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The Space in Between: A Three-Day Butoh Immersion with Joanna Rosenfeld, CC 9/11–9/13 – Waitlist Only

September 11 @ 5:00 pm - September 13 @ 4:00 pm
Practice Center: City Center
Date / Time: September 11, 2026 / 5:00pm - September 13, 2026 / 4:00pm

Description

Friday, September 11, 5:00–8:00 pm
Saturday, September 12, 9:00 am–3:00 pm
Sunday, September 13, 10:00 am–4:00 pm

This engrossing three-day workshop at City Center is open to performers, movers, dancers, actors, and curious beginners.

The workshop will explore the thresholds between:

  • impulse and action
  • self and other
  • touch and distance
  • control and surrender
  • stillness and transformation

Participants will work with:

  • thread, ribbon, wool, and fabric scores
  • sensory awakening practices
  • touch and relational movement
  • Butoh imagery and altered states
  • resistance, weight, and spatial architecture
  • solo and group composition
  • authentic presence and emotional depth

No previous Butoh experience required.

In addition to this workshop, Joanna Rosenfeld is giving a performance on Saturday evening 9/12.

Fee Information

  • Benefactor Ticket Price: $310 — supports others’ participation
  • General Ticket Price: $250 — covers full program costs
  • Member (Become an SFZC Member): $225 — for current SFZC members

San Francisco Zen Center is committed to making Zen practice and the Dharma accessible to all who seek it by offering both a General support fund and a dedicated BIPOC support fund. Please email supportfunds@sfzc.org for more information BEFORE signing up.

This event has reached full capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please contact rezoffice@sfzc.org. Be sure to check our calendar for more offerings, as new events are continuously added.

Or call 415-354-0360.

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Joanna Rosenfeld

Joanna Rosenfeld

Joanna Rosenfeld is an international performance artist and facilitator whose practice has evolved through long-term work in Europe and Japan. Rooted in Butoh, improvisation, and embodied transformation, she creates performances and workshops that invite participants beyond fixed identities into deeper states of presence, imagination, and emotional truth.

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