{"id":158017,"date":"2026-01-23T15:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kientalerhof.ch\/dozenten\/atsushi-takenouchi-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:02:59","slug":"atsushi-takenouchi-en","status":"publish","type":"dozenten","link":"https:\/\/kientalerhof.ch\/en\/dozenten\/atsushi-takenouchi-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Atsushi TAKENOUCHI&#8211;en"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(J), joined the butoh dance company \u201cHoppo-Butoh-ha\u201c in Hokkaido in 1980. His last performance with the company was &#8220;Takazashiki&#8221; (1984), which was worked on by Butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata. Atsushi started his own theme \u201cJinen Butoh\u201d in 1986, and created solo works \u201cItteki\u201d and \u201cGinkan,\u201d as a universal expression of nature, earth, and ancient times, environments. He made a three-year \u201cJINEN\u201d tour project throughout Japan for 600 site-specific improvisations (1996\u20131999). Since this time, he has been inspired by the spirit of the universe of\u00a0 Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno. Since 2002, he has been mainly based in Europe, working on Butoh dance collaboration projects with dancers and actors in Italy, France, Poland, Spain, U.S.A., South America, and other countries. Joining in festivals such as Paris Butoh Festival, NY Butoh Festival, Avignon off Festival etc. he has been presenting his solo pieces. At the same time, he also collaborates with film makers. The recent work in Alaska and Hawaii, \u201cRidden by Nature\u201d (by Kiahkeya), an environmental art film, will be completed soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(J), joined the butoh dance company \u201cHoppo-Butoh-ha\u201c in Hokkaido in 1980. His last performance with the company was &#8220;Takazashiki&#8221; (1984), which was worked on by Butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata. 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