During initial session, we made groups, Miles and Tata was already a performance group and I was interested in performance as well. My interest was more in the direction of interactive sound design and they were more into improvisation with a performer. It made sense to be in a group.
During discussion with Jose, Miles showed his interest in Butoh dance and we were instantly connected with Mai via Jose. The After initial introduction with each other about our practices and sending mail to Mai, to let her know more about our interest along with few of our works.
Few facts collected while understanding the core sense of Butoh dance:
- It is based on traditional classic dance form of Japan- Noh drama and Nihon Buyo
- It’s an artform commonly used as a form of fusion because it moves away from the retrain of any classic dance forms from both west and east.
- It has an otherworldly effect, especially when the performer gets completely absorbed into the artform
- They respond to stimulus around them as well as internal call
- Generally based on death, since it came to life during the darkness of the world (WW II).
Reference:
Discover Dance – More about Butoh – Sadler’s Wells (no date) SadlersWells. Available at: https://www.sadlerswells.com/discover-dance/more-about-dance/butoh/ (Accessed: 14 June 2024).
Butoh: 5 Things to Know About the Japanese Dance of Darkness (2022) Japan Objects. Available at: https://japanobjects.com/features/butoh (Accessed: 14 June 2024).