Tantric Theatre: Liberation Butoh

Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo. The art form is known to “resist fixity” and be difficult to define; notably, founder Hijikata Tatsumi viewed the… Read More Tantric Theatre: Liberation Butoh

Tantric Theatre: Artaud and the Performance of the Abject

Hear Antonin Artaud’s Censored, Never-Aired Radio Play: To Have Done With The Judgment of God(1947) in Radio, Theatre | September 11th, 2014 Leave a Comment Antonin Artaud had his first mental breakdown at the age of 16 and, from there on out, spent much of his life in and out of asylums. Diagnosed with “incurable paranoid delirium,” Artaud suffered from hallucinations,glossolalia, and bouts… Read More Tantric Theatre: Artaud and the Performance of the Abject