A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

Synopsis

Ankoku Butoh is a style of avant-garde dance that established itself in the counter culture experimental arts scene of post WWII Japan. The dance form is thought to have been founded by Tatsumi Hijikata, who both created and performed in butoh pieces from the late 1950’s - through the early 1970’s. In butoh, the style of movement is extremely stylized and deliberate, vacillating between slow and sharp, expressing feelings of dread, sexualization, violence, calmness, birth and “creatureness” among other things. This performance of Summer Storm was originally recorded in 1973 at Westside Auditorium, Kyoto University, Japan, and was Hijikata’s last public performance before his death in 1986 with Butoh of Dark Spirit School. Video version produced in 2003.

Main Cast

Tatsumi Hijikata

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Yoko Ashikawa

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Kobayashi Saga

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Nimura Momoko

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Katsura Mana

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Koichi Tamano

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Kôichi Satô

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Yukio Waguri

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Misao Arai
Sound	Sound	Yas-Kaz Roto Visage
Production	Producer	Misao Arai
Editing	Editor	Hiroshi Sunaga Endo Chikako
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