Dance Movement: Butoh
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I recently watched a Butoh Performance by group Sankai Juku at the Super! Japan Festival of Arts at the Esplanade. Seated at the 2nd row from the front, every detail - movement, clicks and hisses, smell and powder dust can be heard, smelt, felt and seen.
It was visually Stunning, mesmerizing and beautiful. For a first time Butoh viewer, the discomfort, shock was minimal. I'm now a new Butoh fan.
About Butoh
Websites and Articles
- Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butoh
- History of Butoh by Don McLeod - http://www.zenbutoh.com/history.htm
- Butoh by Contemporary Dance - http://www.contemporary-dance.org/butoh.html
- About Butoh by Misaki Iwana - http://www.iwanabutoh.com/butoh.php
- About Butoh by Flesh Blood Mystery Theatre - http://home.earthlink.net/~bdenatale/AboutButoh.html
Documentaries
Japanese Documentary on Butoh - Piercing the Mask (49 Mins in Japanese with English Subtitles)
English Documentary on Butoh - Dance of Darkness (55mins in English)
Butoh Groups and Performers
Sankai Juku
- Website - http://www.sankaijuku.com/
- Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/sankaijukumedia
Butoh Performances
Butoh Performances by Japanese
Kazuo Ono by Butoh's Co-founder Kazuo Ono
Performance in Tobari by Sankai Juku
Ritournelle by Ko Murobushi
Butoh Performances by Non-Japanese
Performance by Swiss Imre Thormann
Grain of Salt by Fred Herrera
Butoh By Women *Contains Nudity*
Dance of Darkness
Dance by Goldens in Koenji Daidogei Festival in 2014
Learning Butoh
Learn Butoh: Episode 1 - Ash Walk
Backstory: (more later!)
What happened?
A cow jumped over the moon. The dish ran away with the spoon.
What did I do?
Went to the market and screamed wee wee wee wee.
Resolution
The cows came home.
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