Muğla Butoh August Butoh Laboratory & Residency

Join us this August for Butoh at Dharmapur Retreat Center in Türkiye — month 2 of our 3-month Butoh residency, nestled 40km inland from Fethiye 🇹🇷 This month will be guided by Carey Jeffries (FR), Rita Soma (ES), Lyze Damour (FR), and me! ✨ What to expect: 25 hours of Butoh activity per week Affordable retreat center w/ 3 catered Turkish meals Large dance studio with A/C Room or tent option Pool Nearby waterfall 📍 Register & info: https://mugla.shadowbody.com Guides: Carey Jeffries (FR) Carey is an Anglo-Irish dance artist and bodywork practitioner based in Paris, trained in Butoh in Scotland, France, Spain, and Japan with masters including Min Tanaka, Masaki Iwana, and Atsushi Takenouchi; her decades-long research into Butoh, Contact Improvisation, and therapeutic touch gave rise to Deep Contact, a practice weaving movement, touch, and presence. Rita Soma (ES) Rita is a nomadic artist with a background in physical theatre, active in the performing arts since 2008 and practicing Butoh since 2016. She has also gone through Himalaya Subbody. Her work researches the invisible between worlds, integrating shadow and light while allowing hidden dreams and unseen realities to move through the body. Lyze Damour (FR) Lyze is a Paris-based Butoh practitioner, trained in contemporary dance in London with early professional work in Brazil; since 2000, she has developed strong ties with Butoh. Through her Collective BIG!, she initiates The Skin of the World, inclusive events in unconventional spaces, and her pedagogy is deeply informed by her work in therapy and art-therapy. Adam Koan (USA) Adam is the facilitator and one of the guides for Muğla Butoh, dedicated to catering a memorable experience for both educator and participant. He is a Venezuela-born, USA-raised Butoh artist who has facilitated and guided Butoh internationally since 2016. Adam is associated with Shadowbody, founding the Shadowbody Butoh Manual and the Butoh Directory. Throughout the years, he studied under 45 Butoh/Butoh-related educators, but most extensively under Rhizome Lee (Subbody method) and Julie Becton Gillum.