Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990)
89 min
"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.
- Data de estreia
- 1 de janeiro de 1990
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
- Música
- Toshio Mizohata, Natsu Nakajima, Minoru Noguchi
Trailer
Elenco
- Yoko Ashikawa como Self - Interviewee
- Yoko Ashikawa como Dancer
- Akiko Motofuji como Self - Hijikata's Widow
- Nario Goda como Self - Dance Critic
- Yukio Waguri como Self - Interviewee
- Yukio Waguri como Dancer
- Akaji Maro como Self - Interviewee
- Akaji Maro como Dancer
- Min Tanaka como Self - Interviewee
- Min Tanaka como Dancer
- Kazuo Ôno como Self - Interviewee
- Kazuo Ôno como Dancer
- Natsu Nakajima como Self - Interviewee
- Natsu Nakajima como Dancer
- Sanae Hiruta como Self - Interviewee
- Sanae Hiruta como Dancer
Equipe
- Tatsumi Hijikata · Imagens de arquivo
- Tatsumi Hijikata · Imagens de arquivo
- Michael Blackwood · Diretor(a)
- Lynn Piasecki · Roteirista
- Bonnie Sue Stein · Roteirista
- Michael Blackwood · Produtor(a)
- Toshio Mizohata · Compositor(a)
- Natsu Nakajima · Compositor(a)
- Minoru Noguchi · Compositor(a)
- Kazu Owaku · Compositor(a)
- Christian Blackwood · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Lynn Piasecki · Editor(a)