Butoh Thoughts
Dance is for all who desire to move expressively, with rhythm, or in the spirit of the moment. Dance is global and primal, not just for those who train to perform on stage. As somatic innovator Gabrielle Roth liked to say: “If you have a body, you are a dancer.”
Catherine Schaeffer • Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch
“ 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
Butoh Thoughts
What do you consider to be “authenticity” in Butoh? How could you define it? And what does “authentic” mean to you?
TR- Reality . Not faking the inner feeling and/or the transformation that the body is going through. Butoh happens from inside and time is important. If that element of time is not taken into consideration, I think what happens is not... See more
TR- Reality . Not faking the inner feeling and/or the transformation that the body is going through. Butoh happens from inside and time is important. If that element of time is not taken into consideration, I think what happens is not... See more