Emotional waves : Butoh and contemporary dance / Claude Hofer ; Texte = texts, Romina Achatz, Sebastian Altermatt, Alice Baldock, Mai Burns, Claude Hofer, Shinichi Takeshige.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofer, Claude, photographer, writer of supplementary textual content.

Contributor:

Achatz, Romina, writer of supplementary textual content.

Altermatt, Sebastian, writer of supplementary textual content.

Baldock, Alice, writer of supplementary textual content.

Burns, Mai, writer of supplementary textual content.

Takeshige, Shinichi, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

German

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Butō--Pictorial works.

Butō.

Dance companies--Japan--Pictorial works.

Dance companies.

Modern dance--Pictorial works.

Modern dance.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

427 pages : illustrations; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Kehrer Verlag, [2025]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English, German and Japanese.

Summary:

"Dance art meets photo art: performances of Butoh and contemporary dance. Claude Hofer's publication is the first book of its kind to explore and document the internationally renowned dance genres of Japanese Butoh and contemporary dance. Over the course of ten years, the Swiss photographer traveled to countries around the globe and met more than one hundred mostly artists in both dance genres who performed specifically for his camera. The focus of his intense black-and-white photographs is unmistakably on the people themselves. With an impressive sense of the right moment, Hofer has captured the dancers in highly emotional photographs that reveal a unique and profound connection between body and mind.

Contents:

Die Universum berühren : über die Symbiose zwischen der visuellen und der darstellenden Kunst = Touching the universe : on the symbioss between the visual and performing arts / Claude Hofer

Seismografen und Cyborgs : Transformationen des Ich-Gefühls = Seismographs and cyborgs : transformations fo the sense of self / Sebastian Altermatt

Raum, Achse, Atem, Transformation = Space, axis, breathing, transformation / Shinichi Takeshige

Butoh-Wirklichkeit = Butoh reality / Mai Burns

Ozeanische Haut = Oceanic skin / Romina Achatz

Über Verwandlung = On transformation / Alice Baldock.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783969001936

3969001935

OCLC:

1529012933