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Without a permanent “home,” 2025 saw the world of butoh ask itself where it belongs — on opera stages, in abandoned factories or maybe at a bathhouse? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/20/stage/new-butoh-japan-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #butoh #2025inreview #kanakitty #akajimaro #dairakudakan #sankajjuku #emikoagatsuma
Butoh fit itself into odd spaces in 2025

Though it has no permanent “home,” butoh’s creativity saw it stretch out to unlikely venues and collaborators this year.

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The Japan TimesNov 29
A rare dance trinity: Ballet, butoh and kabuki share the stage https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/29/stage/tokyo-performing-arts-ballet-butoh-kabuki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #butoh #ballet #kballet #akajimaro #dance #kabuki
A rare dance trinity: Ballet, butoh and kabuki share the stage

In the uncertain realm between life and death dwell mystical creatures — tengu demons, yōkai folklore monsters and spirits of the dead. It’s these shadows that choreographer and director Kaiji Moriyama explores in K-Ballet Opto’s “A Dance Remembered in Tohno,” premiering Dec. 26 at Tatemono...

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