お茶酔い TEA TRANCE
お茶酔いTEA TRANCE is a new experimental solo work by Yumi Umiumare, blending Butoh, tea, and visual installation. Yumi explores the space between daily routines and ritual, the mundane and the devotional, through both classical and contemporary tea ceremonies. The piece moves from the sedate to the dramatic, from the real to the surreal, and from the playful to the macabre—a journey into life and death, evoking the spirit of Butoh.
The work is a new manifestation of Yumi’s recent focus on dance, tea, and spirit, using tea drinking as a catalyst, gateway, and transformation into transcendent realms.
Yumi Umiumare
(Butoh dancer, choreographer )
Yumi is an established Japanese Butoh dancer, choreographer, and
creator of Butoh Cabaret works. She moved from Japan to Australia in
1993 after touring with the seminal Japanese Butoh company
DaiRakudakan. For over 30 years, Yumi has been creating her distinctive
style of works, renowned for provoking visceral emotions and engaging
with cultural identities with a sense of humour. Her creations have been
seen across Australia, Japan, Europe, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and
South America, and have been featured in numerous festivals worldwide.
As a choreographer, Yumi has worked on many socially engaged theatre
projects with Australian Aboriginal communities, refugees, culturally
diverse groups, and inclusive companies. She has been the artistic director
of ButohOUT! in Melbourne since 2017, playing an active role in the
international contemporary Butoh scene. Yumi’s recent works focus on
Dance, Tea, and Spirit, seeking deeper integration between the arts and
spirituality.
Photos by Vikk Shayen
The artist is supported by:
