Butoh histories: Seminal and forgotten figures of 1950&1960s Japan
In this episode, Romina Achatz speaks with writer Stephen Barber, author of Films Ghost: Tatsumi Hijikata and the Transmutation of 1960s Japan, about seminal and forgotten figures who shaped the Japanese avant-garde of the 1960s. The conversation focuses especially on filmmakers and the remarkable collaborations between Butoh dancers, photographers, writers, philosophers, and choreographers surrounding Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. Drawing on his personal encounters, Stephen Barber reflects on meeting many of these extraordinary artists while they were still alive. All of them have since…
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