"Butoh resonates with the weakness of the body" wait, so I, a disabled person, can learn how to dance??? That's an amazing concept and it's giving me hope!
Yes! I'm a butoh dancer with some physical issues, and anyone can do butoh. It is a dance of the spirit, no steps, only flowing as your spirit wants to, even stillness, as the body allows. One of the founders of Butoh - Kazuo Ohno, at the end of his life when he was ill, danced with his eyes. Yes, you can dance butoh... go as you can, honoring the unique way your body can allow your soul to dance. ♡
@@RobynBellospirito Your response is beautiful. In my first three decades, I studied contemporary dance and now in my late 50s with some body/movement decline, I love that I can express through this medium. Thank You!
If you wiggle to your groove your dancing.chair dancing. Standing dancing . Just wiggle bounce shake your head just wiggle it ! Enjoy your music and dance in your head. I love music enjoy
Long hauler studying theatre and performance here! I've taken a year off to try to recover and this is given me a new tool to access movement during my recovery 🥰
Wow. I'm 55, but this is the first time I stumbled upon anything like this. This is a style of dance I can really appreciate. I've been doing some "movement" on my own, in private (in hiding, really), for years and--come to find out--it's somewhat similar to this. This is pretty exciting. Thanks for posting. I actually feel a little less crazy and alone now--if that makes sense. I see there are a number of other videos out there for me to check out.
I think it's a natural thing for us to want to move our bodies in a way that releases tense energy throughout our body. This subconscious type of dance movement is also used in some models of dance therapy, or 'sensitive dance' wherein you embody the feeling and are really giving whatever it is you're trying to work out the attention that it needs.
I like how this reminds me of western concepts like modern, postmodern, and contemporary, but I can clearly see how this is a style of its own, and the fact of it being rooted in surrealism seems key to its distinction. There is something that seems much more direct about butoh in that sometimes that is just exactly what the subconscious really is - perceptible but not required to be comprehensible; it's really mesmerizing when observed as it is and as it plays/dances out in front of you
This is amazing, I'm a physiotherapist interested in movement as an expression, so I think this is so brave and interesting. Thanks for the video! Cheers from Chile.
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your butoh with the world! It's a very important dance that many westerners do not understand. It is deep and meaningful. I do butoh too, and get into that place where time passes so quickly, or doesn't exist. When I found butoh years ago, I knew that butoh is my dance. Thank you for inspiring me to get back to it! Blessings!
i used to do this kind abstract movement when i was in my 20s... no music, no dancing, just moving.. and iirc it was mostly my hands. it felt like meditation, it just felt good.
I disagree with the people in the comments saying butoh isn't a dance... Dancing is self expression through bodily movement. And this kind of dance is supposed to make you uncomfortable to watch, because good art makes you feel something (in my opinion). It's like a surrealist painting.
I just heard about Butoh because of Joe Bob Briggs mentioning it in his Last Drive In broadcast. What a cool art form. Isn't it interesting that the "formal" dance that most of us are taught is beautiful also produces a high degree of pain? To be good at most formal dance, you have to go against what is natural for your body. It is cool to see that there is a form that each individual finds 'natural' to them.
Butoh dislocates the mind and relocates the body...it is an essential art form that needs to be disseminated across the world! Thank you ...from Japanontology
Evelyn, yes, I understand! Butoh can stir us deeply. It is not entertainment like most western dances which are meant to be pleasing to the viewer. It is a deeply spiritual dance that must be witnessed without judgment, then felt. ♡
"Butoh resonates with the weakness of the body" wait, so I, a disabled person, can learn how to dance??? That's an amazing concept and it's giving me hope!
Yes! I'm a butoh dancer with some physical issues, and anyone can do butoh. It is a dance of the spirit, no steps, only flowing as your spirit wants to, even stillness, as the body allows. One of the founders of Butoh - Kazuo Ohno, at the end of his life when he was ill, danced with his eyes. Yes, you can dance butoh... go as you can, honoring the unique way your body can allow your soul to dance. ♡
@@RobynBellospirito thank you for this amazing response, thank you thank you!!!
@@RobynBellospirito Your response is beautiful. In my first three decades, I studied contemporary dance and now in my late 50s with some body/movement decline, I love that I can express through this medium. Thank You!
If you wiggle to your groove your dancing.chair dancing.
Standing dancing .
Just wiggle bounce shake your head just wiggle it ! Enjoy your music and dance in your head. I love music enjoy
Long hauler studying theatre and performance here! I've taken a year off to try to recover and this is given me a new tool to access movement during my recovery 🥰
I had no idea that Butoh was born of surrealism, it makes so much more sense now. I think this form of dance is awesome.
I want to understand but It sounds so subjective to me. Can u tell me your experience watching It?
Wow. I'm 55, but this is the first time I stumbled upon anything like this.
This is a style of dance I can really appreciate. I've been doing some "movement" on my own, in private (in hiding, really), for years and--come to find out--it's somewhat similar to this.
This is pretty exciting. Thanks for posting. I actually feel a little less crazy and alone now--if that makes sense.
I see there are a number of other videos out there for me to check out.
Take a class!
have you explored this more since your comments here?
Check out Sankai Juku.
"I actually feel a little less crazy and alone now... " so nice. #metoo
I think it's a natural thing for us to want to move our bodies in a way that releases tense energy throughout our body. This subconscious type of dance movement is also used in some models of dance therapy, or 'sensitive dance' wherein you embody the feeling and are really giving whatever it is you're trying to work out the attention that it needs.
What an incredible way to explain inner pain, mental, emotional, physical or psychic!
I feel HEARD.
As if Greek theatre focused on movement!!!
When I watch butoh dancers, I inevitably get a sense of something sprouting to life.
I like how this reminds me of western concepts like modern, postmodern, and contemporary, but I can clearly see how this is a style of its own, and the fact of it being rooted in surrealism seems key to its distinction. There is something that seems much more direct about butoh in that sometimes that is just exactly what the subconscious really is - perceptible but not required to be comprehensible; it's really mesmerizing when observed as it is and as it plays/dances out in front of you
This is amazing, I'm a physiotherapist interested in movement as an expression, so I think this is so brave and interesting. Thanks for the video! Cheers from Chile.
brave? why?
Thank you, that was lovely..I needed some background to this artform that Ive suddenly fallen in love with.
すごいすごい！！！One of the BEST videos on the subject I've seen without the stereotypes that are usually spread in the west! おめでとう! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your butoh with the world! It's a very important dance that many westerners do not understand. It is deep and meaningful. I do butoh too, and get into that place where time passes so quickly, or doesn't exist. When I found butoh years ago, I knew that butoh is my dance. Thank you for inspiring me to get back to it! Blessings!
If you are lucky, sometimes you can see into a whole new world, in just 7 minutes. Butoh! ❤
i used to do this kind abstract movement when i was in my 20s... no music, no dancing, just moving.. and iirc it was mostly my hands. it felt like meditation, it just felt good.
thus far i've tried more to make beautiful movements because they felt good sensually. possibly i'll try this not sure
super interesting. ive never heard about butoh before and now im super interested on this!
Beautiful way of explaining, thank you!
woow ❤❤❤ this something i felt i could possibly do before even knowing it existed
I disagree with the people in the comments saying butoh isn't a dance... Dancing is self expression through bodily movement. And this kind of dance is supposed to make you uncomfortable to watch, because good art makes you feel something (in my opinion). It's like a surrealist painting.
I just heard about Butoh because of Joe Bob Briggs mentioning it in his Last Drive In broadcast.
What a cool art form.
Isn't it interesting that the "formal" dance that most of us are taught is beautiful also produces a high degree of pain?
To be good at most formal dance, you have to go against what is natural for your body. It is cool to see that there is a form that each individual finds 'natural' to them.
i still prefer the scary butoh music than this peaceful
AWESOME! I want to learn , I will keep an eye on your account. Thanks a lot
I love Butoh.
Thank you. It is simply beautiful :)
Beautiful❤️
❤❤
i love this so much, thank you.
a gust of nymphia wind
Beautiful on many levels
Aaah❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
bravo Gadu!!!
This is incredible
Is Butoh choreographed?
04:56
Is Butoh what she dances in Memoirs of a Geisha ?
Seeing this video after MIME Madhu interview
Movements❤️
Sound❤️❤️❤️
Thank you💖
You guys are out of your mind
you actually get it!
Butoh dislocates the mind and relocates the body...it is an essential art form that needs to be disseminated across the world! Thank you ...from Japanontology
How can I study with you
DT
😂 I'm sorry but this is not dancing 😂 Nothing but Japanese ballet with a dark twist. But this is why every culture loves Hip-Hop ✌🏾
You should listen a great deal to what the great Thomas Sowell has to say about hip hop. It's an eye opener
@@thetroytroycan Hip Hop is dead
Well, I don’t know what to make of that,looks a rad uncomfortable, not enjoyable, he is very talented, no doubt, but, not a dance,m
I am in full agreement. I think it is demonic in nature.
It's like a bad dream and I personally don't want to watch it
So don't watch it!
It is bad dream. It is not for enjoyment.
Evelyn, yes, I understand! Butoh can stir us deeply. It is not entertainment like most western dances which are meant to be pleasing to the viewer. It is a deeply spiritual dance that must be witnessed without judgment, then felt. ♡
you simply haven't found the poetry in it yet....go deeper 🙏
Would love to do a project with you @Harry_C_Tabak