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Ushio Amagatsu, éléments de doctrine
Ushio Amagatsu, éléments de doctrine

USHIO AMAGATSU, ÉLÉMENTS DE DOCTRINE

Directed by André S. Labarthe
France, 1993
Documentary

Synopsis

For Amagatsu, the founder of the Sankai Juku, the Butoh dance means both life and death. His dancers smear their body in white powder, the color of mourning in Japan, and the poetic depiction of space is like an exquisite corpse in the literal sense.

Synopsis

For Amagatsu, the founder of the Sankai Juku, the Butoh dance means both life and death. His dancers smear their body in white powder, the color of mourning in Japan, and the poetic depiction of space is like an exquisite corpse in the literal sense.