Kokoro Dance Butoh Workshop

In celebration of Kokoro Dance’s collaboration with Jonathan Baldock in his current exhibition, CGP London are thrilled to host Vancouver’s Kokoro Dance for a series of special performances and partnerships across London this July.

Join us at Siobhan Davies for the rare opportunity to participate in a unique dance workshop organised by Kokoro Dance.

After a physical warm up and introduction of the butoh approach to dance, Kokoro Dance directors Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi will introduce the way butoh uses interior imagery to inform physical movement by teaching some of the choreography from ( ), the dance work that the company will perform on 4 July at Bold Tendencies in South East London.

Established in Vancouver in 1986, Kokoro Dance are one of the worlds’ leading butoh dance companies, touring their productions internationally, led by its founders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi.

Butoh is a modern Japanese dance, an artistic aesthetic searching for one’s own original movement expression. Kokoro Dance’s butoh is distinct and unique. It uses motion to express emotion, to create journeys that speak from the bodies of the dancers to the bodies of the audiences.

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Monday 3 July, 6.30-8.30pm
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Venue Information

Siobhan Davies Studios – Roof Studio
85 St George’s Road
London SE1 6ER
Reception: 020 7091 9650

Tickets

Tickets for the Kokoro Dance workshop at Siobhan Davies:
£5, Concessions £4 (students, over 65+, Jobseekers)

Combined tickets for Bold Tendencies & Siobhan Davies Workshop: £7.50

A limited amount of combined tickets are available for those who would like to participate in the dance workshop on Monday 3 July and see the performance of ( ) by Kokoro Dance at Bold Tendencies on Tuesday 4 July:

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CGP London & Bold Tendencies present: Kokoro Dance – ( )
Tuesday 8 July
Doors open: 6.30pm
Performance: 7.30pm
Performance duration: 71mins

( ) is a deeply moving piece that centres around a shallow grave, exploring life and death, departure and loss, love and resurrection. ( ) was originally commissioned for the InFrinGing Dance Festival in Nanaimo, British Columbia, in 2003 by Holly Bright for the unusual setting of a climbing gym with gravel floor.

Venue information:
Bold Tendencies – Level 8
7th-10th Floors Multi-Storey Car Park
95a Rye Lane
London SE15 4ST

Credits

Choreography/Performance: Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

Costumes: Tsuneko Kokubo

Music by Sigur Rós (used with permission)

Acknowledgements:

Kokoro Dance gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs, Province of British Columbia, and Holly Bright, InFringing Dance Festival

Jonathan Baldock | There’s No Place Like Home

CGP London (The Gallery and Dilston Grove)
15 June – 30 July open Thurs-Sun 11-5pm
Free admission

Live performances at Dilston Grove with Kokoro Dance:

2th July at 4pm, Friday 7 July 7-9pm (free, booking required, visit www.cgplondon.org)

8th July at 4pm, Friday 7 July 7-9pm (free, booking required, visit www.cgplondon.org)

Siobhan Davies

Founded and led since 1988 by pioneering choreographer Siobhan Davies CBE, Siobhan Davies Dance has evolved over the years from a national & international touring dance company into a ground-breaking investigative contemporary arts organisation.