Butoh : Metamorphic Dance and Global Alchemy.

Contents: Part One. Alchemy and Morphology -- Part Two. Alchemists: Essays and Poetry on Transformation -- Part Three. Ursprung Unfinished. With an introduction, biographies of dancers, notes, bibliography and index. Black & white photos. Fraleigh traces the development of butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater which emerged in the aftermath of World War II.

264 p.; 23 cm.
Paper
Language: English
ISBN: 0252077415
ISBN13: 9780252077418