Renkon Project’s 3-day Butoh Workshop, August 1-3 at Pacific Buddhist Academy – Honolulu, HI

This 3-day movement workshop will explore unique Butoh processes developed to reduce anxiety and free the mind. Butoh is a Japanese dance form created out of the nuclear bomb experience.

Butoh Master Hiroko Tamano will lead us in a dance-prayer to each of the four directions. We will embody elements corresponding to cardinal directions, North vs South, East vs West, transforming as we move through these elements. Each opposing element affects and relates to each other, linked by the heart. Chanting a heart sutra, we will send resonating waves with the voice, finding release.

In the process, you will learn the depth of your own body.

Practicing again and again, becoming entranced, finding yourself in a harmonious space.

All experiences welcomed. Keep up to your body’s ability.

Pacific Buddhist Academy

Friday, August 1, 5-8 pm

Saturday, August 2, 2-5 pm

Sunday, August 3, 2-5 pm

Attending all three days is not required but highly encouraged. Workshop attendees may be invited to participate in a culminating performance-demonstration on Wednesday, August 6, 7 pm at the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium in observance of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Sorry, there are no refunds. Your donation is greatly appreciated.