TY - BOOK ID - 259504 TI - Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo AU - Fraleigh, Sondra Horton AU - Nakamura, Tama PY - 2006 SN - 0415354382 0415354390 9780415354387 9780415354394 PB - New York: Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Ohno, Kazuo KW - Hijikata, Tatsumi KW - Butō KW - Modern dance KW - Butō. KW - Butō. KW - Modern dance - Japan UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:259504 AB - 'Routledge Performance Practitioners' is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. 'Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo' is the first book to combine: an account of the founding of Japanese butoh through the partnership of Hijikata and Ohno, extending to the larger story of butoh's international assimilation. an exploration of the impact of the social and political issues of post World War II Japan on the aesthetic development of butoh. metamorphic dance experiences that students of butoh can explore. a glossary of English and Japanese terms. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on tofurther, primary research, 'Routledge Performance Practitioners 'are unbeatable value for today's student. ER -