Butoh performer Carlotta Ikeda
beautynursedondarkness-blog reblogged
"The best thing someone can say to me is that while watching my performance they began to cry. It is not important to understand what I am doing; perhaps it is better if they don't understand, but just respond to the dance."
butoh performance by Ikeda Carlotta
a revolt of the flesh. the japanese "dance of ultimate darkness..."
Butoh "typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is no set style, and it may be purely conceptual with no movement at all. Its origins have been attributed to Japanese dance legends Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno." [Wiki]