Atsushi Takenouchi - JINEN Butoh

Jinen Butoh Workshop in Puglia, South Italy, at Casina Settarte



Photos by Claudia Komina, Hiroko Komiya and Yuko Ota















At casina settarte,
where we danced, where we sang,
where we ate, where we slept,
where we lived togather...
















- PRACTICES -

We started the workshop at studios(outside and inside).




















Some days we had very heavy rains, though thay said it was very rare in this region.
Might our dance have called the rain...?












- NATURE SIDE PRACTICES -


One morning we got up early for dancing with the rising sun.
We made processions of some walkings in the fog.









On the field.
We danced, run, lay, crawled, rolled on the ground, with trees, with insects.
Finaly, we had not known where was the border;
dirty and clean, ourselves and the other people, lives, or things...





















At the end of workshop,
every participant made a solo performance at his favorite place.
They were accompanied by musiciens as during the workshop practices.





























































































On the way...
























We had been surrounded by

     

     

     














At the meal time