Item Details
Butoh [videorecording] : body on the edge of crisis
edited by Lynn Piasecki ; narration written by Bonnie Sue Stein ; voice-over narrator, Russell Connor ; director and producer, Michael Blackwood.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- Using contemporary footage of leading Butoh performers, this documentary presents the history of the development of butoh dance, interviews the creator of this Japanese modern dance form, Tatsumi Hijikata, and explores the cultural significance of the Butoh dance form in Japan.
- Director
- Michael Blackwood
- Performer(s)
- Yoko Ashikawa, Akaji Maro, Akiko Motofuji, Nario Goda, Tatsumi Hijikata, Yukio Waguri, Kazuo Ohno, Sanka Juku, Dai Rakuda Kan, Byakko-sha, Muteki-sha, Maijuku, Hakutobo.
- Release Date
- 2006
- Run Time
- 89 min.
- Language
- In English; Japanese language with English voice-over.
- Variant title
- Body on the edge of crisis
- Published
- Northvale, NJ :Michael Blackwood Productions,c2006.
- Publisher no.
- PO#2559 Michael Blackwood
- Terms of use
- Public performance rights secured.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD. NTSC.
- Technical details
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