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Emiko Agatsuma

魂を震わす舞踏をお届け

我妻 恵美子

Butoh Dancer, Choreographer and Director

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北斎漫画舞踏
そぞろ
HOKUSAI MANGA BUTOH
​So Zo Ro
2024

  • AGAXART 舞踏ワークショップ東京【In person】Butoh Workshop Tokyo 2024
    AGAXART 舞踏ワークショップ東京【In person】Butoh Workshop Tokyo 2024
    石神井公園
    Jan 01, 2024, 7:00 PM GMT+9 – Dec 31, 2024, 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 In person Butoh Workshop for all levels by Butoh dancers, Emiko Agatusma
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  • 【ONLINE】Emiko Agatsuma Butoh Workshop  / 我妻恵美子 舞踏ワークショップ   2024
    【ONLINE】Emiko Agatsuma Butoh Workshop  / 我妻恵美子 舞踏ワークショップ   2024
    Google meet
    Feb 07, 2024, 8:00 PM GMT+9 – Dec 31, 2024, 9:00 PM GMT+9
    Google meet
    ONLINE Butoh workshop. It is conducted in English and Japanese. 我妻恵美子による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。
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  • 舞踏公演「そぞろ」Butoh performance "So Zo Ro"
    舞踏公演「そぞろ」Butoh performance "So Zo Ro"
    Sumida City
    Nov 08, 2024, 7:00 PM
    Sumida City, 3-chōme-22-10 Higashimukōjima, Sumida City, Tokyo 131-0032, Japan
    踊り出す『北斎漫画』! 舞踏公演『そぞろ』は、『北斎漫画』とすみだの町工場、銭湯、長屋文化を融合させた斬新なエンターテインメントです。旧工場を舞台に、舞踏と生演奏が織りなす壮大なパフォーマンスが、2022年からリサーチを続けた北斎漫画舞踏プロジェクトの集大成として登場します。過去と未来、北斎の魂が交差するこの舞台で、すみだの隠された魅力と迫力をぜひ体感してください。 演出|我妻恵美子 舞踏|我妻恵美子、塩谷智司 出演|ワークショップ生有志 作曲|大野慎矢(KiMiMi) 演奏|ガイダ:大野慎矢、ギター:プリンス王子(ミックスナッツハウス) オリジナル江州音頭「隅田川」:唄:宇宙軒明星
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MISSION

Boost Your Creativity!

 

AGAXART enhances people's creativity

through Butoh
 

Workshop

We create opportunities for participants to discover their inner richness and refine their sensitivity through the physical philosophy of Butoh.
 

Creation and performance

We emphasize fieldwork to create new Butoh works that include new insights.
 

Cultural exchange

We actively engage in exchanges with different cultures and work to increase interest in local resources and history both in Japan and abroad.


We contribute to the growth and improvement of physical expression in Japan through our interactions with people.

​edited by Ai katoh

WORKS
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​Media appearances

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.



 

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