Butoh: The Present Workout

A 1-day workshop led by Dwayne Lawler.

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DATES
9 NOVEMBER 2025
SUNDAYS
10:00AM - 4:00PM

LOCATION
THE DRILL HALL, CRITICAL PATH
1C NEW BEACH ROAD, DARLING POINT, NSW, 2027
GADIGAL & BIRRABIRRAGAL COUNTRY

PRICE:
SINGLE CLASS: $60 + booking fee
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FROM THE ARTIST:
Butoh: The Presence Workout

This workshop covers the fundamentals of Butoh training including the concept of a 'bodymind-set' and the use of ‘choreo-impro’ (improvisation within a structured pattern of movements) to develop the states of ‘being present’ and ‘having presence’.

Areas covered include how to:

· Be present and have presence

· Turn your presence on and off

· Develop sensory, physical and spatial awareness

· Enhance psycho-physical discipline

· Distribute, manipulate and project energy

· ‘De-domesticate’ your bodymind

· Improve concentrated focus

· Connect movements into one flowing action to remain continually present

· Resonate with energy during moments of action and stillness

· Adapt your rehearsal/practice space to optimise your presence experience

· Embody the presence of props and other objects

· Devise a Butoh performance piece

The workshop is open to anyone with an interest in Butoh.

ABOUT DWAYNE LAWLER
Dwayne Lawler is an actor, martial artist and Butoh specialist. He studied Butoh in Japan under Yoshito Ohno, Yukio Waguri, Saga Kobayashi, Kayo Mikami, Natsu Nakajima, Yuko Kawamoto, Seisaku and Yuri Nagaoka [Dance Medium] and Dairakudakan. He has a PhD specialising in the use of Butoh to develop presence in actors and has taught Butoh training techniques at Sydney Acting Studio, Griffith University, Critical Path, and as a guest lecturer at NIDA.

www.butoh.com.au

@butohforactors

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This project is proudly supported by Critical Path.

Critical Path respectfully acknowledges the Gadigal and Birrabirragal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land where the organisation is based.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Dwayne Lawler and Yuriko Mizugaki, 2020. Photographer:Tomoko Takehara

IMAGE ID: image of two people in a studio standing with arms by their sides taken from behind. Both performers are wearing black tshirts and black pants.