Research Catalog

Title

Butoh: Body on the edge of crisis [videorecording]

Publication

c1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986
• Motofuji, Akiko
• Maro, Akaji
• Amagatsu, Ushio, 1949-
• Tanaka, Min
• Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010
• Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020
• Nakajima, Natsu
• Ohsuga, Isamu
• Ashikawa, Yoko
• Goda, Nario.
• Waguri, Yukio
• Klein, Susan.
• Iimura, Taka.
• Blackwood, Michael.
• Blackwood, Christian.
• Stein, Bonnie Sue.
• Laemmle, Peter.
• Shizune, Tomoe.
• Dai Rakuda Kan (Company)
• Sankaï Juku (Company)
• Maijuku (Company).
• Muteki-Sha Dance Company.
• Byakko Sha (Company)
• Hakutobo (Company)

Description

1 videocassette. 90 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences (PAL).; 1/2. in. (VHS)

Summary

SUMMARY: Documentary on the origins and development of Butō, the Japanese avant-garde dance/theater form. Includes statements by most of its major exponents in Japan, among them its founder Tatsumi Hijikata (in an interview recorded in 1985); Akaji Maro, leader of the company Dai Rakuda Kan; Min Tanaka, leader of Maijuku; Kazuo Ohno; Natsu Nakajima, leader of Muteki-Sha; Isamu Ohsuka, leader of Byakko-Sha, and its principal dancer Sanae Hiruta; and Yoko Ashikawa, leader of Hakutobo. These dancers and companies, as well as Ushio Amagatsu and Sankai Juku, are seen in numerous rehearsal and performance excerpts. Commentaries are also offered by Akiko Motofuji, Hijikata's widow; dancer/choreographer Yukio Waguri; and dance critic Nario Goda.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Sixth Grand Prix International Vidéo Danse.

Uniform Title

• Rite of spring (Choreographic work : Tanaka)
• Admiring La Argentina (Choreographic work : Ohno)
• Suiren (Choreographic work : Ohno)

Subject

• Butō
• Modern dance > Japan

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual films and programs.

Note

• Produced by Michael Blackwood Productions in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, BBC Television, YLE/NOS/BRT, SVT1/DR/ORF. Producer/director: Michael Blackwood. Executive producers: José Montes-Baquer, Leslie Megahey. Cinematography: Christian Blackwood. Writer (narration): Bonnie Sue Stein. Narrator: Russell Connor. Japanese interviews edited by Kazumi Futagawa and translated by Susan Klein.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS: Excerpts from: Hosotan (b&w) and Revolt of the flesh (b&w), the latter filmed by Taka Iimura, both chor/perf. by Hijikata. -- Kai in no uma (The sea-dappled horse). Chor: Maro. Mus: Kazuo Ohaku, Ryuchi Sakamoto. Scen: Gento Kitashirakawa. Cos: Kyoto Domoto. Perf. by Dai Rakuda Kan. -- Tödliche Träume--ein Harlekin der Samurai sein wollte. Film by Peter Laemmle. Chor: Amagatsu. Mus: Yasukazu Sato. Perf. by members of Sankai Juku: Amagatsu and others. -- The rite of spring. Chor: Tanaka. Mus: Minoru Noguchi. Filmed at the Artcamp Festival at Hakushu Village and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival. Perf. by Maijuku. -- Admiring La Argentina, Water lilies, and The dead sea. Chor: Kazuo Ohno. Mus/staging: Toshio Mizohata. Cos: Setsuko Ohno. Perf. by Kazuo Ohno, with Yoshito Ohno in The dead sea. -- Lady Narcisse. Chor/perf: Nakajima. Mus collage: Massaru Soga, Nakajima. Cos: Nourit Masson-Sekine. -- Hibari to Nejaka (Skylark and lying Buddha). Dir: Ohsuka. Perf. by Byakko-Sha: Ohsuka, Sanae Hiruta, and others. -- Hifu uchu no Magdalena (Heavenly flesh of Mary Magdalen). Chor: Yoko Ashikawa. Mus: Tomoe Shizune. Scen: Toshio Yamamura, Hisashi Irisawa. Filmed at Toga International Arts Festival. Perf. by Hakutobo: Yoko Ashikawa, Uzumi Ashikawa, and others.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1780

OCLC

NYPY916053678-F

Title

Butoh: Body on the edge of crisis [videorecording]

Imprint

c1990.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Revolt of the flesh.

Motion pictures. Butoh: Body on the edge of crisis.

Added Author

Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee

Motofuji, Akiko, dancer. Commentator

Maro, Akaji, choreographer, dancer.

Amagatsu, Ushio, 1949- choreographer, dancer.

Tanaka, Min, choreographer, dancer.

Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, choreographer, dancer.

Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020, dancer.

Nakajima, Natsu, choreographer, dancer.

Ohsuga, Isamu, dancer.

Ashikawa, Yoko, choreographer, dancer.

Goda, Nario. Commentator

Waguri, Yukio, dancer. Commentator

Klein, Susan.

Iimura, Taka.

Blackwood, Michael. Producer. Director

Blackwood, Christian. Photographer

Stein, Bonnie Sue. Author

Laemmle, Peter.

Shizune, Tomoe. Composer

Dai Rakuda Kan (Company)

Sankaï Juku (Company)

Maijuku (Company).

Muteki-Sha Dance Company.

Byakko Sha (Company)

Hakutobo (Company)

Added Title

Rite of spring (Choreographic work : Tanaka)

Admiring La Argentina (Choreographic work : Ohno)

Suiren (Choreographic work : Ohno)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1780

*MGZHB 16-2434 Additional copy; 16 mm. 2 film reels. 3215 ft.