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- Title
Parallels of Psycho-Physiological and Musical Affect in Trance Ritual and Butoh Performance.
- Authors
Sakamoto, Michael
- Abstract
The article presents the author's insights on trance and ecstatic rituals and the contemporary dance form Butoh dance to examine their relationship with secular performance practices. The author states that the practitioners of the Butoh dance, fashioned by Tatsumi Hijikata in the late 1950s and early 1960s, aim to expose, struggle through, and resolve deeply embodied societal ills. Furthermore, Butoh, shamanic journeying, and possession, all utilize music-based ritual practices.
- Subjects
BUTO; JAPANESE dance; DANCE; HIJIKATA, Tatsumi, 1928-1986; SHAMANISM; RELIGIOUS dance
- Publication
Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology, 2009, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1096-1291
- Publication type
Article