Doushin Butoh
Doushin Butoh was created by Gadu Doushin in order to explore the hidden potential of human body. Using movement meditation techniques from Spring Forest Qigong and body awareness techniques from Subbody Butoh, Doushin Butoh allow the practitioners to go deep into a meditative state and explore their body in a whole new way. By surrendering themselves to the flow of the universe, Doushin Butoh practitioners restore the natural flow of Qi in their body and heal and develop themselves physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Butoh
Butoh is a contemporary Japanese movement art form that began in the late 1950's. It originated as an anti-establishment, anti-traditional dance theater, Butoh explores the relationship between our mind and body, and it questions our society's perceptions of the body and the idea of "beauty." Though it is considered as an underground art form, Butoh is practiced all over world.
Butoh Performer
Gadu has been an award-winning dancer and choreographer for over 25 years. He started his dance career with percussive dance forms such as tap, flamenco and south Indian classical dance.
Gadu started to practice Butoh in 2005. He studied Subbody Butoh with Rhizome Lee in Dharamsala, India from 2007 to 2012. He received his teacher certification in 2012 from Subbody Butoh Foundation.
He created Doushin Butoh in 2016 to further explore the hidden potential of human expression by combining physical methods of Subbody Butoh and his energetic understanding of Spring Forest Qigong. He has performed in extensively in US and abroad. He has been a renowned solo performer and he has also organized a Butoh collective, Nenkin Butoh Dan, with his students.
Butoh Teacher
He has been teaching Butoh class since 2008. He has taught his regular classes as well as special workshops for colleges and universities, theaters and dance companies including Macalester College, Carleton College, University of Minnesota, St. Could State University, and In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.