A week intensive Butoh Gathering, August 17–24, 2026, Schloss Bröllin, Germany Choreographers: MICHIYASU FURUTANI TASHI IWAOKA CAMILLA GIANI MATILDE JAVIER CIRIA YUMINO SEKI https://www.bigbutoh.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQCvD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVNlFXZk9wbFRiUEVjT0Zqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtFiL6s9QZNcSxUQgUNVIYmprBsHFFsJbMYZlBKVP1FIoxwuY_Tour0cYFOU_aem_Yi6WIejxNea2dwBgrcJ1GA#registration

A Boggy Gassy Bubbly Ensemble on Saturday 23rd May 2026, from 18.50 pm – 22.15 pm in collaboration with Miranda Whall (artist) Angharad Davies (musician) Matt Davis (musician) Yumino Seki (dance)

23 - 27th April, 2026, Felinganol, Wales Drawn from a Butoh perspective and somatic practice we will explore liminal space between the earth and the sky, day and night, tangible and intangible and corporeal and incorporeal. The participants will be given their own explorative time to work towards ‘performance making’.

Fri 27th Feb, RuptureXIBIT London, 7pm & 8pm in collaboration with Kate Howe (Painting/installation) Nick Perkins (live sound) Yumino Seki (dance)

Monthly workshop in Brighton sun 21st Sep, 1-4pm & sat 18th Oct 4.30-7.30pm, £40/34/32, The Loft at the Little Dippers, Brighton photo by Kuniko Kamioka

Sat 20th Sep 2025, 1.00-6.00pm, Chisenhale Dance Space, London £60 At the time of the equinox the day and night become approximately of equal length. In Buddhism influenced culture it is believed to be the time when the dead and living come closer to cerebrate ancestors. In time for the autumn equinox this workshop will explore the worlds of corporeal and Incorporeal with a hint of our contemporary culture. photo by Kuniko Kamioka

Sat 26th July, 7.30pm, £13 The Compound, 161 Bexhill road, St.Leonards on Sea, TN38 8BG   The Hunter is a Butoh-inspired dance performance exploring the archetype of the hunter - one who stands as a guardian between civilisation and the untamed wild. Through the dual act of stalking and being stalked, hunter and prey become indistinguishable, blurring boundaries and roles. The piece becomes a visceral ritual, dissolving the human presence into stillness and shadow.

Private View live performance Fri 25th July Exhibition runs 25th - 27th July, Electro Studios Project Space

Monthly workshops in Brighton sun 13th April, 10.30- 13.30pm, The Loft at Little Dippers, Brighton, £32/34/40 photo Olivia England, The Peplum installation by Kate Howe

thu 3rd - sun 6th Apr 2025, £200/£180 The workshop combines studio and outdoor practice. Submerged in the landscape we will explore the terrain, rhythm and pace of Combe Valley in a small group. Outdoor practice directly engages with nature where the boundaries of life & death become more fluid and the senses are more stimulated whereas studio time focuses on body awareness drawn from somatic practice. Working in groups and pairs and individuals we will work towards performance making.

Monthly workshops in Brighton sun 16th Feb, 4.30- 7.30pm, sun 23rd Mar 1.30- 4.30 The Loft at Little Dippers, Brighton, £32/34/40 photo Kaixiang Zhang

Sat 7th Dec 2024, 1-5pm, Chisenhale Dance Space, London £45 ‘Express without expressing’ Tatsumi Hijikata (founder of Ankoku Butoh). This is a most controversial idea but it is at the very core of Butoh. We deepen our awareness from the everyday consciousness to the body’s innate state, becoming an empty vessel. drawing by April Yasamee

21st-23rd November, We Shine Portsmouth festival, 4.30-8.40, Treadgolds Multi-media immersive event produced by one000Plateuas Rusty Sheriff (sound), Kim Balouch (projection) and Yumino Seki (movement direction/choreography) with volunteer performers.

sat 21st September 2024, 7pm, £12-£14, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Directed by Miranda Whall. Performers Miranda Whall, Owen Lloyd, Neil Luck, Yumino Seki and Angharad Davies will collaborate in arts, sciences and farming to tell recently rediscovered Ceirch du Bach (Black Oat seed) – a resilient crop that once grew on almost every upland farm in Wales.

8th & 14th September 2024, free entry Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL Internationally renowned choreographer Marie-Gabrielle Rotie and dancer Yumino Seki will bring Butoh dance with Nick Parkin's soundscape responding to Kate Howe's installation, The Templum.

3rd & 4th August 2024 Groundings Theatre, Portsmouth, £5 (funded by ACE) produced by one000plateaus https://one000plateaus.com

Sun 7th July, 2-7pm, Chisenhale dance Space. Exploring the aspects of shadows and light through the lens of Japanese traditional eyes. “Lacquerware decorated in gold is not something to be seen in a brilliant light, to be taken in at a single glance; it should be left in the dark, a part here and a part there picked up by a fain light. Its florid patterns recede into the darkness, conjuring in an inexpressible aura of depth and mystery, of overtones but partly suggested.” photo Kaixiang Zhang

Thu 23rd May, Fabrica, Brighton Fringe Festival In collaboration with Afrit Nebula (music), Mark French (projection) and dance.

thu 9th - mon 13th May 2024 residency performance workshop at Felinganol Woodland retreat, Wales.

TRANSIT is an art intervention at Towner Eastbourne produced by Phoene Cave on 2nd, 4th 7th and 9th February 2024. The group of artists includes Florence Bell, Georgina, Kaixiang Zhang, Liz Overs, Loupe Cooper, Phoene Cave, Stuart Water, Yair Katz and Yumino Seki Artistic directors Rose Ryan and Charlie Kenber

Friday 26 January 16.00 - 21.00 Saturday 27 January 12.00 - 17.00 Sunday 28 January 12.00 – 17.00 Venue Choros Technis 14th day, Kallirois, 10 Athens (metro Acropolis) To register, email to: unclassifiedactions@gmail.com by January 15, 2024. Email subject: Name_Butoh workshop with Yumino Seki Participation cost: 150/120 (early bird) euros. Early bird deadline: December 20, 2023.

29th September at Kino, Hastings Performance in collaboration with Afrit Nebula (music), Mark French (projection), Ken Edwards (writing) and Yumino Seki (dance) Coastal Currents Festival 2023

sat 10 Sep 2023, Berlin, Germany Performance in collaboration with Carlé Costa (music) and his ensemble

Sat 1st July taster workshop, performance and Q&A at Guildhall Studios, Guildhall Walk, PO1 2AB in collaboration with 000plateous and Rusty Sheriff

Fri 16 Jun, 11-1pm, Hastings

12 Jun 2023, 6.30-8pm, outdoor session

3 Jun 2023, 11-5pm, £55, Chisenhale Dance Space In particular the workshop will focus on the theme of the archetypal hunter - ‘accepting your place as a bulwark between civilisation and the terrors of the wilderness’. We will explore the archetypes of the hunter and the prey, their roles and relationship encompassing the physical and beyond physical realm. Erasing human presence the stillness awaits. A point where the boundary between two seemingly oppositional forces becomes fluid.

Fri 19 May, 11-1pm, £10, Hastings