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Butoh : body on the edge of crisis

Title
Butoh : body on the edge of crisis / edited by Lynn Piasecki ; narration written by Bonnie Sue Stein ; voice-over narrator, Russell Connor ; director and producer, Michael Blackwood.
Publication
Northvale, NJ : Michael Blackwood Productions, ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986.
  • Blackwood, Michael.
  • Stein, Bonnie Sue.
  • Piasecki, Lynn.
  • Connor, Russell.
  • Michael Blackwood Productions.
Description
1 videocassette (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Using contemporary footage of leading Butoh performers, this documentary presents the history of the development of butoh dance, interviews the creator of this Japanese modern dance form, Tatsumi Hijikata, and explores the cultural significance of the Butoh dance form in Japan.
Alternative Title
Body on the edge of crisis
Subject
  • Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986
  • Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986
  • Butō
  • Modern dance > Japan
  • Dance > Japan
  • Documentary films
  • Butō
  • Dance
  • Documentary films
  • Modern dance
  • Japan
Genre/Form
  • video recordings (physical artifacts)
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings.
  • Vidéos.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Language (note)
  • In English; Japanese language with English voice-over.
OCLC
  • ocm50008406
  • 50008406
  • SCSB-1335944
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library