Muğla Butoh
3-Month, Multi-Guide Laboratory in Rural Türkiye
July 6 - Sep 25
Spend this summer immersed in Butoh at a rural dance retreat space in Yakakõy, Muğla, 40 km southeast of Fethiye in Türkiye.
Muğla (MOO la)
A province in southwestern Türkiye, whose name is thought to derive from the ancient Luwian Mobella, meaning a fertile, well-watered settlement. Similarly, let us also view our bodies as fertile ground, and this summer water them through dedicated Butoh practice.
Vision
Muğla Butoh is an affordable opportunity for both educators and participants to come together to engage in serious butoh practice while in a beautiful retreat space.
Educators
Momo is known for her work in Butoh, having lived and performed in Japan for five years with Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno. She is a dance artist and somatic educator with over 40 years of experience in embodied movement and performance. She studied Asian theater and dance at the University of Hawaiʻi.
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Ken Mai is a Japanese-born Butoh dancer, choreographer, teacher, and yogi based in Helsinki, Finland since 2006, who studied with Kazuo Ohno in the mid‑1990s and has performed and taught in over 30 countries, blending Butoh with martial arts, modern dance, yoga, and Zen practices.
Lyze is a Paris-based Butoh practitioner, trained in contemporary dance in London with early professional work in Brazil; since 2000, she has developed strong ties with Butoh. Through her Collective BIG!, she initiates The Skin of the World, inclusive events in unconventional spaces, and her pedagogy is deeply informed by her work in therapy and art-therapy.
Rita is a nomadic artist with a background in physical theatre, active in the performing arts since 2008 and practicing Butoh since 2016. Her work researches the invisible between worlds, integrating shadow and light while allowing hidden dreams and unseen realities to move through the body.
Alessia is an Italian Butoh dancer, dance therapist, and researcher whose interdisciplinary work bridges movement, psychology, and sensory exploration. Her practice investigates body memory and emotional expression through kinesthetic and proprioceptive training. Photo: Stefano Puzzuoli
Based in Scottland, Michael is an Irish dancer, musician, and performance artist, blending Butoh, punk, and ritual. Michael has worked in film and is a PhD academic with research exploring shifting identity from individual-consumer to interdependent-ecological ways of being. Michael is also the founder of UNFIX. Photo: Jamie Wardrop
Cinthia is an actress, dancer, and stage creator with 28 years of experience. A Butoh dancer since 1998, she has directed CRISOL Arte del Cuerpo Escénico in Mexico City since 2010. She studied with Yoshito Ohno, Natsu Nakajima, and others; and for many years worked and studied with Diego Piñón, Body Ritual Movement BRM in México. | More Info
Sara is a transdisciplinary Butoh artist, producer, and curator whose intimate, poetic work explores trauma, resilience, and transformation through performance and immersive workshops. Named an Esteemed Artist by the City of Chicago in 2022. Through Butoh Curious, Sara connects visiting artists with Chicago’s independent arts community.
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Facilitator: Adam Koan (USA)
Adam is the facilitator for Muğla Butoh, dedicated to catering a memorable experience for both educator and participant.
He is a Venezuela-born, USA-raised Butoh artist who has facilitated and guided Butoh in Europe, USA, Türkiye, México, Thailand, and India since 2016.
Adam is associated with Shadowbody, founding the Shadowbody Butoh Manual and most recent project, the Butoh Directory. Throughout the years, he studied under 45 butoh/butoh-related educators, but most extensively under Rhizome Lee (Subbody method) and Julie Becton Gillum.
