Butoh dance

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dance
performing arts
gptkbp:associatedWith postwar Japanese culture
gptkbp:characterizedBy slow movements
avant-garde themes
white body makeup
gptkbp:developedBy late 1950s
gptkbp:documentedIn books
films
gptkbp:festival Butoh Festival (Japan)
gptkbp:firstPerformed Kinjiki (1959)
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Kazuo_Ohno
gptkb:Tatsumi_Hijikata
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Butoh dance
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:theatre
contemporary dance
gptkbp:influencedBy modern dance
German Expressionist dance
Japanese traditional dance
gptkbp:nameMeaning dance of darkness
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Akaji_Maro
gptkb:Sankai_Juku
Dairakudakan
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:practicedWorldwide true
gptkbp:sometimesCalled Ankoku Butoh
gptkbp:theme gptkb:transformation
death
taboo topics
gptkbp:uses minimalism
improvisation
grotesque imagery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Min_Tanaka
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7