“ Butoh dance conjures up a universe of the unconscious, the primal, the dark, the grotesque, mud, insects, and death. Performances characteristically show slow and cyclical time dimensions; it is a dance expression that evokes light and growth but also death and decay. Along with the taboos associated with this aspect of existence, there is a... See more

Do you think that the Europeans have turned Butoh into something else? Into a westerner version?

M.O. – Not only European, but American and every other culture had turned Butoh into something different, it is a matter of information traveling, time passing, something dying , something being born , never is the same, never. Butoh was born from... See more

hat do you think is the most significant difference, if there’s any, between Butoh in Europe and Butoh in Japan? Do you think that Butoh practiced in Europe has the same (let’s call it) “essence”?

M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance... See more