Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh’s radical essence is hidden here. – Tatsumi Hijikata
entre os dedos, novas ossos nasceram, surgiram na carne, pele e cartilagem sinuosa, macia, obsidianas nas lágrimas e risos de fogo e água - agora sim o corpo é meu, tarântula peluda, língua com língua beijam-se no interior de mim em ti, anus- coração, pulsa tambor e incendia-se. NuAL
Butoh (舞踏 Butō) is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo. The art form is known to "resist fixity" and be difficult to define; notably, founder Hijikata Tatsumi viewed the formalisation of butoh with "distress". Common features of the art form include playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and it 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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