dancing flower of life each day : JINEN Butoh newsletter 2025JAN

 Dear friends,

Hello. It's been a while since our last newsletter. We are delighted to share our upcoming tours and projects in Greece, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and in Paris and Tuscany. Each workshop concludes with either group or solo presentations. We look forward to sharing these deep explorations with you all again.

Hiroko project : Our Audio Visual Butoh Performance ( in collabo with Chris H.Lynn) continues it's journey with upcoming shows in Athens, Greece and Kumano, Japan. Each performance will be unique, featuring local artists, responding to the specific energy of each space. Here is short video link to our FREQUENCY IN MOTION (Hong Kong 2024) > Here.  And this coming JUNE, Hiroko + LENA CIRCUS live concert in Paris. I will announce for more soon!
Annual Summer Butoh School ; Discover the essence of Jinen Butoh at 1,200m altitude, where pure wildness  becomes your dance partner. From sunrise meditations to moonlit dance, transform your practice in this unique mountain sanctuary.Here below we are excited to announce this our Summer Butoh school Natureside workshop Toscana in 18-29 July.

Thank you very much for reading. Let's keep on dancing flower of life each day.
Best wishes, Hiroko and Atsushi 　
JINEN HP >>  www.jinen-butoh.com  

upcoming !

Summer Butoh School

18 - 29 JULY 2025
   JINEN Butoh Nature side workshop Toscana
Discover the essence of Jinen Butoh at 1,200m altitude, where pure wildness
 becomes your dance partner. From sunrise meditations to moonlit dance, transform your practice in this unique mountain sanctuary.
more info > Here
 

©JINEN Butoh school

  This intensive culminates in a powerful ritual performance, weaving solo works into collective improvisation under the open sky.
workshop led by Atsushi Takenouchi
live music Hiroko Komiya
assistant Liviana Angeloni
at Spazio NU (Pontedera Italy)
*Who is it for? - For dancers, movement artists, and seekers ready to dive deep into nature-based Butoh practice. Whether you're an experienced practitioner aiming to become a JINEN Butoh instructor or new to Butoh with an adventurous spirit, this intensive offers a unique journey connecting body, nature, and self. Open to all who wish to explore movement as a path to life's essence!

< Contact >  butoh.spazionu@gmail.com  
SPAZIO NU – DANCE & MOVEMENT  
-via Firenze  42/A – 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy
   http://www.spazionu.com


- - - - -

more upcoming

-FEB 2025 JINEN Butoh in Athens Greece -

more info>>> https://fb.me/e/2Jntvdkfx
13-16 FEB2025 (Thu - Sun)
4 days Jinen Butoh workshop "Breath" in Athens
accompanied by live music Hiroko Komiya
*Last day Group Ritual Butoh performance with live music.
at REVMA in Athens
registration:   revmaworkshops@gmail.com

*
Mon,10FEB2025
Audio Visual Butoh Performance
FREQUENCY IN MOTION


-Live sounds/field recordings/objects/music by Hiroko Komiya, Chris H.Lynn
-Super 8 and digital film by Chris H.Lynn
-Butoh dance: Atsushi Takenouchi and guests Emilia Bouriti, Vicky Filippa, Neli Poulopoulou

Monday 10 FEB at 20:00
Venue: REVMA - Servion 8, 1st floor , Athens
more info>https://fb.me/e/2C1Py3UxT

titkets> HERE
A collaboration REVMA/Quantum Body Athens Butoh Dance Group/Syn+Ergasia


*
Wed,12FEB2025
Solo Butoh Performance HIBI


Butoh:  Atsushi Takenouchi
live music: Hiroko Komiya (zither, perc, voice, object sounds)
Venue: Free Self-Managed Theater EMBROS (2 Riga Palamidi, Psyrri)
Entrance: by donation *Please arrive at least 30 minutes early due to high expected attendance.
Organizers: Quantum Body Athens Butoh Dance Group, REVMA, Syn+Ergasia
more info> https://fb.me/e/6edyBnaKG


- - -


-FEB MAR 2025 JINEN Butoh in BUTOHOUT! festival
in Melbourne / Australia -

25 FEB 2025
solo Butoh <HANA>


Butoh:  Atsushi Takenouchi
live music: Hiroko Komiya (zither, perc, voice, object sounds)
 
25 FEB 2025, open19h/start 19:30
At: St Mary Anglican Church, Melbourne North
info> https://www.butohout.com/events/hana
<tickets> from above link

*

1-2 MAR 2025
2-Day Weekend JINEN Butoh workshop
"Life of Flower" by Atsushi Takenouchi
accompany by live music Hiroko Komiya
Sat&Sun  10am-4:30pm
At:Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent
*Participants will have the opportunity to join an outdoor group performance during ButohOUT! 2025, as part of the AsiaTOPA festival in March 2025. (Optional)
*This workshop welcomes both experienced practitioners and those new to Butoh who are ready to dive into the creative process.
info>https://www.butohout.com/events/workshop-2025-workshop-3

<booking> from above link
<contact> butohout@gmail.com

*

5 - 9 March 2025 BUTOHOUT! festival
Performance Season - ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II
info>https://www.butohout.com/events/out-of-order-2025



Time everyday7:30pm
Duration : 90 mins including interval
Location: Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent (1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford VIC 3067, Australia)
Program include: Tokyo nightbar-esque space & installations, Butoh dance performances, 15+ diverse performers, Out of Order Karaoke , Japanese food & sake by Tamura Sake Bar, Guest artists Surprise!
* We will join in this performance in Butoh scene every day on 5-9 March. 
*TICKET available from above link with variated prices.

- - - - -

- Spring 2025 JINEN Butoh in Japan -
Mon 7 APR2025 in Tokyo
Solo Butoh -MATOA まとあ - (premiere)

by Atsushi Takenouchi
live music Hiroko Komiya
at Theater X (Cai) in Rogoku , Tokyo
Theater X  HP >> http://www.theaterx.jp/
*more info coming soon

*
11-15APR2025 - 5days residency Butoh workshop
+ final ritual solo presentation 
in Kumano with sacred nature of the forest and the sea

©H.Komiya

This JINEN Butoh workshop will be held in the sacred site in Kumano, Kushimoto. In nature,
outdoors and indoors. On the final evening, there will be each participants solo ritual presentation.
more info>>> KUMANO 
more info>>https://fb.me/e/73UiOYFaU

<registration & contact > from above link

＊

Fri,18APR2025
solo Butoh < HANA > in Kumano
Butoh Atsushi Takenouchi
Live music by Hiroko Komiya
at Tanami theater in Wakayama
http://tanami.jp/

*
Sat,19APR2025
Audiovisual Butoh Performance
< Frequency In Motion >
Live sound, objects, field recordings: Hiroko Komiya, Chris H.Lynn, Awaya
Super 8/degital film : Chris H.Lynn
Butoh dancer,performer: Atsushi Takenouchi, Ioku Ero Nikaido (Hong Kong), Himeko Narumi (JP), Arisa Hiura (JP)

at Tanami theater in Wakayama
http://tanami.jp/

*
Wed,23APR2025 in Kyoto
Solo Butoh premiere

 
1st part  <JOKER>  Butoh: Masami Yurabe
2nd part  <MATOA > Jinen Butoh: Atsushi Takenouchi  Music: Hiroko Komiya
info & booking >>> Here
open 19:00 / start 19:30
     venue:  UrBANGUILD-Kyoto 
http://urbanguild.net/events/

-----

- Spring 2025 JINEN Butoh tour in South Korea -
9-10 MAY 2025 in Busan
Solo JINEN Butoh -HANA- 
Jinen Butoh: Atsushi Takenouchi,   
Poetly reading: 鍾喬 -Chiao Chunge,
Live music: Hiroko Komiya
venew : Space Theater in Busan

*
11-15 MAY 2025 in Busan
5days JINEN Butoh workshop with
final group performance"Life of flower"

©Miguel_Lopez_Morales

lead by Atsushi Takenouchi
accompanied by live music Hiroko Komiya        
venew : Space Theater (Basement,242 Suyeong-ro,Nam-gu,Busan,韓国)
*more info is coming soon! 

- - - - -

24-25 JUN 2025 in Paris
Solo JINEN Butoh -KAGIRI 限り- 

©Yassiek Stochastic

Butoh: Atsushi Takenouchi
Live music: Hiroko Komiya ( lap harp,zither,objects, voice, percussion)
venue : Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée
                      
*

26 JUN - 2 JUL 2025 in Paris
JINEN Butoh 6days intensive workshop -Accumulation-

©Shingo Wakagi

lead by Atsushi Takenouchi
accompanied live music:Hiroko Komiya
6 days 46 hours (6 days. except for 25th  )
venue: at Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée  (Métro/Châtelet, Pont-Neuf)
* The last day each solo/duo presentation.
**The priority is whole 6days participation.
***This intensive workshop is for people with experience in Butoh.
<Contact&Booking > resa@tenri-paris.com
Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée
ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE FRANCO-JAPONAISE DE TENRI
8-12, rue Bertin Poirée 75001 Paris
Tél : +33 1 44 76 06 06 ,   http://www.tenri-paris.com/

*
Hiroko Komiya + Lena Circus
 3rd album release concert in Paris
end of JUNE 2025
By Hiroko Komiya, LENA CIRCUS
* more detailed info coming soon!