The notion of the Butoh-body: defining paradoxical terms in artistic research

Eleni Kolliopoulou

doi:10.21251/vfck-pa74

The notion of the Butoh-body: defining paradoxical terms in artistic research

Eleni Kolliopoulou

School of Arts & Humanities

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In this essay, I will introduce the theoretical background of the Butoh-body notion that informs my research. In doing so, I will offer a brief historical overview of Butoh dance and its contextualization. Also, I will refer to interdisciplinary artistic movements with similar qualities that share the same field of inquiry with Butoh. Finally, I will refer to the three major research iterations that forms the current project and bind them to this conceptual framework.

'Hijikata would often say something is Butoh-teki, Butoh-like. "Look, isn’t he Butoh-teki?" he would say, or looking at a dog, "You see, this dog is Butoh!" He would find the essence of butoh even in non-human creatures including plants,' (Tanaka Min, cited in Cull, 2012: 112; cited in Caldwell, 2017: 4).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-36
Number of pages	6
Journal	Intersections (Postgraduate Journal - Arts , Humanities , Social Sciences)
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21251/vfck-pa74
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - May 2019

Keywords

Butoh, Performance,
Basho
Life-death
Pure experience

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The body of the relationship: a practice-based exploration of the relationship between the body and its environment informed by the notion of Butoh-body. : Three case studies in time-based art
Kolliopoulou, E. (Author), Dean, T. (Supervisor), Campo, G. (Supervisor) & Sander, R. (Supervisor), Mar 2020
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