As part of Electric Japan, KENTARO KUJIRAI & BARABBAS OKUYAMA, performers at the forefront of contemporary exploration of butoh dance, share excerpts of their work together.
Kentaro Kujirai studied butoh under the founder of the Tenshikan (Sant’Angelo) company, Akira Kasai, while Barabbas Okuyama was a member of Akaji Maro’s globe-trotting Dairakudakan (Great Camel Battleship) butoh company.
Butoh (or butō) - meaning “dance of darkness” - is an idiosyncratic and physically demanding dance form based around fluidity in motion in response to sound and space that emerged in Japan in the 1950s. Expect distinctive, hyper-expressive choreography that’s raw, haunting, beautiful - and magical.
A rare glimpse into Japan’s burgeoning new arts scene, Electric Japan is a free online festival featuring works by Japanese artists in dance, theatre, fashion, film and photography from 1 - 7 August as part of Coronet Inside Out: www.thecoronettheatre.com/wha...