Butoh America: Butoh Dance in the United States and Mexico from 1970 to the early 2000s (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

By: Tanya Calamoneri

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Synopsis: Butoh America unearths the people and networks that popularized Butoh dance in the Americas, through a focused look at key artists, producers, and festivals in United States and Mexico. This is the first book to gather these histories into one narrative and look at the development of American Butoh. From its inception in San Francisco in 1976, American Butoh aligned with avant-garde performance art in alternative venues such as galleries and experimental theaters. La MaMa in New York and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato both served to legitimize the form as esteemed experimental performance. A crystalizing moment in each of the three locations—San Francisco, New York, and Mexico City—has been a grand-scale festival featuring prominent Japanese and numerous other international artists, as well as fostering local communities.　 This book stitches together the flow of people and ideas, highlights the connections in the Butoh diaspora, and incorporates interviewee perspectives regarding future directions for the genre in the Americas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 178 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780429647680
Related ISBNs:: 9780367137601, 9780429028472, 9781032225623
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/28/22
Copyrighted By:: Tanya Calamoneri. The right of Tanya Calamoneri to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.