Weekly Workshops - Feb/Mar 2026
WORKSHOPS IN 2026
★ Weekly Workshop - Butoh Training ★
(Tue)10 Feb 2026 to (Tue) 17 March 2026
Every Tuesday 6pm-9pm
@ St Marys Anglican Church Hall, North Melbourne
This weekly workshop (6 sessions in total) trains the body through the transformative philosophy of classic and contemporary Butoh. Melbourne-based Butoh punkess Yumi Umiumare leads physical and imaginal practices that shake the body awake, activate space, disrupt habitual thinking, and push imagery across physical and metaphysical territories.
Originally known as the “Dance of Darkness,” Butoh is layered, contradictory, and unruly. The body becomes a site of transformation, between the known and the unknown, the real and the unreal, the visible and the invisible. We are playfully venturing into realms of disturbance, the grotesque, beauty, and darkness.
Enter the mysterious, unsettling, and strangely liberating world of Butoh!
No experience needed. Beginners welcome.
$35/ per class for drop in
$180 for 6 sessions
Themes of the exercises (subject to change)
1.10 Feb AIR気: Space and Air 流れと空気・花粉空間
2. 17 Feb EARTH 土: Gravity and Suspension, Earth 重力と宙吊りの身体
3. 24 Feb: WATER水 Water exercise , Shaking, Waving 揺れ・ぶれ・はぐれ 水の動き
4. 3 March: FIRE火 : Movement as flame, Repetition, Accumulation, MA(space) 間と溜め 火の動き
5. 10 March: WOOD木：Memory and Forms, Silence as tree 記憶と型 木の静けさ
6. 17 March : MIXING ALL elements, Memory and Poetry 記憶とポエム、想像と創造
If you would like to join our mailing list to be notified of up coming workshops
please sign up here or contact Yumi.
Photo: Takahiro Kitagawa (as a part of Tenri University annual dance 2024)
Photo: Vikk Shayen (as a part of ButohOUT! 2025)
Up Coming Workshop
★ Performance Making Workshop ★
(Fri) 27, (Sat) 28 Feb, (Sun) 1 March 2026
@ Dancehouse, North Carlton
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