Melbourne-based Japanese artist integrates two very different Japanese cultures - Butoh and The Way of Tea

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?

Emlbourne-based Japanese Butoh artist Yumi Umiumare Credit: Vikk Shayen

In the audio, Ms Umiumare explains what Butoh is and how it started, how she interpreted the art, and her strong interest in Japanese the Way of Tea.

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