History:
Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of dance. Following the shock of World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo. They sought to "turn away from the Western styles of dance, ballet and modern" and to create a new aesthetic. The art form is known to "resist fixity" and be difficult to define. Common features of the art form include playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion. However, with time butoh groups are increasingly being formed around the world, with their various aesthetic ideals and intentions.
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-Dance of Darkness: Documental sobre danza Butoh
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