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Butoh is called “surrealism of flesh” nowadays as a contemporary dance form although it has been experimentally started since the 1950s-60s as one of Japanese avant-garde art movements.
Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is no set style, and it may be purely conceptual with no movement at all.
Enthusiasts can also learn more about the genre in a practical workshop on Butoh dance from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. from October 9 to 12 at The BlackBox. Led by Katsura Kan, visitors will be instructed to explore the idea of “curious body” through the daily observances and how to awake the noise on the other side of one’s reality.
Moreover, a video lecture will be also held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 12 at The BlackBox.
Katsura Kan, a native of Kyoto, performed with the seminal Butoh troupe “Byakkosha” from1979 to 1981, and then did researching in Indonesia and Thailand for 20 years.
He is a celebrated solo and collaborative performer as well as a choreographer. Kan has worked with what he calls “minority dancers” all over the world, in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe and South East Asia for the past 30 years, in addition to his creative works in cosmopolitan culture.
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