Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits by Baird, B.

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230120402)

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Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits by Baird, B.

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

$109.99
Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits by Baird, B.

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

$109.99
Format: Hardcover
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Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and 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.

Author: B. Baird
ISBN-10: 0230120407
ISBN-13: 9780230120402
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2012
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2012
By B. Baird
By B. Baird
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Bruce Baird is Assistant Professor of Asian Language and Literature at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA.

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