We seed, we grow, we share.
After two a week of workshops we got into a week of creation to channelize all what we have been through; the love, the fights, the search and the research. Our beloved mistakes and successes come to you as a BIG performance.
88 amazing performers under the guidance of 8 marvelous choreographers created four main performances, plus the addition of a self-organized Trio that popped up from the crowd of dancing bodies to enlighten our future and create the perfect unbalance that balanced the night.
-all photos by Raúl Bartolomé
A WORLD AT WAR
From global wars to internal battles, conflict defines our time.
Our performative research have explored the destructive cycle of violence and the urgent need for transformation. Delving into the heart of this struggle we have found the dance that nourish this performance.
CHAPTER 1 – ‘A very old springtime’
JONATHAN MARTINEAU AND UIKO WATANABE
MUSIC BY: SADI OORTMOOD
CHAPTER 2 – ‘Negotiation’
SLAVA INOZEMECEV AND TAKETERU KUDO
MUSIC BY: Alejandro de Antonio, Antonious Monk, Hiroko Komiya, Sadi Oortmood
CHAPTER 3 – ‘WIRRA’
ATSUSHI TAKENOUCHI AND EUGENIA VARGAS
MUSIC BY: Alejandro de Antonio, Antonious Monk, Hiroko Komiya, Sadi Oortmood
CHAPTER X – ‘Playground Love’
SOPHIE DE SMEDT, ARTEM TROFIMENKO AND HARU
MUSIC BY: Sadi Oortmood
CHAPTER 4 – ‘Matsuri’
YUMIKO YOSHIOKA AND NATSUKO KONO
MUSIC BY: Alejandro de Antonio, Antonious Monk, Hiroko Komiya, Sadi Oortmood
FINAL CHAPTER – ‘Origo’
CAMILLA GIANNI AND MATILDE J CIRIA
MUSIC BY: Alejandro de Antonio, Antonious Monk, Hiroko Komiya, Sadi Oortmood
BUTOH INTERNATIONAL GATHERING is an international dance research project produced in cooperation with Schloss Broellin. A two weeks immersive workshop, community and performing project where dancers from all over the world can enhance their experience and understanding of Butoh dance and its evolution across cultures.
BIG PRODUCTION TEAM:
Artistic director: Matilde J. Ciria
Deputy director: Camilla Giani
Choreographers: Slava Inozemcev, Jonathan Martineau, Natsuko Kono, Taketeru Kudo, Atsushi Takenouchi, Eugenia Vargas, UikoWatanabe, Yumiko Yoshioka.
Musicians: Alejandro de Antonio, Antonious Monk, Hiroko Komiya, Sadi Oortmood
Technical director and lighting design: Spiros Paterakis.
Technical assistant: Gregor, Karl
BIG ASSISTANTS TEAM: Nataliya Andru , Aude Fondard, Brigitta Varga, Claudio Vidal, Minja Mertanen, , Xdzunúm Danae Trejo Boles, Avi Volkmar, Artem Trofimenko, Eszter Tompa, Olga Török, Bodhi ( Maryna Zhuravlova )
BIG PARTICIPANTS TEAM: Ilyan, NiFe, Hunor, Llanos, Elvira, Ero, Christine, Zoe, Yulia, Ying, Vola, Virginia, Veronica, Ute, Ursula, Min , Tina, Sophie Clarisse, Sophia , Sophie, Silvia M, Silvia R, Caroline, Shannon, Sascha, Sanja, Raghu, Pius, Patrick, Nelly, Monica, Mina, Mikko, Michal, Mascha, Mariví, Maria del Mar, Maria, Marek, Malte, Maris, Louis, Lena, Larissa, Laha, Jutta, JAS, Joanna, Jeffrey, Kanako, Gita, Gerard, Franziska, Eter, Eron, Emerald, Elena, Dorothée, Diego, Coco, Charis, Bob, Bettina, Barbara T, Barbara Do, Aude, Xdzunúm Danae, Minja, Claudio, Avi, Anushka, Anna, Ana, Angelino, Andrés, Andrea C, Andrea M, Ander, Anaïs, Ana, Alice, Alex, Marta.
SCHLOSS BRÖLLIN PRODUCTION TEAM:
Head of Residency Programme /Administration & Production BIG: Jana Bäskau
Project Assistant BIG: Anna Friedrich
Accounting: Marie-Christine Hoffmann
Guest Service: Hanna Görss
Kitchen Collective: Horst Mick, Hermann Teinzer, Katharina Schmelting, Finn Janssen, Ari (Jaime Huerta Cuesta), Chakra (Frank Larry Luna González), Bianca Scuppa
Cafe/Bar: Christof Husemann, Ilias Mavromatis, Marika Pyrszel
Housekeeping: Marion Uterhardt
Maintanance: Stefan Zimmermann
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Katharina Husemann, Broellin board, for endorsing the festival until it became real.
Jana Baeskau and Anna, Broellin projection team, for their gentle efficiency that made everyday challenge into a stress-free task.
Franzi and Tom for their infinte passion and support.
Gregor Weber for his behind-the-scene constant support.
And all of us who made it possible.
And finally: to the broellin ghosts that were dancing with us.