

Emiko Agatsuma
魂を震わす舞踏をお届け
我妻 恵美子
Butoh Dancer, Choreographer and Director
- Zoom Butoh Workshop Emiko AgatsumaJan 10, 2022, 8:00 PM GMT+9 – Dec 31, 2023, 9:00 PM GMT+9Zoom Butoh Workshop Emiko AgatsumaButoh workshop via Zoom. It is conducted in English and Japanese. 我妻恵美子によるZoomオンラインの舞踏ワークショップです。日本語ですが、状況により英語を交えて行われます。初心者向けです。
- 石神井公園Jan 22, 2023, 7:00 PM GMT+9 – Dec 31, 2023, 7:00 PM GMT+9石神井公園, 3 Chome-23 Shakujiimachi, Nerima City, Tokyo 177-0041, Japan定期的に開催する対面での舞踏ワークショップです。初心者歓迎。ダンスや表現、運動の経験が無くても問題ありません。どなたでもご参加頂けます。講師:我妻恵美子、塩谷智司 In person Butoh Workshop for all levels by Butoh dancers, Emiko Agatusma and Tomoshi Shioya.
- KasihanFeb 28, 2024, 10:00 AM – Mar 04, 2024, 9:00 PMKasihan, Kasihan, Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, IndonesiaBUTOH CAMP JOGJA WITH EMIKO AGATSUMA 28 February — 4 March (2024) Presenting, a 5 night, 6 day Butoh Intensive with Butoh Instructor Emiko Agatsuma. The camp will be hosted by Movement Lab. a beautiful dance space situated within the rice fields of Kasihan, Yogjakarta. Organized by Xue.
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Artist Statement
My hometown was hard hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. I was struck by a strong sense of despondency, but I noticed the regenerative power that grows gradually by helping each other. I didn't speak so much when I went there as a volunteer, but I strongly felt their emotion (sadness, anger, regret, loneliness, hopelessness, hope, etc.) that is not to be talked about.
Since then, my working process has changed. I started thinking body experience is more important than knowledge. I want to explore primitive movements in our body that are before languages.
In 1999, I met Butoh and was shocked by the method "invites an image into an empty body and the body is moved by it ". Butoh, born in the 1960s, was driven by a sense of inferiority toward Western culture and doubts about existing values, and succeeded in creating a new expression by looking at Japanese culture. I include the meaning of "erase personal limitation" in the white makeup, moreover, expand the possibility by eliminating the ego.
By being an empty body, I can dance like a baby who doesn't have any language and prejudice.