[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] Save the Date - April 26th - Katsura Kan teaches and performs in Philly

[nicole bindler]

Dear Philly performance community,

Please save the date - April 26th - Japanese Master Butoh dancer,
Katsura Kan, will be in Philly for *one day* to teach a workshop and
perform.

The workshop will be from 2-5 p.m. at the Parlor, 1170 S. Broad St.,
at a sliding scale rate of $15-35 (prereg), $20-$40 at the door. ($2
off scale w/ dance pass) What a bargain! To preregister email
nicolebindler at gmail.com with the word "preregister" in the subject
heading.

Kan will also be performing at a Bowerbird show that evening with
saxophonist, Jack Wright. Details tba. Please see below for Kan's bio
and workshop description. Please spread the word. This is an amazing
and rare opportunity! -Nicole Bindler

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Katsura Kan is a native of Kyoto and a Master Butoh artist among the
ranks of Japan's first generation of Butoh. He performed with the
seminal Butoh troupe "Byakkosha" (1979-1981) known for its austerity
and integrity, rather than theatrical glamour. He is a celebrated solo
artist, collaborative performer and choreographer. Kan has worked with
what he calls "minority dancers" all over the world, in remote
locations throughout Africa, Europe, South East Asia for the past 28
years, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan
culture.

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Here is what Kan says about his workshop:

KATSURA Kan's workshop centers on the idea of communication between
yourself and your tradition. BUTOH, Kan believes, is capable of break
through our conscious barrier and reaching our precognitive identity,
which we all hold deep within us. The body is "TIME SHIP" to carry
your ancestor's soul from the past to the future. Who has been wearing
the costume called "Tradition". Kan will guide you the way to find
your costume through silent walk, create the rhythmic patterns in the
stillness and identify the quality of movement with non human
movement.

Kan's Butoh workshop is aiming to focus dark-side of the moon for the
sake of new movement of performing arts on the stage since 1979. I'd
like to share the idea of Butoh with you from its history nearly 50
years since 1959 which I've been learning from many Masters especially
Butoh Founder, Noh Master of Kongoh School and Ben SUHARUTO in
Jogjakarta in Indonesia.