Date: 30.-31. May 2026, 2-6 pm
Language: English
Instructor: Stefano Taiuti (Body Worker, Butoh dancer & performer)
A grounded movement workshop for movers, bodyworkers & curious beginners.
In this two-day workshop, Stefano Taiuti shares a practical, somatic approach to movement: how movement works from the inside – through sensation, attention and intention – so your body becomes more available, expressive and enjoyable to move.
You don’t need any dance background. This workshop is ideal for bodyworkers and massage therapists, as well as dancers, actors, performers and anyone who wants to reconnect with their body in a real, down-to-earth way.
This workshop is for you if you…
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want to enjoy moving again (without performance pressure)
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are a bodyworker or massage therapist looking for fresh tools & inspiration
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are a dancer, actor or performer wanting new impulses and presence
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are curious about Butoh as an exploratory practice (no experience needed)
What you’ll take home
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simple tools to access movement through felt sense (somatic awareness)
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more ease, range and clarity in your movement
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Butoh-inspired practices
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Date: 30.-31. May 2026, 2-6 pm
Language: English
Instructor: Stefano Taiuti (Body Worker, Butoh dancer & performer)
A grounded movement workshop for movers, bodyworkers & curious beginners.
In this two-day workshop, Stefano Taiuti shares a practical, somatic approach to movement: how movement works from the inside – through sensation, attention and intention – so your body becomes more available, expressive and enjoyable to move.
You don’t need any dance background. This workshop is ideal for bodyworkers and massage therapists, as well as dancers, actors, performers and anyone who wants to reconnect with their body in a real, down-to-earth way.
This workshop is for you if you…
-
want to enjoy moving again (without performance pressure)
-
are a bodyworker or massage therapist looking for fresh tools & inspiration
-
are a dancer, actor or performer wanting new impulses and presence
-
are curious about Butoh as an exploratory practice (no experience needed)
What you’ll take home
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simple tools to access movement through felt sense (somatic awareness)
-
more ease, range and clarity in your movement
-
Butoh-inspired practices for subtlety, intensity and expression
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guided improvisation with imagery (“dance by images”)
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ideas you can integrate into your practice, training or creative work
How we’ll work (modular structure)
Each session explores one quality of movement through:
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warm-up & stretching
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somatic movement exploration + Butoh basics
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“dance by images” (guided movement improvisation)
Partner exercises may be included, always optional.
There is floorwork (working on the ground). Stefano adapts intensity and exercises to the level and needs of the group.
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About Stefano
Stefano Taiuti is a performance artist, Butoh dancer and bodyworker. For over 30 years he has explored the body in motion, trained with renowned mime teachers and Butoh masters, and developed his own methodology integrating western movement analysis with Butoh.
The Refugium founders met him as an instructor at the Lomi Ausbilding Berlin and knew we had to invite him for a workshop in Aschaffenburg.
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What is Butoh?
Butoh, (in)famously, defies description. It is often reduced only to an examination of the striking imagery it sometimes produces (grotesque contortions, stark white make-up etc.), but the heart of Butoh is in the process. Butoh presents an exploratory series of tools for finding the body, and learning to be in control of losing control. It is a practice that, fundamentally, asks us to fully confront ourselves as inseparable from our ailing bodies and the universe they bleed and dissolve into.
In simple words:
Butoh is a movement practice that uses attention, imagery and sensation to discover new ways of moving—often subtle, sometimes intense, always exploratory. It’s not about looking “right”, but about finding the body from the inside out.
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What is The Spiritual Mechanism?
What is behind a movement? What does it generate, both visibly and invisibly? “The Spiritual Mechanism”, as Stefano calls it, is a unique approach to dance and self discovery. Stefano integrates western movement analyses focusing on the visible, and Butoh to explore the invisible, the subtle.
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Price: 120€ per person
What to bring: comfortable clothing you can move in
Good to know: The workshop language is English.
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