buto
noun
a contemporary expressionist dance form that originated in postwar Japan, first called Ankoku Butoh, or Dance of Utter Darkness.
butoh
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a variation of
buto.
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Stone’s iPad, with its open sonic complexity, created a sense of space, a roomy aural soundscape in which jazz and butoh became elements not egos, not larger than life, just more life, the merrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The dancers moonwalk and roll their necks; their motions are smooth and spasmodic by turns, and several of them present bulging eyes and pained expressions that recall the existential intensity of butoh.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
On Sunday, May 29, Modern Glaze hosts butoh dancer Joan Laage performing “Dance Among the Porcelain” with strands of handcrafted flower garlands created by artist Lana Sundberg.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2022
It includes a response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, expressed through butoh dance and large-scale puppets by the Phantom Limb company, called “Falling Out.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2019
Photograph: Naoya Ikegami Kazuo Ohno, who has died aged 103, was one of the pioneers of butoh, 's striking contribution to contemporary dance.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2010
