Butoh

What is Butoh?

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• Form of dance art
• Japanese Origin
• Involving slow Movements
• Involving White Makeup

History

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• Emerged after the WW2
• Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo
• Ankoku Butõ - "Dance of darkness"
• Butoh - "Stomp dance or Earth Dance"

Social History

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• Originated as reaction to Japanese dance scene of that time
• Students performing

Prominent Works

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• First piece By Hijikata Tatsumi
• Kinjiki
• Premiered at a Dance festival
• 1959

Kinjiki

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• Based on a Novel
• Explored the taboo of homosexuality
• Banned from Festivals

Contributions

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• Experimented new types of theatre
• Explored new themes
• Pushed the boundaries

Relevance to South African Theatre

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• Experimetal phase
• New types of theatre to inspire
• External influences
• Different types emerging
• Explore different themes