We Are Not Solid Beings: Presence in Butoh, Buddhism, and Phenomenology
Asian Theater Journal October 13, 2020 Sondra Fraleigh 8 citations
Abstract:This reflective essay emanates from Zen Buddhism and phenomenology in theory and spirit, integrating the somatic theory of Nagatomo Shigenori with its basis in Dōgen Zen. It invites readers to explore an eco-somatic approach to butoh, a metamorphic and now global form of dance that evolved in Japan in the shadow of ecological and social crisis after World War II. In its descent toward...