownstairs
La Mama Courthouse
Malthouse Theatre
SUPPORTERS OF FEATURED PROJECTS
Abbotsford Convent
Australia Council for the Arts
City of Melbourne
City of Yarra
Creative Victoria
La mama Theatre
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
The Myer Foundation