Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
"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.
Year: 1990
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Michael Blackwood Productions
Director: Michael Blackwood
Cast: Yoko Ashikawa, Akiko Motofuji, Nario Goda, Tatsumi Hijikata, Yukio Waguri, Akaji Maro
Crew: Michael Blackwood (Director), Bonnie Sue Stein (Writer), Lynn Piasecki (Writer), Leslie Megahey (Executive Producer), José Montes-Baquer (Executive Producer), Bonnie Sue Stein (Associate Producer)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1990
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 5
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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