Break Down
FREE EVENT: Watch what happens when a group of dancers runs into a pile of compost in Break Down.
Blending contemporary dance and Butoh, the Japanese "dance of darkness," these performers remind us that every ending can lead to a new beginning. Read more: Melbourne Fringe Festival
Thursday 15 October, 6pm
Friday 16 October, 6pm
Saturday 17 October, 4pm
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
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!
Dance Palace performing at LUNA PARK with Finucane and Smith!!
Melbourne Legends Finucane & Smith turn 30, reopening Luna Park’s iconic Luna Palace with Dance Palace — Yumi joins a lush and live carnival of hot divas, hot chips and all sauce!
TEA UNIVERSE
TEA UNIVERSE 2026
Two experiences. One tea portal.
Daytime 🍵
お茶の迷路 TEA MAZE
An intimate VR tea experience with matcha and Japanese sweets.
Evening 🌙
お茶酔い TEA TRANCE
A live Butoh performance with dance, video and VR elements.
Experience one event or immerse yourself in both.
TEA TRANCE お茶酔い
TEA TRANCE お茶酔い
Wednesday 26 August 2026 - Saturday 29 August 2026
At Swinburne University of Technology, EN106, John St , Hawthorn
An immersive performance blending Butoh, tea ceremony and VR into an intoxicating sensory adventure. Through live performance, Yumi Umiumare invites audiences to enter the alchemy of dance, tea and spirit through classical and contemporary rituals, playful disruption, and surreal transformation.
Japan this September "Out of Order"(You know it!)
またまた９月、日本に上陸します！！
今回は神奈川県・藤野にて、豊かな里山の自然に抱かれながらの、濃密な１泊２日の合宿ワークショップ。
（リンクはコメント欄です）
早割は７月１５日（水）まで！
This time I'll be in the beautiful country landscape of Fujino, Kanagawa, for an intensive two-day, one-night workshop retreat.Early bird closes Wednesday, 15 July.
Durational Works at SOL GALLERY
Durational Works
1-12 July 2026
@SOL Gallery 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
SOL GALLERY EVENT SITE:
Throughout the exhibition, Yumi will activate the space through a series of durational performance experiments.
(FREE EVENT)
Performance Dates & Times
3 (Fri) July between 1-5pm
4 (Sat) July between 1-5pm
5 (Sun) July between 1-5pm
10 (Fri) July between 1-5pm
11 (Sat) July between 1-5pm
12 (Sun) July between 1-5pm
Part of the Experimental Series #3 by Yumi Umiumare
舞踏の森33/Forest of Butoh 33
A living archive of 33 years of Butoh, transformation, migration and artistic mischief.
Experimental Series #3 at SOL GALLERY
Experimental Series #3 by Yumi Umiumare
舞踏の森33/Forest of Butoh 33
A living archive of 33 years of Butoh, transformation, migration and artistic mischief.
1-12 July 2026
@SOL Gallery 420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Butoh Performance by Yumi Umiumare
2 (Thur) July 7pm - SOLD OUT
9 (Thur) July 7pm - SOLD OUT
11 (Sat) July 7pm - EXTRA show added!
What is Butoh?
Featuring special international guest Rosemary Candelario (scholar-artist, Butoh dancer, and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin) in conversation with Yumi Umiumare.
「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
Green Room Award Winner - ButohBAR番狂わせOUT of ORDER II
GREEN ROOM AWARD WINNER
OUTSTANDING Production Design!!
ButohBAR番狂わせOUT of ORDER II
Congratulations to all of us for making it happen!! Powerhouse team of creativity!
Photo: by Vikk Shayen
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
ABSORBED FESTIVAL
OVe-Naxx and I will be performing at ABSORBED Festival in Melbourne on this Sunday 3:15pm at Miscellania 2/401 Swanston St Melbourne
The whole event will be on this 6, 7, 8 March 2026 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) so check it out!
The poster art work @dylanmartorelll
Photography / videography @tmhdy
Design by @w__h____
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
月を見る夜 Moongazing - La Mama Theatre, Carlton, Melbourne - Feb ‘26
Yumi will be performing in 月を見る夜 Moongazing in February 2026 at La Mama Theatre.
月を見る夜 Moongazing was previously developed as part of Antipodes Theatre Company's 2025 Winter Lab and received a 2025 La Mama Residency. This project is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants, the Hansen Little Foundation and VCA Foundation, and The Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Book Here →
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!
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!
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.
Butoh LabCamp 2025, Romania
Butoh Residential Workshop in Romania
22-30 July 2025
in Transilvania, Romania
Experimentation series #1 "What is the Ultimate?” 究極とは？
Experimentation series #1
Video•Dance•conversation• Drinks
BUTOH and BEYOND
"What is the Ultimate?” 究極とは？
It was fun and stimulated night where we just gathered, experimented and shared!