Semimaru who is one of the founders of Sankai juku and also a dancer of the company since 1975.
Will have Butoh workshop in August 2026 in Toyama prefecture, Japan.
This Summer workshop has been held since 1987.
This workshop consists of...
- basic Butoh exercises which Sankai juku has developed
- Semimaru will design and choreograph a show
- at the last evening Semimaru and Sankai juku dancers and you perform in front of the audience.
Several of Sankai juku dancers attend this workshop
Although you can attend partially, we recommend for you to take the whole course, training, and the performance. It's a resident style workshop with 2 simple meals (coarse food, no animal products) per day, taking a person-on-duty system for cooking and cleaning etc.
The actual trainings are around 6 hours per day (including preparation for costume and stage set etc.).
It doesn’t require much muscle strength, but if you can’t do it physically, you can just observation.
Not only professional dancers but beginners, actors, or various performers, or who is just curious what is Butoh, are welcome. 
Located in the rich nature of Toyama, the workshop place is a remote and isolated among the mountains.

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