Butoh Dance Training: Secrets of Japanese Dance through the Alishina Method

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Singing Dragon, Jul 21, 2015 - Performing Arts - 296 pages

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history. With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers:
· basic body training and expression exercises
· exercises to cultivate Qi (energy) and to aid improvisation
· about katas (forms) and how to develop your own
· the importance of voice, sound and music in Butoh
· to collaborate and be in harmony with others
· techniques to manipulate time and space
· how to develop the imagination and refine the senses to enrich performance.
This authentic approach to Japanese dance will be compelling reading for anyone interested in contemporary dance, performance arts, Japanese culture or personal development techniques.

 

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Contents

Preface
9
The future of Butoh
12
Teaching method
20
basic exercises
25
Part 2 Qi training improvisation
115
Part 3 Application
211
Afterword
285
Bibliography
291
Biography
293
Copyright

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About the author (2015)

Born in Kobe, Japan, in 1963, Juju Alishina is a Japanese dancer and choreographer. She has trained in traditional Japanese dance and Butoh. In 1990 in Tokyo, she founded her own dance company, NUBA, in the pursuit of a new style of Butoh. In 1998, Juju Alishina moved her company to Paris and since then has developed her own methods, beyond Butoh dance, both in Paris and abroad. She has also taught Japanese dance (traditional and Butoh) in universities in the USA and has lead several artistic and educational activities worldwide. This book was first published in Japan in 2010 and the French translation followed in February 2013.

Bibliographic information

TitleButoh Dance Training: Secrets of Japanese Dance through the Alishina Method
AuthorJuju Alishina
Translated byCorinna Torregiani
PublisherSinging Dragon, 2015
ISBN0857012266, 9780857012265
Length296 pages
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Performing Arts / Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation
Performing Arts / Dance / Modern
  
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