Atheneum Wispelberg

BODY RESONANCE Body Resonance - based on Butoh and Organic Movement, starts from the idea that the world, including our body, consists of vibrational waves that constantly resonate. In order to tune our body to that frequency, we need first to shake off unnecessary tension. We make a white canvas of our body to paint new color on it. I teach this as neutralization, a close-to-zero state, scouring off rust and polishing our antenna to catch waves from profound layers of the body. This allows resonant memories to emerge that melt down the amour of our ego. Belonging to a third generation of Butoh artists, Yumiko Yoshioka has developed a personal style of bodywork called Body Resonance, which integrates Butoh practice, Noguchi Taiso gymnastics and various other Asian training methods to help prepare the body to receive and transmit dance and creation. YUMIKO YOSHIOKA is a Japanese Butoh dancer and choreographer from Tokyo. Since 1988 she has been based in Germany. Yumiko is a former member of Ariadone, the first female Butoh company, which was founded by Ko Murobushi and Carlotta Ikeda in 1974. Many other collaboration with international artists and dancers encouraged Yumiko to start to unfold her own personal style of dancing and choreography.