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Sat & Sun, November 1 & 2, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Troy Dance Lab, Lang Performing Arts Center
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Open to the public
Katsura Kan, a master teacher and Butoh dancer, will give a special Introduction to Butoh workshop
on Sat & Sun, Nov. 1 & 2, from 1-4 pm in Troy Dance Lab, LPAC.
Possible areas to be introduced in the workshop include: Noh walk,
rhythm composition, mask training and Butoh notation.
Students are asked to attend both days of the workshop. To register, email
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. Watch excerpts from a recent performance by Kan at Naropa College here.
Based in Kyoto, Japan since 1979, Master Butoh artist, choreographer
and teacher Katsura Kan (b. 1948) is a Butoh artist among the ranks of
Japan’s first generation
of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe Byakkosha
(1979-1981). For the past 29 years, Kan has worked with dancers in
remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, and South East Asia, in
addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan cultures.
Katsura Kan seeks to spread knowledge of the art and practice of Butoh
globally, while educating students, artists and audiences about the
links between Butoh and classical Japanese Noh theatre.
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