BUTOH – DANCE WORKSHOP IN CRACOW
Conducted by: Krzysztof Jerzak
( https://www.facebook.com/KokoroKJ/ )

The workshop is aimed at people interested in self-development and deepening and expanding body awareness. It will be useful for:
dancers, performers, actors, people training: martial arts, yoga, etc., as well as people interested in therapy through the body, who are looking for authentic movement, creativity, and careful presence in the body in relation to others.

The workshop will be a combination of various methods of working with the body, creating
together a coherent whole:
– Aikishintaiso (internal Aikido gymnastics),
– Noguchitaiso (Noguchi Michizo gymnastics),
– dance with/without painting,
– expressing emotions in dance,
– improvisation,
– dance: individual, in contact with a partner and in a group,
– meditation and deep relaxation.

Thanks to this approach, the workshop participant will be able to delve into their interior (physical sensations, emotions, mental visions, “sense” of space, etc.) to realize and express sensations in authentic movement.

BUTOH
Japanese “modern” dance – originated in the 1950s as a result of searching for new forms of expression. Its creators: Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno negated both their own tradition (Kabuki, Bunraku, Nō) and “opposed” the mass culture of the West.
In Butoh dance, the body becomes a text, a record of human experience discovered through movement. Butoh creates opportunities for direct, total self-expression.

DATE AND HOURS
February 4-5, 2023
Saturday, 4.02, 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.  (with 45 minutes break) / Sunday, 5.01: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (with a 1 hour break)

PLACE
Contact. Space of Movement, Dance, Music and Art.
st. Szpitalna 40, first floor, Krakow
www.kontaktprzestrzen.pl

FEE:
PLN 310 – advance payment of PLN 110 until January 27, 2022 (the remaining part of the amount is payable on the day of the workshop)

* The account number for the advance payment will be provided in the return e-mail after registering for participation.
* In case of resignation less than 7 days before the start of the workshop, the advance payment is non-refundable.
* The number of places is limited.

REGISTRATION
e-mail: jerzakkrzysztof@gmail.com

INFORMATION
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/KokoroKJ/
Phone: 698 557 060

LEADING
Krzysztof Jerzak – butoh dancer, choreographer and aikidoka. In 1987 he started training aikido, in the years 2003-2020 he taught by conducting regular classes. Currently, he has a 4 dan master’s degree. He was the founder and teacher of the Kobayashi Hirokazu Aikido Academy in Kraków. He had his first contact with the practice of meditation in aikido. In 1999 he began exploring Zen Buddhism, taking part in numerous retreats. At the same time, he began to study Tibetan Buddhism, participated in Shambhala programs and Dzogchen courses, expanding and deepening his experience and knowledge of Buddhist philosophy. In 2015, he began the regular practice of Tibetan Buddhism.
In 1999 he also started learning Japanese butoh dance. He took lessons from: Daisuke Yoshimoto, Itto Morita, Atsushi Takenouchi, Imre Thormann, Katsura Kan and others. He has several solo performances to his credit: “Szczery?” (2002), “Beyond” (2005), “Straw-butoh” (2009), “Division (2019), “Words, Words, Words…” (2019), “Hana no michi” – The Way of Flowers (2020).
In 2004, he led a year-long project called “Integration in Dance Therapy”, which also involved deaf people – for participants, he wrote and directed the performance “Flowers on the Pavement”. In the years 2005-2011, he collaborated many times with independent artists: musicians, actors, dancers In 2008, together with the Do-Teatr group, he co-created the spectacle “Aite” (choreography and dance). In 2021-2022, he ran a year-long project of intensive butoh workshops – for participants, wrote and directed the spectacle “Absolute Nothing”. He regularly conducts workshops.