Tag: butoh

Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno: The Creators of Butoh

Butoh, or the “dance of utter darkness,” was created in the late 1950s by Japanese artists Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. Marked by white body makeup, shaved heads, distorted body shapes and taboo subject matter, butoh combines elements of theater, German expressionism and modern dance with facets of traditional Japanese dance forms. Ohno, born in […]

3 Legends Who Danced Like No One Was Watching

Dance history is inundated with risk-takers, but these three legends took it to a whole other level, pushing the boundaries of what was possible. For today’s #ThrowbackThursday, take a moment to remember these three iconic figures. Vaslav Nijinsky: 1890–1950 Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky helped usher in a new era of ballet. He […]