土方巽：身体の反逆者 Hijikata : Revolt of the Body

Barber, Stephen

Solar Books（2010/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 144 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780982046432
• DDC分類 792.82092

基本説明

This book is based on original interviews with Hijikata's surviving collaborators, and emphasises both his involvement in film and visual art as a mean to deepen his choreographic explorations, and also his engagement with European art and writing – especially work by Hans Bellmer, Jean Genet, and Francis Bacon – in the development of Ankoku Butoh.

Full Description

Hijikita: Revolt of the Body examines the life and work of Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-86), who invented a revolutionary performance art and dance known as Ankoku Butoh, or 'Dance of Darkness'. The Butoh style of performance and movement premiered in Japan in 1959 and developed in subsequent years in response to the student riots and the 1960s protest movement. Based on extended interviews with Hijikata's family and all of his surviving collaborators, this is the only book to focus exclusively on Hijikata and his work, including his interest in European art and figures such as Genet, Artaud, Sade, and Lautreamont, as well as the Japanese Surrealist movement.