Butoh: Cradling Empty Space--Paperback--Signed Copy-- Limited Edition
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space--Paperback--Signed Copy-- Limited Edition
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space, a remarkable new volume by French-American teacher, dancer, and choreographer Vangeline, is the perfect introduction to a dance form that emerged in Japan after World War II, the result of cross-pollination between Western art forms and Japanese artists.... is at once mysterious and clear, scientific and poetic, scholarly and journalistic, psychological and esthetic. Vangeline’s a terrific writer, and the book is well-edited...Her book is full of graphs, charts, and wonderful photographs.”
— Elizabeth Zimmer–Chelsea Community News–Dec 20, 2020
“Butoh: Cradling Empty Space is a great fit for anyone looking to learn more about the brain and the dance form of butoh. In addition to photographs, Butoh: Cradling Empty Space includes many diagrams and other visual aids to help illustrate and describe the scientific phenomenon of butoh. We especially learn how the form strives to bring science and art together. The book covers topics such as consciousness, brain waves, information processing, action potential, stimulus, muscle awareness, and more. Additionally, Vangeline explains what she means by the phrase in the title —cradling empty space. You too—even non-butoh dancer or non-dancer — may find yourself inspired by the book’s information about the brain to want to learn more and apply these learnings to daily life.”
January 12, 2021, by Nichole Gould–Picture This Post
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space Paperback – October 2, 2020
Author: Vangeline
Limited edition–Signed Copy
Approaching the avant-garde Japanese performance art form of butoh from a cross-cultural, gender studies, and scientific perspective, award-winning artist and teacher Vangeline brings a fresh look at this postmodern dance form. Butoh, a performance art form that grew out of the Japanese avant-garde scene of the 1950s, has traveled from east to west over the last 60 years, growing in popularity as it evolves. With origins in modern dance, French mime, and the surrealist movement, this fascinating postmodern dance genre is often thought of as mysterious and is frequently misunderstood. Through twenty years of research, interviews with some of the world’s top practitioners, historical documents, and rare photographs, Vangeline shines a light on this “dance of darkness.” New revelations include the under-represented role of women in the development of the form, the connection between butoh and neuroscience, and the cross-cultural perspective of international influences on the evolution of the dance. Butoh: Cradling Empty Space will appeal to dance students, teachers, performance art scholars, movers, and anyone interested in choreography, theater, and Japanese history, culture and art. The book includes rare photographs, helpful graphics, a detailed bibliography and footnotes, and resources for additional information.
Praise for Vangeline’s choreography and dance work: “Captivating.” —New York Times “[She] moves with the clockwork deliberation of a practiced Japanese Butoh artist.”—Los Angeles Times
"[A] handbook for the butoh practitioner, the (art) historian, the dance critic, and the curious reader. Encompassing, and reconciling, problems of movement, gender, race and universality, Butoh: Cradling Empty Space guides the reader through the many possibilities of butoh."
--Alice Baldock, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, from the Foreword
Shipped by USPS Priority Mail in the US ($8.90 flat rate) and shipped by USPS First Class outside of the US ($27.90 flat-rate; $35 to Asia)
Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN : 978-1735766010
Product Dimensions : 6.69 x 0.68 x 9.61 inches
Publisher : Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute (October 2, 2020)
Language: : English