Yumi Umiumare 10/2/26 Yumi Umiumare 10/2/26

Butoh & Experiential Art Summer Residential Workshop - 27-30 Nov 2026

心の眼
Other Ways Of Seeing

Leave the certainty of modernity behind and enter the wilderness inside you as we dive into the world of Japanese Butoh and new forms of experiential art making.

@ Arisaig Wellness Retreat, Yandoit, VIC, Australia

Elizabeth Nicholls 9/15/26 Elizabeth Nicholls 9/15/26

ゆみ・うみうまれ舞踏合宿〜誰でもダンス〜in 藤野番狂わせ OUT OF ORDER！

Workshop in Japan!

昨年好評を博した舞踏合宿＠岩手太陽舎に続き
今年は神奈川県藤野にて、豊かな里山の自然に触れながら
短く濃い１泊２日の合宿を行うことになりました。

今回は、世界を駆け回るゆみ・うみうまれが、ここ数年取り組んでいるテーマ「番狂わせ」 OUT OF ORDER！です。

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Butoh Residential Workshop by Yumi Umiumare in Fujino.
September 18 (Fri) – 19 (Sat), 2026
- Sept 18: Meet at 12:00 at Fujino Station
- Sept 19: Dismissal at 16:30
Fujino Art House (Genjyutsu No Ie) 4819 Makino, Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture 252-0186

All Welcome!

Yumi Umiumare 4/19/26 Yumi Umiumare 4/19/26

「誰でもダンス」ワークショップ＠宝塚ソリオ２

「誰でもダンス」ワークショップ＠宝塚
‘Dance For Everyone’ Workshop in Takarazuka city in Japan

2026年5月9日(土)14:00～16:30
会場　宝塚「ソリオ2」 4階（JR/阪急宝塚駅下車すぐ）

9(Sat) May 2026 ＠SORIO Takarazuka

写真: Vikk Shayen

Yumi Umiumare 3/17/26 Yumi Umiumare 3/17/26

Weekly Workshops - Feb/Mar 2026

WEEKLY 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

Photo: by Takahiro Kitagawa

Yumi Umiumare 1/5/26 Yumi Umiumare 1/5/26

Performance Making Butoh Workshop Series Feb/Mar 2026

WORKSHOPS IN 2026

★ Performance Making Workshop ★
(Fri) 27, (Sat) 28 Feb, (Sun) 1 March 2026
@ Dancehouse, North Carlton

Photo: by Vikk Shayen

Yumi Umiumare 9/17/25 Yumi Umiumare 9/17/25

Butoh Summer Residential Workshop - 4-7 Dec 2025

BUTOH RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP by YUMI UMIUMARE
4 (THU) ~ 7 (SUN) DEC 2025
@ Arisaig Wellness Retreat, Yandoit

Step into the mystery of Butoh, Japan’s subversive dance form, through 4 days of movement, ritual, and transformation!

Elizabeth Nicholls 9/5/25 Elizabeth Nicholls 9/5/25

Butoh retreat at Taiyo-sha in Iwate

3.5 weeks in Europe, 2 weeks in America, 2 weeks in Western expedition just finished!! 12 plane rides in 7 weeks or so today since I left Melbourne!

Started with a shamanism training camp in Iwate, followed by a dance lab camp in Romania, workshops in England, travelling around Slovakia and Poland, and finally the Salish Sea Butoh Festival near Seattle, USA.

Dancing everywhere
Make tea everywhere
I could feel the Spirit in the woods, rivers and oceans everywhere!

Elizabeth Nicholls 8/16/25 Elizabeth Nicholls 8/16/25

Salish Sea Butoh Festival in Washington

Salish Sea Butoh Festival 2025 in USA
16-24 Aug 2025
in Port Townsend, Washington

The Salish Sea Butoh Festival is an annual artistic convergence in Port Townsend, Washington to celebrate and deepen the study of Japanese Butoh and Butoh performance.

Elizabeth Nicholls 7/22/25 Elizabeth Nicholls 7/22/25

Butoh LabCamp 2025, Romania

Butoh Residential Workshop in Romania
22-30 July 2025
in Transilvania, Romania

Yumi Umiumare 5/19/25 Yumi Umiumare 5/19/25

Weekend Workshop : Butoh as Creative Catalyst

Special Weekend Workshop in Melbourne
27(Fri)-29(Sun) June 2025 (+ an interactive lecture on Friday 27 June ‘What is Butoh?’) @Dancehouse

Elizabeth Nicholls 1/18/25 Elizabeth Nicholls 1/18/25

Dance, Ritual and Spirituality

Back from Japan — Off To Canberra

Canberra Dance Theatre

[BOOKED OUT!]

Friday 17 to Sunday 19 January 2025
Friday from 6:00pm-9:00pm and Saturday/Sunday from 10:00am-4:00pm

CDT is excited to have made a connection with Butoh Artist Yumi Umiumare, and to announce that Yumi is coming to Canberra next January to offer a weekend workshop at CDT.

Elizabeth Nicholls 12/23/24 Elizabeth Nicholls 12/23/24

ButohOUT! 2025 #1 Weekly Training—Jan - Feb 2025

ButohOUT! WEEKLY TRAINING

Melbourne
21 Jan - 18 Feb 2025
6pm - 9pm
THROUGH BUTOH and BEYOND
By Yumi Umiumare, Matt Crosby (Suzuki Method) and Willow J Conway (Cabaret)
5 sessions on Tuesdays
@ St Mary Anglican Church, Nth Melb

Elizabeth Nicholls 11/5/24 Elizabeth Nicholls 11/5/24

WARSAW, POLAND Workshop

Performance 16 (Fri) Nov 2024
followed by:
Workshop 17 (Sat) Nov 2024
@BUTOHSFERA, Fundacja Pompka, Warsaw, Poland

BUTOH KAI 6 begins with the performance "Tea Trance" by the Japanese dancer YUMI UMIUMARE living in Australia. The day before the workshops, on November 16, you will be able to see it free of charge thanks to funding from the Mokotów District Office/Warsaw Railway Station). Sunday, November 17, we encourage you to take part in workshops.

Elizabeth Nicholls 11/5/24 Elizabeth Nicholls 11/5/24

VIENNA, AUSTRIA Workshop — Butoh for unlocking Our Inner Beast - For All Dance Abilities Bodies

23 (Sat) & 24(Sun) Nov, 2024 10:00-12:00
@Arashi Collective Movement Center, Vienna, Austria

Butoh for unlocking Our Inner Beast - For All Dance Abilities Bodies
(this is an inclusive workshop for people with and without disabilities)

Elizabeth Nicholls 11/4/24 Elizabeth Nicholls 11/4/24

Butoh Master in Vienna: Get Ready for this Experience!

Butoh Master in Vienna: Get Ready for this Experience!
Nov 30, 2024. Time: 20:00
Location: Das Lot Space, @das.lot Absberggasse 31, 1100 Wien Vienna

Join us for お茶酔い TEA TRANCE, a mesmerizing new experimental solo work by the talented Yumi Umiumare, Japanese Butoh Master one of the pioneers of this dance in Australia, blending the essence of Butoh, Japanese tea ceremony, and visual installation.

Elizabeth Nicholls 9/27/24 Elizabeth Nicholls 9/27/24

ButohOUT! 2024: Performance Making Workshop - Visible and In-Visible

Butoh can be mysterious, abstract, and esoteric, yet it can also serve as a creative gateway, a catalyst, and even lead to unexpected breakthroughs.

As a participant, you will be taken on a journey to explore the visible and invisible aspects of Butoh and performance-making. Yumi guides you to explore your own idiosyncratic creative process to ‘actualise’ your original inspiration and ideas. Quick Link to ButohOUT!24 Registration