Butoh Dance Training

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history.

With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers:

· basic body training and expression exercises

· exercises to cultivate Qi (energy) and to aid improvisation

· about katas (forms) and how to develop your own

· the importance of voice, sound and music in Butoh

· to collaborate and be in harmony with others

· techniques to manipulate time and space

· how to develop the imagination and refine the senses to enrich performance.