What do you consider to be the core of Butoh?
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Permalink Reply by Sophie Lavonne on
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By making performances revolve around elements of improvisation, an unpredictable element of surprise is created for both the dancer and audience, waking up each performer (the literal one and the audience as a metaphorical one in his/her own life) to the ever-changing environments they live in. By being open to the dynamic world, one learns to let the body be moved instead of forcing movement upon it, serving as a potential model for how people choose to move through their every day lives. The challenge of total submission to the process is one that taps deep into conceptions of impossibility, attempting to break new mental, emotional, and physical grounds via a combination of control and lack thereof.
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Team MemberPermalink Reply by Theresa Magario tm on -
I'll be of fewer words and say:
Questioning and mystery- all that unknown that touches us and we usually block it out for the sake of sanity. -
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Team MemberPermalink Reply by Theresa Magario tm on -
To remain. The thing that remains after an occurrence. mhm.
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Permalink Reply by Irene Siegel on
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a challenging question, tanya! would love to hear your thoughts... we talked about this once, actually -- comparing butoh and, say, release technique... I tried to find a way to answer this question in introducing butoh to my dance students here (the OPT)... though i had to find another way in, to relate to the context...
so... I think it feels like it is about accessing a visceral, core experience from the body, by which the body becomes a kind of conduit of expression of the world that is surrounds/courses through us...
a training in surrender...
and projecting this experience outward (though some may see the latter as another layer beyond the 'core' of butoh... does it have to be 'performed'? i think so)...
but there's something i can't quite touch here...
i think my answer will be different tomorrow...
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