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Hijikata: Revolt of the Body
The very first biography and cultural study of Japanese dancer Tatsumi Hijikata, who invented the revolutionary performance art ‘Ankoku Butoh’ – now celebrated worldwide as one of the most innovative and haunting contemporary art forms. A university level text, illustrated throughout, of vital interest to all readers engaged with performance art and dance.
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First published September 11, 2013
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November 27, 2010
This is an indispensable reference for fans of Butoh and Hijikata.
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March 7, 2025Two quotes by Hijikata:
"I would like to have a person, who has already died, die over and over inside my body ... I may not know death, but it knows me."
"Ankoku Butoh is born from the realization of a grave crisis. It's a form of regression into the shadows, a refusal of light. And more importantly than that, Ankoku Butoh always says 'no': it prefers negative forms, and its dancers confront their bodies without the fear of witnessing the disintegration of the body."
"I would like to have a person, who has already died, die over and over inside my body ... I may not know death, but it knows me."
"Ankoku Butoh is born from the realization of a grave crisis. It's a form of regression into the shadows, a refusal of light. And more importantly than that, Ankoku Butoh always says 'no': it prefers negative forms, and its dancers confront their bodies without the fear of witnessing the disintegration of the body."
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