BUTOH

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 m idcentury founding under a sign of darkness to its assimilation in the twenty-first century as a poignant performance medium with ph ilosophical and political implications. Employing intellectual and aesthetic perspectives to reveal the origins, major figures, and internatio...[Read more]