The Vancouver International Dance Festival 2000 focuses on the origins of the avant-garde expression of Japanese butoh dance and its contemporary transformations. Butoh is a dance aesthetic that arose in post World War II Japan through the inspiration of Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. In butoh, focus and concentration on the memories embeded in our skin and bones manifest as authentic communication of strange yet familiar landscapes. Described as meditative and wild, butoh continues to influence many performance styles from around the world. Additional surcharges for advance ticket sales.
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The rarest and only film that has complete footage of Hijikata's performance. A film made by one of the most important Japanese photographers, Eiko Hosoe featuring Hijikata. For registration please print and mail the registration form . Jay and Barbara have danced together for the past twenty-three years. Their butoh teachers include Koichi and Hiroko Tamano, Natsu Nakajima, Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno, and Yumiko Yoshioka.