Saturday 20th February 2010, 7:30pm

!!! Now a Double Bill with SichtLautTrio !!!

Cafe Reason presents - A Double Bill featuring

GooSayTen + SichtLautTrio

Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio map
Headington Hill Campus
Headington Hill, Oxford
Cost: FREE (Donations will be requested towards artists' travel costs.)
Time: 7:30pm

An open 'jam session' will follow at around 9pm for musicians and dancers.

GooSayTen means "a contingently realised heaven" and is a butoh dance partnership between Itto Morita and Mika Takeuchi. Following their recent performances in London, Itto and Mika will give one last butoh performance in Oxford before Mika returns to Japan. This may be the last chance for quite a while to see these renowned butoh dancers perform together outside Japan.

"I've seen Itto perform a few times but never with his usual butoh partner Mika, so I'm very much looking forward to it myself. We are very fortunate to have had Itto here in the UK for the last several months and I for one have been inspired by his teaching and have learnt a lot from the few classes and workshops that I have been able to attend."
(Paul Mackilligin)

SichtLautTrio is made up of dancer Geraldo Si (ex Pina Bausch), Kent-based musician David Leahy and his double bass. They have been performing around Europe together for over three years. Their performances are totally improvised, full of life, spontaneity and humour. With the two experienced artists constantly switching roles, this is not your typical dance or music performance. Instead it could easily be described as a live sound installation that moves.

Directions... map
...from Oxford, follow High Street over the river to the roundabout at The Plain, take first exit (St Clements) and continue past traffic lights and straight on up Headington Hill, past the park, and then take the first driveway to the left near the top of the hill. Go past the gatehouse and take the 2nd turning on the right. The Drama Studio is a smallish, squarish building with railings outside the door, set back from the main driveway. Last time I checked, parking was still unrestricted on Saturday evenings.

...from London, catch a bus from Victoria (buses go every ten minutes or so) then get off either in Headington and walk down the hill, or in St Clements and walk up the hill. The bus passes the campus gateway. Check with the driver and check with Tiff (see below) for further details.

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PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE ENTRANCE DOOR OPENS DIRECTLY ONTO THE STAGE. If you are so late that the performance has already begun, there is no way to let you in without disrupting the performance so you may have missed it! If there is an opportunity between performances the door will be opened to check for latecomers, but PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK UNLESS AN INTERVAL IS CLEARLY IN PROGRESS!
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For further details please contact either Paul Mackilligin on 07796 691013 / 01865 377013, or Tiff Chan on 07767 703452.

Friday 27 November 2009, 6pm (approx.)

Thresholds

Short, improvised butoh performance as part of the Oxford Inspires 'Christmas Light Night' dance platform (5.30 - 6.15pm and 6.45 - 8.30pm). The evening also showcases many other Oxford dance groups.

Venue: Westgate Centre mall
Cost: free

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November 2009, 10am - 5pm

In the form of the formless: becoming ghost
Butoh workshop in Oxford with Sayoko Onishi

This workshop will look at the fundamental techniques and essence of butoh, exploring the image and the form of the 'ghost' in order to - as Kazuo Ohno says - be possessed by it. We will work on bodily details and on creating minimal movements so powerful that they dominate the space and captivate the audience.

Cost: £60/£50 concessions

Email enquiries to: Ana Barbour
Telephone enquiries to Ana on 01608 683270 or 07984 641999

(date to be confirmed)

Diamond Night

Next in our series of bi-monthly arts evenings, bringing 'uncut performance gems' (ours and others') into the spotlight. See New Work for more information and watch this space for updates.

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