About Doushin Butoh
Butoh
Butoh is a contemporary Japanese movement art form that began in the late 1950's. Originating as an anti-establishment, anti-traditional dance theater, Butoh explores the relationship between our mind and body, and it questions our society's perceptions of the body and the idea of "beauty." Though it is considered as an underground art form, Butoh is practiced all over world.
Doushin Butoh
Doushin Butoh was created by Gadu Doushin in order to explore the hidden potential of human body. Using movement meditation techniques from Spring Forest Qigong and body awareness techniques from Subbody Butoh, Doushin Butoh allow the practitioners to go deep into a meditative state and explore their body in a whole new way. By surrendering themselves to the flow of the universe, Doushin Butoh practitioners restore the natural flow of Qi in their body and heal and develop themselves physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Gadu Doushin
Doushin Butoh Performer/Instructor
Gadu has been a Butoh artist since 2005. He studied Subbody Butoh with Rhizome Lee in Dharamsala, India from 2007 to 2012. In 2012 he became a Certified Butoh Instructor through the Subbody Butoh Foundation. Gadu is also a Spring Forest Qigong Master and incorporates his understanding of Qigong into his Butoh practice.