The New York Butoh Institute
Presents
BUTOH: CRADLING EMPTY SPACE
A NONFICTION BOOK WRITTEN
BY
VANGELINE
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020
at 7:30 PM EST
$5
“ Butoh: Cradling Empty Space is 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, Cradling Empty Space guides the reader through the many possibilities of butoh.
— —Alice Baldock | Faculty of History - University of Oxford”
Buy a ticket and automatically enter our book giveaway for your chance to win a copy of Vangeline’s book.
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space is now available on Amazon.com!
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 Through twenty years of research, interviews with some of the world’s top practitioners, historical documents, and rare photographs, Vangeline shines a light on this “dance of darkness.”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.
Book cover: photo by Eikoh Hosoe of Yoko Ashikawa, courtesy of Tatsumi Hijikata Archives.
Buy a ticket and automatically enter our book giveaway for your chance to win a copy of Vangeline’s book!
Ten winners will be picked randomly at the end of our book giveaway on October 22, 2020. The winners will be announced live.
Thursday, October 22 at 7:30pm: Butoh: Cradling Empty Space Virtual Book Launch with author Vangeline.
During the virtual launch, hear from author and butoh dancer Vangeline. Moderated by Carter Edwards, Program Director, Mount Tremper Arts. Book giveaway winners will also be announced during the event.
Cover photograph: Yoko Ahikawa by Eikoh Hosoe
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space is also available internationally at:
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.