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What We Know and What We Want to Know: A Roundtable On Butoh and Neuer Tanz

Elswit, Kate, Miyagawa, Mariko, Otake, Eiko and Rodman, Tara (2018) What We Know and What We Want to Know: A Roundtable On Butoh and Neuer Tanz. In: The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance. Routledge Companion . Routledge, New York, pp. 126-136. ISBN 9781138691094

Abstract

The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance provides a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the global art form butoh.

Originating in Japan in the 1960s, butoh was a major innovation in twentieth century dance and performance, and it continues to shape-shift around the world. Taking inspiration from the Japanese avant-garde, Surrealism, Happenings, and authors such as Genet and Artaud, its influence can be seen throughout contemporary performing arts, music, and visual art practices.

This Companion places the form in historical context, documents its development in Japan and its spread around the world, and brings together the theory and the practice of this compelling dance. The interdisciplinarity evident in the volume reflects the depth and the breadth of butoh, and the editors bring specially commissioned essays by leading scholars and dancers together with translations of important early texts.

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