Butoh dances the ticklish matters that many would rather not think about. Here we wriggle through the origins of butoh dance in Japan, how the dance disrupts our timid notions, and the ups and downs of butoh as a way of life. Approaching the dance from a bundle of different perspectives, the hidden threads appear, and our eyes slowly begin to adjust to this dance of darkness. This is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the previous version, which was released online to wide acclaim. The original work is the winner of the Pomona College Asian Studies Thesis Prize for 2003.

Butoh dances the ticklish matters that many would rather not think about. Here we wriggle through the origins of butoh dance in Japan, how the dance disrupts our timid notions, and the ups and downs of butoh as a way of life. Approaching the dance from a bundle of different perspectives, the hidden threads appear, and our eyes slowly begin to adjust to this dance of darkness. This is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the previous version, which was released online to wide acclaim. The original work is the winner of the Pomona College Asian Studies Thesis Prize for 2003.