Convergences Theatre Collective hosts and evening of performance and conversation inspired by Butoh. CTC welcomes Butoh Master Katsura Kan to New York for this rare event: Butoh and Beyond.

Wednesday June 6, 2012

8:00 pm

Theater Lab – 137 W 14th ST (between 6th & 7th aves)

$10 Suggested Donation

 

Butoh and Beyond invites choreographers and directors who work with, or are influenced by, Butoh into a performance conversation through the sharing of work and dialogue.  Join us for an informal evening in the studio with beautiful performances from CHIMERAlab Dance Theatre, Convergences Theatre Collective, [da:zain], One Continuous Mistake, and Butoh Master Katsura Kan.  Performances will include selecitions from fully realized pieces to works-in-progress.

Following the performance, the artists will come together to discuss how Butoh inspires and influences our work, the questions that arise from working with Butoh, and how we are infusing our current work with Butoh.  And you’re invited to participate in this exciting conversation!  Come and experience the powerful and beautiful form of Butoh with this amazing collection of artists!

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Join master teacher Kate Kohler Amory and director Jeremy Williams for a unique training opportunity! This 5-hour intensive workshop develops specific and applicable skills for sourcing the body in the creation of authentic text based acting by bringing together the work of Jerzy Growtowski, Stephen Wangh, and their own approach to creating compelling performance through physical embodiment.

The goal of this workshop is to move developmentally from individual improvisational work into a scene from Strindberg’s “Miss Julie”. Kate will lead the group through exercises that allow actors to follow impulse, cultivate rich imagery, and expand emotional range within the context of character and story.

Participants will:

• review the basic forms of the Cat and Plastique
• explore relationship imagery and partner exploratory exercises
• create a physical score, working from improvisation to repeatable moments
• apply the score to scene work with a partner
• edit, refine, and intensify the scene with coaching from Kate Kohler Amory and direction from Jeremy Williams

Workshop open to:

• professional actors
• emerging artists/recent graduates
• directors/choreographers/teacher
• current graduate students

Current undergraduate students will be accepted on a case by case basis. Email Jeremy Williams for more info.

$75; $60 for current students/emerging artists.  Price includes ticket to the studio showing of “Refracting Miss Julie” on Jan. 11.

Pre-registration required.  Email Jeremy@Jeremy-Williams.org to reserve your spot!

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We’re making a new show!  It’s an investigation of the titillating  topic of DESIRE.  Inspired by the text and themes of Strindberg’s Miss Julie- the tragic tale of a woman’s ill-fated consummated desire leading to her suicide.   Join us in a deeply sensual conversation with Acting Out: Desire.

Acting Out: Desire

Wednesday January 11, 7:30 PM

Space on White (81 White Street, Btw. Broadway & Lafayette)

$10 suggested donation

Join us in the rehearsal studio to get a preview of our new work.  We’re looking forward to sharing our progress and engaging in conversation with you about this provocative piece.  This low-tech showing will be held in our rehearsal space.  The evening includes:

• show you a bit of our early material
• expose our process of activating and crafting desire
• and host a conversation with you about our process, the desires of Miss Julie, and your desires!

Seating is VERY limited so reserve your spot today!  And remember, its a suggested donation of $10- but pay what you can!  All proceeds go to further development of this project!

Hope to see you there!

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Jeremy Williams is a director, choreographer, and teacher. He has led the creation of over 20 original works with theatre, dance, music, puppet, visual, and technology artists in addition to staging existing plays and musicals.

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