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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Body on the Edge of Crisis

01 Jan 1990
  • United States of America
90 mins
8
2 votes
  • Documentary
articleOverview personCast
"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies. Although Butoh is often viewed as Japan's equivalent of modern dance, in actuality it has little to do with the rational principles of modernism. Butoh is a theater of improvisation which places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. By reestablishing the ancient Japanese connection of dance, music, and masks, and by recalling the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, Butoh incorporates much traditional theater. At the same time, it is a movement of resistance against the abandonment of traditional culture to a highly organized consumer-oriented society.
  • Yoko Ashikawa

    as Herself - Interviewee
  • Akiko Motofuji

    as Herself - Interviewee
  • Nario Goda

    as Himself
  • 土方巽

    as Himself
  • Yukio Waguri

    as Himself
  • 麿赤兒

    as Himself
  • Natsu Nakajima

    as Herself
  • Sanae Hiruta

    as Herself
  • 大野一雄

    as Himself
  • 田中泯

    as Himself
  • Ushio Amagatsu

    as
  • Yoshiyuki Takada

    as

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