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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis 1990 Free Unlimited Access
"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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Cast: Yoko Ashikawa, Akiko Motofuji, Nario Goda, Tatsumi Hijikata, Yukio Waguri, Akaji Maro
Crew: Leslie Megahey (Executive Producer), Bonnie Sue Stein (Writer), Lynn Piasecki (Writer), Michael Blackwood (Director), José Montes-Baquer (Executive Producer), Bonnie Sue Stein (Associate Producer)
Studio: Michael Blackwood Productions
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Jan 01, 1990
Country: United States of America
Language: English
