Butoh is a Japanese dance form that diverges from modernism's rational principles. It's a theater of improvisation, where dancers express their personal experiences, using their inner lives as the medium. Butoh's scale of expression ranges from tender to grotesque, incorporating nudity, eroticism, and sexuality. It reconnects ancient Japanese dance, music, and masks, while recalling rural Japan's Buddhist death dances.
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
The film delves into the unorthodox realm of Butoh, a form of improvisational theater that puts the dancer's personal experiences above rational principles, often misperceived as Japan's interpretation of modern dance.