Noguchi Taiso - Butoh workshop with Mari Osanai Noguchi Taiso and Butoh workshop in New York with Mari Osanai hosted by New York Butoh Institute 13 hours Dates and Times: Friday, May 8th, 2026, 7:30pm-10:30pm Saturday, May 9th, 2026, 2-7pm Sunday, May 10th, 2026 , 3-8pm Location: 115 Wooster Street Dance studio Soho All levels and complete beginners are welcome. Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to study with Vangeline’s own teacher, who comes all the way from Japan! Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher of Noguchi Taiso and Butoh Mari Osanai’s workshops focus on Noguchi Taiso combined with the influences of her early training in Tai Chi, Western dance methods, traditional folk dance in Aomori, Japan (her birthplace), and the connection between one’s thoughts and sensation of weight. Osanai’s approach to movement research and exploration begins with a heightened awareness of gravity’s influence on the body and the body’s connection with the center of the earth. Exercises in the workshop train the body to embrace its weight and heighten its sensitivity to move from its most relaxed and receptive state. Starting with images, such as washing the body with water, air, sunlight, workshop participants will discover the body’s vital energies rooted in its inherent hydrodynamics. Movement and form result as participants ingest imagery inside their bodies and allow the changes to shift the body’s interior. Mari Osanai was born in Aomori (north top of main Island in Japan) Japan. She was trained in Classical Ballet and Modern dance at an early age and later studied jazz dance Tai Chi and Noguchi Taiso. Noguchi Taiso and its philosophy and theory had a great influence on her creations. Her unique and complex movements are created interweaving these techniques as well as taking classes with Mr. Hironobu Oikawa. Over the years, she has performed and taught workshops in Japan. She started performing oversea since 1994; Canada (9 cities), the United States, Greece, and Germany. ENROLL HERE: FEES 3-DAYS $300 SCHOLARSHIP LEVEL $250 Please email butohinstitute@gmail.com with expressions of interest for the scholarship level. $300-3 days Scholarship level $250 SINGLE DAYS FRIDAY ONLY $60 Saturday ONLY $120 SUNDAY ONLY $120 PAYMENT PLANS ARE AVAILABLE : CONTACT VANGELINE at butohinstitute@gmail.com All payments are non-refundable, and your spot is non-transferrable. By pre-registration only- any questions, contact butohinstitute@gmail.com Photos by Azumi Oe This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, and the City Council.
