We invite you to participate in a one-day intensive BUTOH dance workshop – EMBODIMENT (standing, walking, dancing). The workshop will take place on March 23, 2025 at Kontakt. Space of Movement, Dance and Music, Szpitalna 40, Kraków
Hosted by Kokoro – Krzysztof Jerzak (https://www.facebook.com/KokoroKJ)
We will start each workshop session by delving into the body – into the experience of the body, feeling the body, being the body. To achieve embodied presence, we will use meditation techniques and physical exercises aimed at the body.
Being in an embodied state, we will begin exploring subsequent activities: standing, walking, dancing. What is a standing position? How to take a step and walk? What is dance/movement?
At this point, the possibilities of releasing spontaneous creation and authentic expression will open up. Going further, we will go through various butoh transformations to explore changes in the quality of the body and the depth of the mind’s potential.
Delving into the state of embodied presence helps dissolve the stability of our conceptual ‘self’. In this experience, the resistance to spontaneous being in the moment decreases and can disappear. This is entering the state of ‘I don’t know’, which opens the gate to profound transformations and the liberation of the body-mind.
The workshop is intended for both beginners and advanced people who are interested in self-development and deepening and expanding the awareness of the body-mind.
It will be useful for dancers, performers, actors, people practicing martial arts, yoga, etc. as well as people interested in body therapy, who are looking for authentic movement, and mindful presence in the body in relation to others.
BUTOH
This is a Japanese ‘modern’ dance that was created in the 1950s as a result of searching for new forms of expression. Based on a deep connection with the body, it allows you to discover yourself through the exploration and integration of emotions, dreams, archetypes, symbols and elements of nature. The dancer opens up to deep insights thanks to which they go beyond known patterns of expression. In this way, his movement is always fresh and unique, and the dance becomes a ritual, creative and liberating process that penetrates the unknown qualities of existence.
DATE AND TIMES
March 23, 2025
Sunday – 11:00-18:00 (with a 1-hour break)
PLACE
Kontakt. Space of Movement, Dance and Music, Szpitalna 40, 1st floor, Krakow
https://www.facebook.com/przestrzenKONTAKT
www.kontaktprzestrzen.pl
FEES
220 PLN
* Advance payment of PLN 70 by March 17, 2025.
* The account number for payment will be provided in the return email after registration.
* In the event of cancellation less than 7 days before the start of the workshop, the advance payment is non-refundable.
* Limited number of places.
REGISTRATION
e-mail: jerzakkrzysztof@gmail.com
INFORMATION
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KokoroKJ
Tel.: 698 557 060
LEAD BY
Krzysztof Jerzak – butoh dancer, choreographer and aikidoka. In 1987 he began training aikido, in the years 2003-2020 he taught, conducting regular classes. He currently holds a master’s degree of 4 dan.
He was the founder and teacher of the Krakow Aikido Academy Kobayashi Hirokazu.
In 1999 he also began learning Japanese butoh dance. He took lessons from: Daisuke Yoshimoto, Itto Morita, Atsushi Takenouchi, Imre Thormann, Katsura Kan and others. His portfolio includes several solo performances: “Szczery?” (2002), “Beyond” (2005), “Straw-butoh” (2009), “Dividing” (2019), “Words, words, words…” (2019), “Hana no michi” – The Way of Flowers (2020), “Mirror” (2023). In 2004, he led a year-long project called “Integration in Dance Therapy”, which also included deaf people – for the participants, he wrote and directed the performance “Flowers on the Sidewalk”. In 2005-2011, he collaborated many times with independent artists: musicians, actors, dancers, filmmakers, co-creating stage and film presentations. In 2008, together with the Do-Teatr group, he co-created the performance “Aite” (choreography and dance). In 2021-2022, he led a year-long project of intensive butoh workshops – for the participants, he created the choreography and directed the performance “Absolutely Nothing”. He regularly conducts workshops in Poland and abroad (Germany, Scotland and Spain).