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Butoh, as Heard by a Dancer

Butoh, as Heard by a Dancer

Bonarjee, Dominique Savitri

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

DanceGeneral ArtGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0367631210
ISBN13: 9780367631215
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 30 2025
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the origins of Butoh in post-war Japan through orality and transmission, in conjunction with an embodied research approach.

The book is a gathering of seminal artistic voices - Yoshito Ohno, Natsu Nakajima, Yukio Waguri, Moe Yamamoto, Masaki Iwana, Ko Murobushi, Yukio Suzuki, Takao Kawaguchi, Yuko Kaseki, and the philosopher, Kuniichi Uno. These conversations happened during an extended research trip I made to Japan to understand the context and circumstances that engendered Butoh. Alongside these exchanges are my reflections on Butoh's complex history. These are primarily informed by my pedagogical and performance encounters with the artists I met during this time, rather than a theoretical analysis. Through the words of these dancers, I investigate Butoh's tendency to evade categorization. Butoh's artistic legacy of bodily rebellion, plurality of authorship, and fluidity of form seems prescient and feels more relevant in contemporary times than ever before.

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