Performance Aesthetic

In 1990 I attended a highly intensive performer training workshop in Hakushu, a village in the mountains some sixty kilometres west of Tokyo, in Yamanashi prefecture. The workshop was led by the celebrated butoh dancer Mi Tanaka and other members of his company, then called Mai Juku, who lived and...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/filigrane,
Autor Principal: Snow, Peter
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Filigrane 2024
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:In 1990 I attended a highly intensive performer training workshop in Hakushu, a village in the mountains some sixty kilometres west of Tokyo, in Yamanashi prefecture. The workshop was led by the celebrated butoh dancer Mi Tanaka and other members of his company, then called Mai Juku, who lived and trained with him. When not touring and performing, the company worked on the farm in a mode of training that elided with their daily living. Just before the workshop, a festival, hosted by Tanaka a...