Dancing Into Darkness - Butoh, Zen, and Japan (Paperback)

Butoh, also known as dance of darkness, is a postmodern dance form that began in Japan as an effort to recover the primal body or the body that has not been robbed, as butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata put it. Butoh has become increasingly popular in the United States and throughout the world, diversifying its aesthetic while at the same time asserting the power of its spiritual foundations. Dancing into Darkness is Sondra Horton Farleigh's chronological diary of her deepening understanding of and appreciation for this art form as she moves from a position of aesthetic response as an audience member to that of assimilation as a student of Zen and butoh. Farleigh witnesses her own artistic and personal transformation through essays, poems, interviews, and reflections spanning twelve years of study, much of it in Japan. Numerous performance photographs and original calligraphy by Farleigh's Zen teacher, Shodo Akane, illuminate her words.

General

Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	July 1999
Authors:	Sondra Horton Fraleigh
Dimensions:	205 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-6115-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General
LSN:	0-8229-6115-6
Barcode:	9780822961154

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