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Butoh : Metamorphic Dance and Global Alchemy

ISBN: 9780252077418 | 0252077415
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
Pub. Date: 9/9/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
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 darkness to its assimilation in the twenty-first century as a poignant performance medium with philosophical and political implications. Employing intellectual and aesthetic perspectives to reveal the origins, major figures, and international developm... MORE
Acknowledgementsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Alchemy and Morphology
Butoh Alchemyp. 11
The Morphology of Butohp. 37
Is Butoh a Philosophy?p. 63
Alchemists: Essays and Poetry on Transformation
One Thousand Days of Sunshine and Peacep. 81
Whole World Friendp. 91
History Lessonsp. 102
... MOREp. 112
Goya La Quinto del Sordop. 116
The Sounding Bellp. 123
Ancient Dance and Headlessp. 129
Saltp. 135
Da Vincip. 139
The Cosmos in Every Cornerp. 149
Risky Plasticp. 155
Fine Bone Chinap. 161
Moving MAp. 167
Weak with Spiritp. 172
Waking Womanp. 183
Tornp. 187
Butoh Ritual Mexicanop. 191
Mourning the Earthp. 196
Quick Silverp. 201
Daemon of the Riverbankp. 205
Ursprung Unfinished
Ursprungp. 213
Kuu (Emptiness)p. 218
Biographies of Dancersp. 227
Notesp. 237
Bibliographyp. 247
Indexp. 253
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Sondra Fraleigh is a professor emeritus of dance at the State University of New York College at Brockport. She is the author of Dancing into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan and Dancing Identity: Metaphysics in Motion.


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