Dates:
October 31, 2026 | 10:00–17:00
November 1, 2026 | 10:00–15:00
Location: Dock 11 Eden, Berlin Studio 150.2
Breite Strasse 43, 13187 Berlin
Join Japanese dancer and choreographer Uiko Watanabe for a two-day intensive Butoh workshop.
"Losing my name, I want to become only the dance."
She approaches Butoh not as learning steps or mastering technique, but rather as a practice of embodying imagination — allowing movement to emerge from personal memory, sensation, and transformation.
Through stretching, physical training, guided exercises and improvisations, participants will explore core Butoh principles: jumping in order to fall, dissolving the body into space, and moving beyond habitual patterns. Uiko’s approach invites us to inhabit bodies that are not our own and to let the dance itself come forward.
Workshop Structure
• Stretching and physical preparation
• Fundamental Butoh exercises
• Guided improvisations and creative tasks
• Individual and group exploration
Open to everyone — no previous experience required. Dancers, non-dancers, actors, and curious humans are all welcome.
Registration
• Early Bird: €180 (until August 31, 2026)
• Regular: €230
• Solidarity tickets: 3 places available, first come first served. Email us directly about that.
To register, please write to: rawbutohnight@gmail.com
About Uiko Watanabe
Born in Kanagawa, Japan, Uiko trained at SNDO Amsterdam, EDDC Arnhem and CCN Montpellier. She has performed with Manuela Rastardi, Maria Clara Villa-Lobos and Fatou Traoré, and created her own choreographic works including Hako Onna, Oshiire and Hikidashi. She regularly collaborates with directors such as Armel Roussel. She trained under
Dairakuda-kan, Masaki Iwana, Seisaku, Daisuke Yoshimoto.