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
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.
Jul 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17; Aug 13, 17, 19, 21; Sep 1, 3, 4 | website | insta
Alessia is an Italian Butoh dancer, dance therapist, and researcher whose work bridges movement, psychology, and sensory exploration. Through kinesthetic and proprioceptive practices, she explores body memory and emotional landscapes. Inspired among others by the teachings of Atsushi Takenouchi and Imre Thormann, her approach to Butoh unfolds as a poetic journey between the visible and the invisible, where the body becomes a place of listening, transformation, and dream. 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
Zalek is a transdisciplinary artist, producer, and curator whose intimate, poetic work explores trauma, resilience, and transformation through performance and immersive Butoh workshops. Drawing on two decades of study—particularly with Yumiko Yoshioka, Diego Piñón, and Tadashi Endo—they direct Butoh Curious Chi, cultivating connections between Chicago and the international Butoh community. | More Info
Jul 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17 | insta
Facilitator & Guide: Adam Koan (USA)
Adam is the facilitator and one of the guides 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 internationally since 2016.
Adam is associated with Shadowbody, founding the Shadowbody Butoh Manual and 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.
Guiding Butoh: Aug 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 31; Sep 2, 4
