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Butoh
Butoh is a hybrid dance-theatre style originating in the tumultuous time of 1960’s post-WWII Japan. It is not so much a performance style with an agreed upon list of defining conventions as it is a movement, or tradition that has a common philosophical underpinning interpreted by each artist and evolving dependent on the socio-historical context they exist within. It is not only a provocative and beautiful performance style, but also has gained global popularity as an actor training methodology.
Kazuo Ohno - In His Own Words
A class with Kazuo Ono is no ordinary class. When does the class begin? When we take the train from Tokyo to Yokohama? When we climb the path which leads to the house on a hill? While we sit around the table in his studio, drinking tea and listening to him before beginning to work?
Tatsumi Hijikata - In His Own Words
“Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet. What has happened to the tucked-in feet? What has become of our bodies”