Workshops & Training

Takeshi offers workshops, training and mentoring for artists, teachers, therapists, practitioners and organisations — bringing together contemporary dance, somatic practice, dance movement psychotherapy, improvisation and Japanese philosophy into experiences that are rigorous, playful and genuinely alive. The common thread across all of his work: an invitation to slow down, pay closer attention and discover what becomes possible when the body is given space to relax, notice and reflect alongside the mind.

WHAT THESE SESSIONS OFFER

Each workshop or training is shaped around the needs and context of the participants. Takeshi draws on his experience as choreographer, dance movement psychotherapist and long-term community practitioner to meet people where they are — and take the work somewhere they did not expect.

Sessions can be offered as standalone workshops, ongoing training programmes or one-to-one mentoring. All can be adapted for in-person and hybrid delivery, in English or Japanese.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Making Dance Performance With and For Children

An exploration of performance-making that places children’s participation- their bodies, voices and imagination — for artists, educators and practitioners working in early years, schools or community settings.

Embodied Practice: Deepening Awareness and Creativity

A somatic and movement-based practice for anyone wishing to develop a richer relationship with their own body, attention and creative capacity. Suitable for practitioners across disciplines.

Improvisation as a Way to Create, Relate and Reflect

Using improvisation not as a performance skill but as a living practice — a way of noticing, being present, responding, connecting and making meaning in real time. Open to all experience levels.

Cross-Modal Creative Exploration

An integrative approach that moves between movement, drawing and sound-making as interconnected languages. Particularly valuable for educators, therapists and artists working across disciplines.

Japanese Aesthetics in Practice: Ma and Wabi-Sabi

An exploration of two foundational Japanese philosophies — the art of interval (Ma) and the beauty of imperfection (Wabi-Sabi)— and how they can inform and deepen any creative or relational practice.

PAST CONTEXTS

Takeshi has led workshops, facilitated training and mentored artists at a wide range of institutions and organisations, including: Sadler’s Wells (artist development mentoring) Trinity Laban · Magic Acorn · Suffolk Artlink, Coda Music and Arts · Starcatcher