ROOTS: SOMATIC MOVEMENT & BUTOH PRACTICE BY VIRGINIA TORRES
Sat, Feb 14
|PoA White Box, Yellow Lane
A gentle Butoh and somatic movement workshop focused on deep listening, sensation, and organic movement. Open to all bodies, it invites participants to uncover their own original dance through softness, imagery, and presence.
TIME & LOCATION
Feb 14, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
PoA White Box, Yellow Lane, 2, 92 Soi Phahon Yothin 5, Khwaeng Samsen Nai, Khet Phaya Thai, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400, Thailand
ABOUT THE EVENT
Roots is a slow descent back into the body as a sensing, remembering landscape.
Rooted in Butoh and somatic movement practices, this workshop invites participants to listen beneath form, technique, and performance—toward sensation, imagination, and the subtle intelligence of the body itself. Emerging from post-war Japan, Butoh is not a fixed dance language but a living practice of inquiry: a way of uncovering an “original dance” that belongs uniquely to each body.
Rather than shaping movement from the outside, we soften effort and allow movement to arise organically, from weight, breath, imagery, and inner perception. The practice is gentle yet deep, stripping away habitual tension to reveal clarity, presence, and authenticity in motion. No prior movement or dance experience is required; all bodies are welcome.
The session weaves together:
Somatic practices inspired by Noguchi Taiso, a Japanese bodywork approach that understands the body as a body of water—fluid, responsive, and in…