Description
Book SynopsisTracing the international growth of a transformative Japanese dance form
Trade Review"Translated poetically and mapped out with scientific precision . . . The book offers a pedagogical map for taking the time to suspend what we know, how we believe we've come to know it, and question what might happen, if we turn, spiral, slip, fall, slither, and sense our way 'back to the dance itself.'" --
Dance Research Journal"Illuminates the myriad ways butoh and its Japanese aesthetic have influenced and been influenced by Western thought."--
Pacific Affairs"Recommended."--
Choice"An engaging, informative, and thought provoking text useful to anyone who is engaged with dance, somatics, transformation, or healing."--American Journal of Dance Therapy
"There are moments of breathtaking beauty in this book--many of them--as Fraleigh shares her deep, personal engagement with butoh history and its current expressions. She expertly weaves philosophical reflections through engaging descriptions of dances she has seen to bring butoh to life for her readers as a global phenomenon that is transforming and healing western values."--Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D., author of
Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values
