Masaki iwana biography of mahatma

He is one of Japan’s most respected Butoh dancers. In Ca’ Colmello, up in the hills of Bologna, he is proposing the The intensity of nothingness workshop.

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We interviewed him.

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What is your definition of Butoh?

As you know, you cannot hold Butoh in a single word. By each Butoh artist, by one’s experience, by thought, it shows different aspects. For me, Butoh is: 1) Being able to realize internal landscapes throughout the body.

It means to draw “time and space” inside of myself; 2) Being able to express the dark intention, which does not correspond to good intentions, rather in the total of life I mean the part that is not lit; 3) Finally, the way of expression should not be done by established method, but should be created by oneself: if you rely on established methods, the expression will already be institutional at that stage, then you lose freshness & pureness.

What is the difference between movement and dance?

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