Akiko Kubota

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About Akiko Kubota:

BASEWORKS Practice Certified Teacher | BT2 | BA in International and Cultural Studies

Akiko is a BASEWORKS Tier 2 Practice Certified Teacher (BT2). Akiko learned of BASEWORKS Practice when she started to practice for health reasons. Her affinity with the BASEWORKS Practice System is linked to its design from the perspective of what is anatomically safe and sustainable. Akiko has a degree in International and Cultural Studies and is also a certified Tea Ceremony and Calligraphy teacher. She is interested to widen her interpersonal and social perspectives through the study of movement and wisdom philosophy, and aims to connect this with her existing interest in Japanese culture and heritage.

EVENTS

October 10-December 5, 2026

Montreal Practice Sessions — Fall 2026

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PODCASTS

Baseworks Transmission episode artwork: a portrait of choreographer Catherine Gaudet, seated with her chin resting on her hand and smiling, beside the title On Ambiguity, Ritual, and What a Performance Does to an Audience, with the names Catherine Gaudet, Ksenia Asia Shcherbakova and Patrick Oancia and a blue soundwave along the bottom.

Catherine Gaudet: On Ambiguity, Ritual, and What a Performance Does to an Audience

2026/09/16

How a performance gets built to do something to a spectator: choreographer Catherine Gaudet talks

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Baseworks Transmission episode artwork: a portrait of Edward Clark with long grey hair, looking at the camera against a white background, beside the title On Tripsichore, Physical Theater, and the Emergence of Critical Practice, with the names Edward Clark and Patrick Oancia and a blue soundwave along the bottom.

Edward Clark: On Tripsichore, Physical Theater, and the Emergence of Critical Practice

2026/01/01

This episode explores the intersection of rigorous physical practice, critical thinking, and artistic expression—themes central

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ARTICLES

$Title card for the article, reading "If We Wrote About Vision the Way We Write About Proprioception" with the subtitle "A thought experiment about body awareness" and the byline "Ksenia Asia Shcherbakova", set over a dark olive-green illustration of two silhouetted figures facing each other across a plain, one dissolving into a cloud of dots and connecting lines streaming from its head, the other standing against a muted gold sun with pale fractured shapes across its body.$

If We Wrote About Vision the Way We Write About Proprioception

2026/09/22

We don’t talk about vision the way we talk about proprioception, as something you only

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Angine de Poitrine performing on stage in pyramid-shaped papier-mâché head costumes under gold stage lighting.

What’s Between the Notes

2026/07/07

An essay tracing one shift through cycling, skateboarding, music, and Baseworks practice: when effort or

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EVENTS

Montreal Practice Sessions — Fall 2026

2026/10/10

Eight sessions of guided Baseworks practice. Weekends, October 10 through November 29, at Proto Studio in Mile End. For Baseworks alumni and people who already work seriously with their body......

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PODCASTS

Catherine Gaudet: On Ambiguity, Ritual, and What a Performance Does to an Audience

2026/09/16

How a performance gets built to do something to a spectator: choreographer Catherine Gaudet talks

Watch or Listen »

Edward Clark: On Tripsichore, Physical Theater, and the Emergence of Critical Practice

2026/01/01

This episode explores the intersection of rigorous physical practice, critical thinking, and artistic expression—themes central

Watch or Listen »

Baseworks Transmission episode artwork: a black-and-white photo of Palisa Anderson smiling in a kitchen, wearing an apron, beside the title On Resilience, Regeneration, and Intention, with the names Palisa Anderson and Patrick Oancia and a blue soundwave along the bottom.

Palisa Anderson: On Resilience, Regeneration, and Intention

2025/06/17

In this episode of the Baseworks Transmission Podcast, Patrick Oancia sits down with Palisa Anderson

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ARTICLES

If We Wrote About Vision the Way We Write About Proprioception

2026/09/22

We don’t talk about vision the way we talk about proprioception, as something you only

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What’s Between the Notes

2026/07/07

An essay tracing one shift through cycling, skateboarding, music, and Baseworks practice: when effort or

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The Triple Irony of Asking How Dancers Feel

2026/05/19

When I searched for positive first-person accounts of sensorimotor experience, AI did better than the

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Akiko Kubota

EVENTS

Montreal Practice Sessions — Fall 2026

PODCASTS

Catherine Gaudet: On Ambiguity, Ritual, and What a Performance Does to an Audience

Edward Clark: On Tripsichore, Physical Theater, and the Emergence of Critical Practice

ARTICLES

If We Wrote About Vision the Way We Write About Proprioception

What’s Between the Notes

EVENTS

Montreal Practice Sessions — Fall 2026

PODCASTS

Catherine Gaudet: On Ambiguity, Ritual, and What a Performance Does to an Audience

Edward Clark: On Tripsichore, Physical Theater, and the Emergence of Critical Practice

Palisa Anderson: On Resilience, Regeneration, and Intention

ARTICLES

If We Wrote About Vision the Way We Write About Proprioception

What’s Between the Notes

The Triple Irony of Asking How Dancers Feel

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