Butoh
Emerging from Japan in the late 1950s, Butoh is a dance that defies simple categorization. It translates as the ‘dance of darkness’ and many aspects of the performances echo its origins in the agonised scream of post-nuclear holocaust Japan. But the interpretation by Café Reason Butoh Dance Group has taken the essence of this and set it in the context of modern day Oxford. The taboos challenged by the first Japanese performances are not the taboos of today and the catharsis of performances today stems from a very different set of pressures.
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Date: 29/12/05
Owner: Hugh Warwick
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Ruth
St Giles, Oxford, October 2001
Date: 29/12/05
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Ash and Helen with audience
Cowley Road carnival, summer 2003
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Ash and Helen at the cross
Cowley Road carnival, summer 2003
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Ash and chain
Wren's garden, summer 2003
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crouch to creep
St Giles, Oxford, October 2001
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Dora and audience
Cowley Road carnival, summer 2003
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Dora and arms
Mint, at Oxford Botanic Gardens, summer 2003
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Dora and rings
Mint, at Oxford Botanic Gardens, summer 2003
Date: 29/12/05
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Helen
St Giles, Oxford, October 2001
Date: 29/12/05
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