LEADER 03960nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910818234103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-02876-X 010 $a9786613028761 010 $a0-252-09013-6 035 $a(CKB)3390000000006580 035 $a(OCoLC)708738115 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10603894 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322920 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10533578 035 $a(PQKB)11411088 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414099 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23708 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603894 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302876 035 $a(OCoLC)923495765 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000006580 100 $a20100224d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aButoh $emetamorphic dance and global alchemy /$fSondra Fraleigh 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-252-03553-4 311 $a0-252-07741-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part one: Alchemy and morphology -- Butoh alchemy -- The morphology of Butoh -- Is Butoh a philosophy? -- Part two: Alchemists: essays and poetry on transformation -- One thousand days of sunshine and peace -- Whole world friend -- History lessons -- Crocodile time -- Goya la quinto del sordo -- The sounding bell -- Ancient dance and headless -- Salt -- Da Vinci -- The cosmos in every corner -- Risky plastic -- Fine bone china -- Moving MA -- Weak with spirit -- Waking woman -- Torn -- Butoh ritual Mexicano -- Mourning the Earth -- Quick silver -- Daemon of the riverbank -- Part three: Ursprung unfinished -- Urspring -- Kuu (emptiness). 330 $aBoth a refraction of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a protest against Western values, butoh is a form of Japanese dance theater that emerged in the aftermath of World War II. Sondra Fraleigh chronicles the growth of this provocative art form from its midcentury founding under a sign of darkness to its assimilation in the twenty-first century as a poignant performance medium with philosophical and political implications. Through highly descriptive, thoughtful, and emotional prose, Fraleigh traces the transformative alchemy of this metaphoric dance form by studying the international movement inspired by its aesthetic mixtures. While butoh has retained a special identity related to its Japanese background, it also has blossomed into a borderless art with a tolerant and inclusive morphology gaining prominence in a borderless century. Employing intellectual and aesthetic perspectives to reveal the origins, major figures, and international development of the dance, Fraleigh documents the range and variety of butoh artists from around the world with first-hand knowledge of butoh performances from 1973 to 2008. Her definitions of butoh's morphology, alchemy, and philosophy set a theoretical framework for poetic and engaging articulations of twenty butoh performances in Japan, Europe, India, and the West. With a blend of scholarly research and direct experience, she also signifies the unfinished nature of butoh and emphasizes its capacity to effect spiritual transformation and bridge cultural differences. 606 $aButo 606 $aModern dance$zJapan 606 $aZen arts$zJapan 615 0$aButo. 615 0$aModern dance 615 0$aZen arts 676 $a792.80952 700 $aFraleigh$b Sondra Horton$f1939-$01696772 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818234103321 996 $aButoh$94076976 997 $aUNINA