AustLit

'Yumi Umiumare is an independent dancer and choreographer, and the creator of the DasSHOKU butoh cabaret works. She is the only Japanese butoh dancer in Australia, and has been creating and teaching her own distinctive style of dance over the last twenty-five years.

'Seen in numerous dance, theatre and film festivals and productions throughout Australia, Japan, Europe, New Zealand, South-East Asia and South America, Yumi’s work is renowned for provoking visceral emotions and questioning cultural identities. She received a fellowship from the Australia Council for 2015–2016, and was recently conferred the Green Room Awards’ Geoffrey Milne Memorial Award for her contributions to contemporary and experimental performance.

'Adolfo Aranjuez speaks to Yumi about butoh, authenticity in bodies and activism in dance.'

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