To understand Amagatsu’s work, it helps to know a bit about Butoh. Butoh (roughly translated as “dance step”) originated as a revolutionary performance art in Japan in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Butoh, the dance form that developed in Japan in the late 1950s, was at first an approach to, or a philosophy about, movement, rather than a particular style. At early performances audiences were ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters Life!) - No chickens were strangled at the gala performance for Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno's 100th birthday, a sign of just how much Japan's most provocative dance has changed ...

Dance is a foreign language to, well, most Americans. Many scorn even the most popular form, story ballets — call it the “men in tights” syndrome. People who see dance, but seldom, tend to say they ...

Butoh is dance – that much is certain. But more broadly, it’s an art form that defies definition. Whereas for most dance styles beauty is the watchword, for Butoh it could be seen as the antithesis.

Part of this was inspired by disgust with a male writer penning a new book on butoh only focusing on men because he felt that "women have made no significant impact." Both Vangeline's life work and ...