Dancing into darkness

1999

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Title
Dancing into darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan
Creator
Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939-
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Statement of Responsibility
Sondra Horton Fraleigh.
Date
1999
Identifier
31735062135458
Description
"Butoh, also known as "dance of darkness," is a postmodern dance form that began in Japan as an effort to recover the primal body, or "the body that has not been robbed," as butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata put it. Butoh has become increasingly popular in the United States and throughout the world, diversifying its aesthetic, while at the same time asserting the power of its spiritual foundations." "Dancing Into Darkness is Sondra Horton Fraleigh's chronological diary of her deepening understanding of and appreciation for this art form, as she moves from a position of aesthetic response as an audience member to that of assimilation as a student. As a student of Zen and butoh, Fraleigh witnesses her own artistic and personal transformation through essays, poems, interviews, and reflections spanning twelve years of study, much of it in Japan. Numerous performance photographs and original calligraphy by Fraleigh's Zen teacher Shodo Akane illuminate her words."--BOOK JACKET.
Extent
xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Dance Books
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
London?]
Type
text
Genre
bibliography
Subject
Butō
Arts, Zen--Japan
Geographic Subjects
Japan
Language
eng
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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