Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh : dancing in a pool of gray grits / Bruce Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Bruce, 1968-

Series:

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tatsumi, Hijakata, 1928-1986.

Tatsumi, Hijakata.

Choreographers--Japan--Biography.

Choreographers.

Butō--Japan--History.

Butō.

History.

Japan--Social life and customs.

Japan.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance-butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and achingly serene. Since then, though interest has grown exponentially and people all over the world are drawn to butoh's ability to enact paradox and contradiction, audiences are less knowledgeable about the contributions and innovations of the founder of butoh. Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh traces the rollicking history of the creation and initial maturation of butoh and locates Hijikata's performances within the intellectual, cultural, and economic ferment of Japan from the sixties to the eighties. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: And, And, And 1

2 Forbidden Eros and Evading Force: Hijikata's Early Years 15

3 A Story of Dances that Sustain Enigma: Simultaneous Display and Sale of the Dancers 59

4 Pivoting Panels and Slashing Space: Rebellion and Identity 105

5 My Mother Tied Me on Her Back: Story of Smallpox 137

6 The Possibility Body: Embodying the Other, Negotiating the World 159

7 Metaphorical Miscegenation in Memoirs: Hijikata Tatsumi in the Information Age 185

8 Epilogue: The Emaciated Body in the World 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230120402

0230120407

OCLC:

733936258