Yumiko Yoshioka’s Body Resonance Workshop

Dates: Friday, April 28th through Sunday April 30.

Times: Friday: 6-9 pm, Saturday: 1-5 pm, Sunday: 10-3 pm

Location: The Dance Complex, 533 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA

Cost: All 3 days: $150, 2 days: $85, 1 day: $65

You may enroll for 1, 2 or all 3 days of the workshop. 

Please email: egodena@gmail.com to sign up.

Belonging to the third generation of Butoh artists, Yumiko has developed a personal style of bodywork called Body Resonance, which integrates Butoh practice with features of Noguchi Taiso gymnastics and various other Asian training methods to help prepare the body to receive and transmit dance and inspirations. Body Resonance starts from the idea that the world, including our body and soul, consists of vibrational waves that create constant resonances like echoes. When we tune our body to that frequency, we receive images, feelings and sensations accordingly. For this to happen, we need first to shake off unnecessary tension. In effect, we make a white canvas of our body to paint new color onto it. I teach this as neutralization, encouraging a close-to-zero state, scouring off rust and polishing antennas to catch waves from profound layers of the body. The transformations and concentrations of dancing break up the eggshell of form. They melt down the armor of our ego, allowing resonant memories to emerge from our cells that are floating in the primal liquid of time. 

Workshop Description

“The body as a receptacle of time.

A dance of metamorphosis inevitably appears.”

The main focus of this workshop is conscious research in the unification of our body/mind/soul, so that we can deeply enjoy the intrinsic process of metamorphosis through the spirit of dance. Through a continuous exploration of our past collective memories, we can strike a vein of abundant creative resources, enriching the essence of our life.

Body resonance is a key to opening up the doors of an ever-changing world inside and outside ourselves which helps the body to unfold its secrets, holding them up until they shine and tremble. Everything is in resonance with each other. Through a dialogue with our body, we can learn to be moved by inner and outer forces, thus realizing we are a part of the Universe.

Workshop Video:

https://vimeo.com/212244839?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=2857359