guided workshops
I guided my first workshop during the Himalaya Subbody Butoh Festival in Spring of 2014 but did not guide again till 2016. All the hours in the list below added up together would be approximately 1,080 hours of guiding experience.
2024
Aug 24 | TURKEY | 1 hour | butoh workshop | Play Festival @ Stoa in Sirince.
Jul 10 – 13 | POLAND | 8 hours | Theokinesis Christian Butoh | 4 days, 2 hours each @ SLOT Festival in Lubiąż.
Jun 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22 | GEORGIA | 30 hours | Theokinesis Christian Butoh | 10 days, 3 hours each @ Lumos Studio (weekdays) & Music & Drama Theatre Studio (weekends).
Apr 4 – May 24 | INDIA | 40 hours | Theokinesis Christian Butoh pilot classes | 6 week, 2 1/2 hour classes, Thurs & Fri plus Mon nature days @ Arahantas studio & Oasis Hotel Studio in Dharamkot (Dharamsala).
2023
Dec 6 – Jan 13 | INDIA | 50 hours | 6 week, 3 hour classes, 3 to 5 days per week @ Unearth Hostel in Auroville.
Oct 20 | INDIA | 1 hour | Intro class @ Tara Studio in Upper Bhagsu, Dharamsala.
Jun 27, 29 & Jul 18th | USA | 6 hours | 2 hour classes @ All People’s Life Center Dance Studio in Tampa, Florida.
2022
Dec 04 | GREECE | 3 hours | Masterclass @ Ananda Unity in Athens
Oct 03 – 28 | TURKEY | 37 hours | Flower of Death 3-guide Butoh intensive w/ Rita Soma (Spain) and Coco Villarreal (Mexico) @ STOA
Sep 19 – 23, 26, 30 | GEORGIA | 7 hours | Butoh series @ Theatre of Music & Drama & Lumos Yoga Studio in Tbilisi
Sep 13 | ITALY | 2 1/2 hours | Dance of Spores Butoh Residency and Workshop @ Spazio ‘500 in Vigolo Vattaro | Event Link
Aug 06 & 07 | HUNGARY | 2 hours | 2 butoh workshops @ OZORA Festival
Jul 04 – 15 | SPAIN | 34 hours | 2-weeks Beyond Limits Butoh Intensive w/ Coco Villareal in El Calabacino.
June 24 – 27 | GREECE | 8 hours | 4 day workshops with Marianna Tsagaraki @ Kallichoro in Athens
June 10 – 12 & 16 – 18 | GEORGIA | 12 hours | Workshops @ Tbilisi Music and Drama State Theatre & Maudi in Tibilisi
May 09 – June 03 | GEORGIA | 17 hours | Butoh Classes as part of the Spring Re-breath Dance & Theatre Retreat via Nomadic Dance Collective in Nunisi Forest
April 30 – May 01 | GEORGIA | 4 hours | Workshops @ Tbilisi Music and Drama State Theatre in Tibilisi
Feb 28 – Mar 25 | TURKEY | 20 hours | 1 Month Nomadic Dance Collective Program with Kiori Kawai and Concetta Cariello @ Tiyatro Medresesi in Sirince
Jan 17 – Feb 25 | TURKEY | 48 hours | 6 Week Butoh Lantern Program with Alessia Mollardo, Santeri Vikstrom, and Coco Villarreal @ Tiyatro Medresesi in Sirince
2021
Oct 22 & Nov 03 | MEXICO | 4 hours | Workshops @ La Tozi in San Cristobal
Oct 14 & 28 | MEXICO | 3 hours | Workshop with Rita Soma @ Wapani Cultural Space in San Cristobal
Aug 9 – 22 | GEORGIA | 18 hours | 2 Week Georgia Mountain Performance Intensive with Kiori Kawai and Concetta Cariello @ Gomarduli Zen Garden in Gomarduli
May 21 – Aug 08 | GEORGIA | 45 hours | 3 months of mostly 3 hour classes @ Gomarduli Zen Garden in Gomarduli
Apr 19 – May 7 | TURKEY | 27 hours | 3 Week Butoh Lantern Program with Julie Becton Gillum and Ozerk Sonat Pamir @ Tiyatro Medresesi in Sirince
Mar 1 – 26 | TURKEY | 37 hours | 1 Month Butoh Lantern Program with Julie Becton Gillum and Ozerk Sonat Pamir @ Tiyatro Medresesi in Sirince
Jan 11th – Feb 5th | TURKEY | 37 hours | 1 Month Butoh Lantern Program with Julie Becton Gillum and Ozerk Sonat Pamir @ Tiyatro Medresesi in Sirince
2020
Oct 05 – Dec 18 | UKRAINE | 80 hours | 3 Month Butoh Lantern Program with Julie Becton Gillum and Ozerk Sonat Pamir @ Soma Studio in Lviv
Sep | UK | 3 hours | Workshop at Cafe Reason in Oxford.
Aug 05 – 30 | TURKEY | 37 hours | 1 Month Butoh Lantern Program with Julie Becton Gillum and Ozerk Sonat Pamir @ Yoga Ashram Studio in Kadıköy, Istanbul
2019
Sep 13 – 15 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 12 hours | 3 day intensive with Julie Becton Gillum @ Druna Studio in Prague
Sep 5 – 8 | GERMANY | 12 hours | 4 day intensive with Julie Becton Gillum @ Resodance Studio in Leipzig
Aug 25 & 29 | SERBIA | 4 hours | Sesalac Butoh Retreat in Sesalac
Aug 01 & 02 | HUNGARY | 1 hour | 2 day introductory workshops, 30 minutes @ O.Z.O.R.A. Music Festival
Jul 19 – 23 | SPAIN | 15 hours | 5 day intensive @ International School of Gesture in Madrid
Jul 11 – 15 | FINLAND | 15 hours | 5 day intensive @ Suomenlinna Island in Helsinki
Jul 07 | ITALY | 5 hours | 1 day (5 hour) workshop for Moving Bodies Festival in Torino
Jun 24 – 27 | UKRAINE | 25 hours | 5 day intensive @ Skvorechnic (birdhouse) in Kiev
Jun 13 – 16 | GERMANY | 8 hours | 4 day intensive @ Resodace Studio in Leipzig
Feb 22 & 24 | INDIA | 9 hours | 3 day intensive @ NarenJayan Studio in New Delhi
2018
Dec 20 – 24 | INDIA | 15 hours | 5 day intensive @ Laamakan and Nirvana Art Cafe in Hyderabad
Apr 07 – 09 | USA | 3 hours | Asheville Contemporary Arts Theater studio in Asheville, NC
Feb 1 – 05 | USA | 25 hours | 5 day butoh intensive at a studio in Whidbey Island, WA
Jan 25 – 29 | USA | 25 hours 5 day intensive @ The Egyptian Door in New Orleans, LA
Jan 18 – 20 | USA | 9 hours | 3 day intensive @ Body Electric Yoga in St. Petersburg, FL
2017
Dec 03 – 07 | ISRAEL | 10 hours | 1 week butoh intensive @ Idan desert
Jun | INDIA | 60 hours | 5 days per week summer course @ Himalaya Subbody Butoh School in Dharamsala, India
May 13 – 15 | SERBIA | 15 hours | 3 day butoh intensive at a private house dance studio in Belgrade
May 05 – 09 | GREECE | 25 hours | 5 day intensive @ Neverland in Athens
Apr 27 – May 1 | UKRAINE | 25 hours | 5 day intensive @ Underpub in Odessa
Feb 2017 | MEXICO | 27 hours | 9 day workshop, separate days, Teatro Popular Joaquin Pardave public park in Mexico City
2016
Dec 03 – 07 | USA | 25 hours | 5 day intensive @ Sanctuary Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans, LA
Nov 19 | USA | 3 hours | workshop @ House of Light Yoga in Spring Hill, FL
Nov 18 | USA | 3 hours | workshop @ Revolution Hair Co in Tampa, FL
Oct 21 | USA | 2 hours | OPEN Gallery in Louisville, KY
Sep 03 | USA | 3 hours | workshop @ Asheville Contemporary Arts Theater | 3 hour workshop
2014
Jun 2014 | INDIA | 2 hours | workshop @ Subbody Butoh School in Dharamsala, India