Butoh Cradling Empty Space Vangeline by Vangeline 9781735766027, 173576602X instant download after payment.

Approaching the avant-garde Japanese performance art form of butoh from a
cross-cultural, gender studies, and scientific perspective,
award-winning artist and teacher Vangeline brings a fresh look at this
postmodern dance form.Butoh, a performance art form that grew out of the
Japanese avant-garde scene of the 1950s, has traveled from east to west
over the last 60 years, growing in popularity as it evolves. With
origins in modern dance, French mime, and the surrealist movement, this
fascinating postmodern dance genre is often thought of as mysterious and
is frequently misunderstood. Through twenty years of research,
interviews with some of the world's top practitioners, historical
documents, and rare photographs, Vangeline shines light on this "dance
of darkness." New revelations include the under-represented role of
women in the development of the form, the connection between butoh and
neuroscience, and the cross-cultural perspective of international
influences on the evolution of the dance. Butoh: Cradling Empty Space
will appeal to dance students, teachers, performance art scholars,
somatic healers, and anyone interested in choreography, theater, and
Japanese history, culture and art.The book includes rare photographs,
helpful graphics, a detailed bibliography and footnotes, and resources
for additional information."[A] handbook for the butoh practitioner, the
(art) historian, the dance critic, and the curious reader.
Encompassing, and reconciling, problems of movement, gender, race and
universality, Cradling Empty Space guides the reader through the many
possibilities of butoh."-Alice Baldock, Faculty of History, University
of Oxford, from the ForewordPraise for Vangeline's choreography and
dance work:"Captivating." -New York Times "[She] moves with the
clockwork deliberation of a practiced Japanese Butoh artist."-Los
Angeles Times