Butoh : metamorphic dance and global alchemy

Butoh : metamorphic dance and global alchemy /

Both a refraction of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a protest against Western values, butoh is a form of Japanese dance theater that emerged in the aftermath of World War II. Sondra Fraleigh chronicles the growth of this provocative art form from its midcentury founding under a sign of d...

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Main Author: Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Butō.
Modern dance > Japan.
Zen arts > Japan.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one: Alchemy and morphology
  • Butoh alchemy
  • The morphology of Butoh
  • Is Butoh a philosophy?
  • Part two: Alchemists: essays and poetry on transformation
  • One thousand days of sunshine and peace
  • Whole world friend
  • History lessons
  • Crocodile time
  • Goya la quinto del sordo
  • The sounding bell
  • Ancient dance and headless
  • Salt
  • Da Vinci
  • The cosmos in every corner
  • Risky plastic
  • Fine bone china
  • Moving MA
  • Weak with spirit
  • Waking woman
  • Torn
  • Butoh ritual Mexicano
  • Mourning the Earth
  • Quick silver
  • Daemon of the riverbank
  • Part three: Ursprung unfinished
  • Urspring
  • Kuu (emptiness).

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