Body cinema: Dance of Darkness by Edin Velez
Documentary film by Edin Velez on Butoh entitled Dance of Darkness (58 min) is probably known to all who were even partly interested in this enigmatic and strong Japanese dance form. The film covers historic development of Butoh but still stays in track of an experimental film, too.
Excerpts from film Dance of Darkness by Edin Velez
Pál Frenák – visions of spiral Butoh
After blogging on dance and technology, let’s get back to the body… an essential bodily theatre… contemporary dance inspired by Butoh…
Pál Frenák‘s choreography ‘Mennono’, which I saw on Dance Week Festival, gave me an opportunity to check again how Hungarians are doing physical theatre and stage philosophy… and I usually just plunge into it… letting my mind to flow with the artwork…
Photo: Compagnie Pal Frenak (c)
Zn’shñ for glitch and Butoh fans…
Here are wonderful new videos by duo Zn’shñ which are inspired by Butoh and Japanese culture on one side, and electronic music & glitch at the other side…
I guess, I’m in small love crash with people who are making what I call ‘organic’ art… thingz that are based more on practice… practice is what I’m fully interested in… it’s a wheel of art…
Zn’shñ (c) performing at Mudam in 2009
Camille Mutel luvz butoh
About two weeks ago I saw several interesting young dancers and choreographers at the Platform of Young Choreographers within the selection by Les Transfrontalier Festival.
Photo: Paolo Porto (c) read more …