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ART * HUMAN * NATURE
Programme 2010 / 2011
Education Art * Human * Nature;
A certificated creative body education for 6 months or 6 modules
at the Art Culture Center Baekkelund at the beautiful magical
Island Bornholm in Denmark.
6 months Certificated Education 6 May – 17 October
6 Modules of intensive Training: ( All Courses / modules
can be taking separately and graduated with master classes)
10 weeks intensive course (1+2 module) 6 May – 11 July
8 weeks intensive course (3 module) 8 August – 1 October
2 weeks performance Master classes (4. module) 28 June – 11 July
2 weeks performance Master classes (5. module) 20 September -1 October
2 weeks Intensive Master classes (6. module) France 3 – 17 October
Reg. now
Deadline for enrolment 2 month before start (special price) or
at latest 1 month before start, by paying the enrolment deposit.
(For further information and prices please scroll down the document).
DESCRIPTION:
CREATIVE BODY EDUCATION RELATING ART- HUMAN
-NATURE
Nordic Butoh, is an international alternative
performance- and life art school in the North, full of inspiration and spirit
of new and old. The idea of the school is to explore personal resources of
the human being through creative work related to body, art, culture, existence-
and nature.
Art Human Nature an intensive long course, offering
rich possibilities of developing your life - and art resources, through body,
dance and performing work, by experimenting and educate yourself in an alternative
and open creative atmosphere together with others. The international
students can stay and live at the farm of Nordic Butoh the Art Culture Center
Bekkelund (Bornholm) with equipment for stage work and surrounded by a
fantastic nature, changing from colorful spring to the nice summer of the North.
Bornholm is one of our most beautiful and magic island
of Denmark; with wonderful long beaches and dramatic high cliffs. It is situated
in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Central for the Baltic Countries Sweden, Finland,
Poland, Germany, and Denmark, with only 3 hours transport to Copenhagen
ART HUMAN NATURE
A 6 month Certificated education or a training program of 6 modules can
be attended separately, bringing new inspiration to your life or former
profession or it can be your preparation to another creative, bodily,
spiritual, artistic or academic education. All modules can be attended
separated and be graduated to a full certified creative body education
by adding further modules later on.
After ending the education you can apply to attend an active performance platform
at the Art Culture Center Baekkelund.
Each module has specific themes and present integrative
body work as improvisation, creation, investigation and integrates philosophy,
training, and form in the creative work with Art Human Nature.
The teaching unified philosophy, body training and art forming,
and takes a holistic poetic view at dance and performance art; as the
necessary creative process of man, looking for new possibilities and essential
understanding of the relation between our life, culture and nature. Thoughts
and methods are inspirited of both the traditional, contemporary and post modern,
as the Japanese Butoh, Authentic Movement, Body Mind Center, and other
alternative directions of integrative bodywork and aesthetic movement using improvisation,
composition and investigation.
The purpose is to stimulate personal resources
of the individual either as artist or not. To give everyone tools and possibilities
to develop physical and mental awareness and confident through artistic, poetic
and creative mindful work related to nature inside and outside the human body.
Who can attend: The course is for all, who are
working with people, movement or body work. You don’t need any specific
experience, but have to be ready and prepared to work concentrated mentally and
physically independently and in a group. There’s no audition, every one
can apply. If you need more information you are welcome to contact
Anita Saij. You are also welcome to visit our info days or introduction
weekends workshops. You can use the education,
as creative coach, body trainer, somatic practitioner, art teacher
and pedagogy, therapist, creating artist as dancer, actor, painter,
chorography, instructor, musician etc. or just as inspiration or development
of your life, self confident and body feeling.
The Daily training:Includes
theoretical and practical work of the unified authentic body; meditation,
breathing, increasing energy, physical and mental focus and
awareness. Strength and flexibility in body and mind, dynamic,
movement, dance, alignment, centre, Ki and Ma, release,
gravity, balance, rhythm, coordination, contact, relaxation,
tuning, massage, stretch..(BMC, MB, Yoga, QI Qong).
Followed up with creative workshops of body work, movement,
imagination and transformation, organic dynamic choreography,
land art and body landscapes and anatomy, perception, sensitivity,
form, space, time and elements, Active, passive improvisation,
animalistic and dualities, harmonies, calligraphy, dead
body, dreams, masks, intuitive work of vocal and paint.
All training and workshop: brings concrete technical
work of kinetic and kinesiology together with experimental individual research.
The universal aspect of the personal connecting physical, emotional, intellectual
and spiritual elements as well as integrating the intuitive and nonfigurative
abstract, in a more deep mythological and sub consciousness world. The creative
processes open qualities of both the poetical, existential and aesthetical
characters.
The work is going on in the beautiful studio of
the farm or out in the fantastic nature. Every day includes
partner- and group existences. It is a part of the collective
work and the creative process to share experience and information,
and to give and receive personal feedback.
Anita Saij: is directing leader
of the daily classes. Guest teachers are invited after the
1. Module. Teaching language is Comprehensive English. You
will be personally guided and coached during the 10 weeks
course. Each teaching period will end up in a creative work
related to the theme of the period.
HISTORY & REFERENCE:
The setting of a new creative body education program is founded by the renowned
choreographer and dancer Anita Saij. Through more than 25 years of international
prized performances work, intensive teaching programs, lectures, somatic practitioner
and as movement therapist, her work has already attracted and inspired many different
artists, practitioners, academics, pedagogues, coachers..
More than 400 students
from all over the world has been participating the courses at Nordic School of
Butoh since 2002. This various experience and huge researched material, are now
the unfold source in the new certified education; a complete theoretical and
practical program, of creative work, inspired by nature, as well as art as human
life.
Please feel free to find pictures, guestbook’s, sketch
and dairy of former students at the education at www.nordicButoh.dk/board.htm
VISION
“Compare to our modern life, the human need to be able to coordinate many
different processes. The world gets more informative and functional available.
Many things happen at the same time, and this makes it even more important for
man to be centered in him self aware and awake at the same time.
The nature is one of our biggest inspiration sources for life
and art. We feel connected essential and touched deeply. We
are impressed and overwhelmed by its complexity even in small
details.
A work with our unified body is like an open gate to awareness
and creative flow. We can stimulate all elements of human nature.
Our personality is unique; experienced in a bigger collective
aspect like the nature it gives deep mindfulness and spiritual
satisfaction, together with authenticity in our alert body..
Receiving creative coaching helps you to use all your resources,
both physical and mentally. To be able to move and to be moved,
awake your creative talents in many way and stimulate your
innovative potential together with increasing your life energy,
health and happiness either for art or life.
ANITA SAIJ
Nordic Butoh. Academy of Creativity a,
performance and life art education is founded by the international prized and
well-known choreographer, designer and movement therapist
Anita Saij. Her teaching is highly professional and has a
focus at the unit of the human body in relation to post modern
art, existents and nature. The school provides the setting
of a new Art Culture Center Baekkelund at the beautiful Island
Bornholm, from 2009, where artist and students can live,
study and work personally.
Anita Sai, has throughout 25 years integrated
a deep and profound understanding of nature and human body
as an interaction between the inside and the outside aspect
of nature and the unified body, included awareness and the
mindfully creativity.
Her teaching, lectures and performances have been around many
cultures from collaborations with the original people of North
Sami and Inuit from Europe to Japan and Korea, as former member
of the Japanese dance group Body Weather Laboratory and early
students through more than 3 years of the co-founder and Butoh
Master Kazuo Ohno.
The work as choreographer is recognized by a great numbers
of artists and institutions such as The Royal Danish Ballet
and New French Circus, also as an intense performer herself.
Anita Saij founded the international performance group Theatre
Dance Lab.1986, and later Nordic School of Butoh, New Open
Training a Somatic Institute 2002, and now founded the Art
Culture Center at the Farm Baekkelund
TEACHING HOURS
6
months Education May- October (990 teaching
hours included a 2 weeks tour in the mountain of South France).
10 weeks
May- July (360 hours).
8 weeks August- October (240 Hours).
2
weeks modules (120 hours).
The Teaching schedule is organized into intensive periods.
In between the teaching periods the students have training and
homework (it will also be possible to travel to Copenhagen /
Malmo too). Each period have a theoretically theme ending up
in a creative training or performance work. Total hours including
performance and home work.
PRICE
6 months Certificated Education; DKK 42.000,- /5.800,- Euro.
(Special price DKK 37.800, - / Euro 5.220,-).
Included the
enrolment deposit DKK 3.000,-/ Euro 400,-.
10 weeks module; DKK 18.000, - / Euro 2, 400,-. (Special price
DKK 16.200, - / Euro 2.160,-)
Included the enrolment deposit
DKK 3.000,-/ Euro 400,-.
8 Weeks module; DKK 12.000,-/ Euro
1.600,-. (Special price DKK 10.800, - / Euro 1.440,-).
Included
the enrolment deposit DKK 3.000,-/ Euro 400,-.
2 weeks modules;
DKK 6.000,-/Euro800,-. (Special price DKK 5.400, - / Euro 720,-).
Included the enrolment deposit DKK 2.000,-/ Euro 270,-.
(Special price (10 % reduced price) by paying the enrolment
deposit at the latest 2 month before start. We can offer few
students reduced price in the meaning of work exchange max
50 %.Remark that some of the work had to be done before start
of the course and in the teaching free days).
PRATICAL INFORMATION:
6 months Education 6 May – 17
October Arrival 5
May in the evening, departure 17 October before
18.00 (Last 2 weeks in France)
6 Modules of intensive Training: ( All Courses
/ modules can be taking separately and graduated with master
classes)
10 weeks intensive course (1+2
module) 6 May – 11
July. Arrival 5 May in the evening, departure
11 June before 18.00.
8 weeks intensive course (3 module) 8
August – 1
October. Arrival 7 August in the evening, departure 1 October
before 18.00.
2 weeks performance Master classes (4.
module) 28 June – 11
July. Arrival 27 June in the evening, departure 11 July before
18.00.
2 weeks performance Master classes (5.
module) 20 September
-1 October. Arrival 19 September in the evening, departure
1 October.
2 weeks Intensive Master classes (6. module) France 3 – 17
October. Arrival 2 October, departure 17 October ( Toulouse
South France)
BOOKING & PAYMENT
Registration and booking is only possible
by paying the enrolment deposit together with sending
an online application form. When we receive the enrolment
deposit you are automatically booked into the course and we will
send you a reply. Notice if you apply reduced price, you also
have to pay the enrolment deposit at the latest to the deadline
of the course.
The entire fee has to be paid before start of the course (together with your
accommodation fee and eventual the arranged transport ticket).
You can also pay
in 4 rates during the course. Then you have to sign and return a contract (we
will add DKK 2.000,-/ 270,-Euro for this administration).
All payment and transfer has to be directly to the Bank Account of Nordic School
of Butoh:
Nordea Bank, Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen K, DK -reg. # 2102 Account
# 8896-497-007, (swift code NDEADKKK, and iban number DK 112 000 8896 497 007).
Notice to write your name and dates of the course at the transfer. All transfer
expenses are paid by you. It can take 7days before we receive your transfer.
Bring the receipt with you the first day at the course.
TRANSPORT:
Bornholm is a very popular island for artists
and tourists especially in weekends and holidays. We can arrange
all transport the whole way from Copenhagen airport or main station
to the farm if you prefer. Then we buy and e-mail the tickets to
you in advance and a travel plan (price is around 34 Euro one way).
It is easy and cheap and takes only 3 hrs. by bus and ferry. (In
order to buy your ticket you had to pay the 34 Euro to the account
of the school). Please be in good time, the ferry can be very full
if you are too late. You are also very welcome to organize the
travel yourself or hitchhike. The ferries are direct from Sweden,
Poland, Germany, and Denmark. Bornholm have direct flight connect
to many European Cities as well. Links. www.bornholmexpress.dk www.bornholmstrafikken.dk & www.borholminfo.dk & www.cimberairline.dk, www.norwegian.dk
LODGING ACCOMMODATION
DKK 90,-/ 8, - Euro a night for simple lodging
(we have mattress and locker. You had to bring own sleeping bag, warm
blanket and sleeping / training mats and warm close for outdoor use)
.
You can also have lodging in a double room (it might be a single
if few are booking rooms) with closet, table, bed, bed duvet, blanket,
towel, bath tub in the main house, and shoes and warm close for out
door work etc. Price DKK 120 / 16 Euro a night, please note it in advance
at the application.
You can also choose your accommodation outside
the school, like youth hostels, camping etc. but this is more expensive,
you can find links at the tourist information of Bornholm, www.borholminfo.dk
ECONOMICAL:
The Academy is a non-profit private and independent Art Culture
Centre, which means we don’t receive any financial support.
We can help you with an invitation; Course and education gives
you good possibilities to ask for grants in your home country
if you are artist. If you come from the Nordic countries you
can find links of places for apply grants at our website www.nordicbutoh.dk/contact.htm
Cancellation: If the School cancels a course,
all payments will be returned by banc to your banc account.
If the students cancel the course, enrolment deposit and the
payment of the course can be full returned until the registration
deadline (minus an administration fee of 20 %), then the enrolment
deposit will be kept and after start of the course all payment.
Insurance: Students have to have an ordinary
personal insurance. Participation in the course and stay at
the place are at own risk and has to be signed. If you fly
it is a god idea to buy cheap cancellation insurance to your
flight ticket, just in case of cancellation of the course etc.
WORK EXCHANGE
We can offer some of the students a reduced price, in the
sense of exchanging work for workshop fee or lodging fee. You
have to apply the school, with motivation, profession, etc
and what kind of work you can manage. We can give you a maximum
of 50 % reducing of the price. The work will be arranged according
to your personal skill and according the need of the farm;
for instance painting or renovating the buildings, work in
the forest or garden etc. We don’t need help for the
daily clearing or cooking as we doe this works our self. Part
of the work will be organized and happen before the course
starts and at the teaching free days, so it doesn’t affect
the course or disturb the full days teaching schedule.
Please call for further information. Looking very must forward
to your participation,
all the best regards Anita Saij
Post & Administration address: Baadsmandsstraede
43, DK 1407, Copenhagen K.
Students and studio address at Bornholm: Art Culture
Center Bækkelund, Bolbvej 7, DK 3782 Klemensker.
Cell Phone: +45 2665 5605 i n f o @ n o r d i c b u t o h . d k
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