Melbourne-based Japanese artist integrates two very different Japanese cultures - Butoh and The Way of Tea - 対極にあるダンスと茶道で出会う守破離、舞踏家ゆみ・うみうまれ

Japanese Butoh artist Yumi Umiumare moved to Melbourne in 1993. Ms Umiumare is visiting Sydney to attend her joint interactive exhibition titled 'Coffee & SerendipiTEA' at the Banktown Arts Centre. She held a Butoh workshop in Sydney as part of the exhibition. Japanese Butoh dance and the Japanese tea ceremony. What do these two have in common? - 1993年にメルボルンに移住し、オーストラリアで舞踏アーティストとして活動するゆみ・うみうまれさん。自分の身体と心を掘り下げることで、クラシックバレエの動き、舞踏の表現、茶道の気づきと、全く違うように見えるものがつながっていくといいます。