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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. New York Butoh Institute will present Hijikata's Three Chapters on Wednesday, ...

1. Historical: "In May, 1959, Butoh pioneer Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-1986) premiered his seminal work, 'Kinjiki' ('Forbidden Colors'). It is considered the first public Butoh performance. The more ...

Visceral, Daring, Celestial. Hijikata’s legendary costume is a totem of sorts; it holds secrets of the avant-garde art form. Created in 2019 in celebration of Butoh’s 60th anniversary. An homage to ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Kazuo Ohno, who brought the Japanese modern dance style of Butoh to the international stage and charmed audiences with eerie but poetic performances, has died. He was 103. Ohno was ...

TOKYO – TOKYO (AP) — Kazuo Ohno, who brought the Japanese modern dance style of Butoh to the international stage and charmed audiences with eerie but poetic performances, has died. He was 103. Ohno ...

Subversive. Dangerous. Angst-ridden. These adjectives characterize butoh, the avant-garde Japanese dance form that grew out of that nation’s response to the bombing of Hiroshima. Loosely translated, ...

“We shake hands with the dead, who send us encouragement from beyond our body; this is the unlimited power of butoh.” BUTOH was born in the decade after World War II as the ultimate underground dance ...

Dance is a foreign language to, well, most Americans. Many scorn even the most popular form, story ballets — call it the “men in tights” syndrome. People who see dance, but seldom, tend to say they ...