UID:
almahu_9949598822402882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003112211
,
1003112218
,
9781000986259
,
100098625X
,
9781000986273
,
1000986276
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
Content:
"This book explores the origins of Butoh in postwar Japan through orality and transmission, in conjunction with an embodied research approach. This 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. This book is intended as a practitioners guide for dancers, artists, students, and scholars with an interest in non-Western dance and dance history, postmodern performance, and Japanese arts and culture"--
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bonarjee, Dominique Savitri. Butoh, as heard by a dancer New York : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9780367631192
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
History
DOI:
10.4324/9781003112211
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003112211
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