Satoshi Kudo

25 - 27 Feb 2026 / 6:00–9:00 PMFloor Work Technique

28 Feb - 2 Mar 2026 / 4:00-6:00 PMMotion Quail Method6:30–9:00 PMImprovisation

Venue: Bangkok Kunsthalle

Motion Qualia – A Movement Practice by Satoshi Kudo. This workshop introduces Motion Qualia, a movement theory and physical practice developed by choreographer and dancer Satoshi Kudo. Drawing on Kudo’s extensive experience working with artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, and the Royal Swedish Ballet, the practice explores how movement emerges when the body’s natural physics are allowed to lead.

Rather than striving for control, symmetry, or idealized form, Motion Qualia invites dancers to intentionally unbalance the body and engage with gravity, momentum, and weight transfer. By releasing habitual muscular control, participants discover movement that is organic, responsive, and continuously transforming.

The term qualia refers to subjective, felt experience. In Motion Qualia, this concept is applied physically: dancers attune to internal sensations such as pressure, falling, resistance, acceleration, and recovery. These sensations become the primary source of movement, allowing choreography to arise from perception rather than from predetermined shapes or counts.

Through guided improvisation, structured exercises, and partner work, participants will:

– Explore instability as a creative tool
– Develop heightened bodily awareness and sensory listening
– Discover new pathways of movement initiated by gravity and momentum
– Expand their expressive range beyond stylistic or technical conventions

Motion Qualia contrasts strongly with codified techniques such as classical ballet, where control and verticality dominate. Instead, it emphasizes adaptation, efficiency, and authenticity of motion, making it applicable to dancers from diverse backgrounds as well as actors, performers, and movement researchers.

The workshop is open to professional dancers, students, and experienced movers interested in deepening their physical intelligence and expanding their relationship to movement creation.

Supported by the Japan Foundation, Bangkok, and TCEB