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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990)

ALL 01/01/1990 (en) 90 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1990
  • Production
    Michael Blackwood Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Body on the Edge of Crisis

Overview

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies. Although Butoh is often viewed as Japan's equivalent of modern dance, in actuality it has little to do with the rational principles of modernism. Butoh is a theater of improvisation which places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. By reestablishing the ancient Japanese connection of dance, music, and masks, and by recalling the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, Butoh incorporates much traditional theater. At the same time, it is a movement of resistance against the abandonment of traditional culture to a highly organized consumer-oriented society.

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990) 90 Min

ALL 01/01/1990 (en)
  • Release 01/01/1990
  • Production
    Michael Blackwood Productions
  • Original title Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Body on the Edge of Crisis

Overview

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies. Although Butoh is often viewed as Japan's equivalent of modern dance, in actuality it has little to do with the rational principles of modernism. Butoh is a theater of improvisation which places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. By reestablishing the ancient Japanese connection of dance, music, and masks, and by recalling the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, Butoh incorporates much traditional theater. At the same time, it is a movement of resistance against the abandonment of traditional culture to a highly organized consumer-oriented society.

  1. Michael Blackwood

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Michael Blackwood

    Producer



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