First performed in 1959, by dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (1928"86) and Kazuo Ohno (1906"2010), the abstract, expressive, and unconventional art of butoh ("dance of darkness") developed in post-World War II Japan as an avant-garde reaction to the destruction propagated by the atomic bomb, the loss of identity caused by the westernization of Japanese culture, and the […] The post Exciting programs in the 'New York Butoh …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:34PM on October 14, 2020