Directory of Butoh Resources

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Butoh Dance is a Japanese avant-garde dance movement initiated by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in the 1950s.

Resources in This Category

• Butoh Dance - GooSayTen

  http://www.ne.jp/asahi/butoh/itto/butoh-e.htm
  Many Butoh artist descriptions, links, press clippings and photos. Host to other individual artist pages.

• Butoh.net -- The World of Butoh Dance

  http://www.butoh.net/
  Sponsored by Tangentz Performance Group, includes essays about Butoh, and offers a list of teachers and performers around the world.

• Dairakudakan

  http://www.dairakudakan.com/
  Company founded by Akaji Maro and based in Tokyo, Japan. Includes profile, news, performance history and class information. [English/Japanese].

• Degenerate Art Ensemble

  http://www.degenerateartensemble.com/
  Home of the Seattle-based performance group. Media-intensive collection of photos, music, background information and events calendar.

• Flesh and Blood Mystery Theater

  http://home.earthlink.net/~bdenatale/
  A San Francisco-based Butoh group. Site offers general information about the history of Butoh, as well as quotations by Hijikata, Ohno, and Motofuji.

• Maureen Fleming

  http://www.maureenfleming.com/
  American butoh performer of international acclaim.

• Shinichi Momo Koga and Ink Boat

  http://www.inkboat.com/
  All about Shinichi Koga's hybrid company and works rooted in Butoh Dance. "Shadow comedy" is the phrase that best describes Shinichi's work.

• Tadashi Endo

  http://www.avantart.com/endo/endo.htm
  Biography and choreography of Tadashi Endo, the Butoh-MA Dancer

• The SU-EN Butoh Company

  http://www.suenbutohcompany.net/
  Information about the work of the Swedish Butoh dancer/teacher and choreographer Susanna Ekerlund (SU-EN).

• Yumiko Yoshioka

  http://www.ne.jp/asahi/butoh/itto/yumiko/index.htm
  Yumiko Yoshioka's background, performance photos, workshops and yearly schedule. Includes contact information.

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