Butoh, As Heard By a Dancer

This book explores the origins of Butoh in postwar Japan through orality and transmission, in conjunction with an embodied research approach.

List of contents

List of figures
Preface
Introduction: Dust is Time's Body
Chapter 1. EMERGENCE: The First Collaborators
Chapter 2. STRUCTURE: The Students
Chapter 3. DISPERSION: The Mavericks
Chapter 4. COMPLEXITY: A Contemporary Generation
Chapter 5. EXHAUSTION: The Future of Butoh
Index

About the author

Dominique Savitri Bonarjee is a dancer and an artist, currently completing her doctoral research in the Department of Art, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Dominique Savitri Bonarjee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9780367631215
• ISBN: 978-0-367-63121-5
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Dance, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, The arts: general issues, ART / General, Anthropology, PERFORMING ARTS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Art & Politics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, ART / Asian / General, ART / Performance, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Regional Studies, East Asia, Far East, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Performance Art, The arts: general topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General