Demonstration & Short Lecture by NAKAJIMA NATSU
with Vietnamese, Japanese subtitle (English subtitle coming up soon) 

 In this episode of Butoh Choreo Lab, we invited NAKAJIMA Natsu, a direct student of Ohno Kazuo and Hijikata Tatsumi – the founders of Butoh, to give an online performance and short lecture on dancing the “Old”. Don’t miss this lecture which is packed with essence from her own many years of Butoh experience, her learnings from Ohno Kazuo and Hijikata, the idea of “becoming” something. 

 About NAKAJIMA NATSU
Natsu Nakajima (b. 1943 Sakhalin) has been one of the most prominent figures in Butoh dance since its foundation in Tokyo in the 1960s, and one of its foremost pioneers abroad. Training under both Hijikata Tatsumi and Kazuo Ohno, Nakajima went on to establish her own dance company, Muteki-sha, in 1969, with whom she has been performing and choreographing internationally since the early 1980s. Her highly acclaimed performance of at LIFT ‘83 (London) marked the beginning of this international touring career and led to performances at festivals such as FIND (Montreal), the Nancy Festival, and the Sydney Biennale. In addition to her performance and choreographic work, Nakajima has over 50 years of experience as a teacher and has been one of the forerunners of dance for the disabled in Japan. She has also won prizes for her choreographic work in Mexico and Canada, including first prize at the Canada Dance Festival for her choreography of Ghost Stories in 1990. In addition to her performance and choreographic work, she got the award by New York Butoh Institute. 

 BUTOH CHOREO LAB
The unique form of Butoh was born out of Japan in the 1960s. Today, Butoh is known internationally and there are practitioners all over the world, but as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, opportunities for people to access Butoh have plummeted. In such times, BUTOH CHOREO LAB aims to develop, popularise and pass on Butoh, by sharing Butoh dancers’ thoughts and techniques on choreography from the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio to an online platform.
Credit: Butoh Choreo Lab
Vietnamese subtitle: The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam