294 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
294 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
294 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of figures
Preface
Introduction: Dust is Time’s Body
Chapter 1. EMERGENCE: The First Collaborators
Chapter 2. STRUCTURE: The Students
Chapter 3. DISPERSION: The Mavericks
Chapter 4. COMPLEXITY: A Contemporary Generation
Chapter 5. EXHAUSTION: The Future of Butoh
Index
Biography
Dominique Savitri Bonarjee is a dancer and an artist, currently completing her doctoral research in the Department of Art, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
