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France - Perche - Reveillon

How could I imagine that I would assist to a contemporan japanese dance called Butoh whilst my vacation in Perche, 150 kms from Paris! And how could I imagine that the teacher would be on of the most influent butoh performer around the world: Iwana Masaki!

And that dance training would be in a very small village called Reveillon where you can also assist to great jazz concert each friday of the year (see my previous mini set about jazzmen).

"Butoh burst upon the world in 1959 in Tokyo in a performance by Tatsumi Hijikata and Yoshito Ono that was immediately labeled scandalous by Japanese society. Violent and sexual, irrational and frightening, Hijikata danced in search of his own body".

That is true that this contemporan danse is really far from our european point of view and that this is very interesting to discover this body expression: few music, slow moving of the body, purity.

Hope you will like this new photograph.

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Additional Photos by Alexandre Aubry (naxius) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2034 W: 96 N: 2342] (16679)
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