Dance Archive Network records the changing world of dance,
making new discoveries to pass on to future generations.
Latest Updates
The TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND archive is now available to watch online.
We've opened a new database: Dance Video Index
With Dance Video Index, you could search data of 200 dance videos which were collected in the 2023 fiscal year under the auspices of the EPAD (Eternal Performing Arts Archives and Digital Theatre) .
"T.R.U. 2020-2021 Part Illusion: Tokyo Underground" has been published!
“Re-Butoooh” Episode 3
The third episode of our online video magazine “Re-Butoooh” is now available!
TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND has begun!
TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND is a dance festival with online performances and exhibitions featuring Butoh, the dance form that grew out of 1960s Japan and has spread around the world, as seen from modern perspectives.
This program of mostly online events and exhibitions is taking place between 1 April and 15 August 2021.William Klein's photo book “Dance Happening June 1961” has been published!
“Re-Butoooh” Episode 2
The second episode of our online video magazine “Re-Butoooh” is now available!
Special edition of "Re-Butoooh" video magazine: Kazuo Ohno's Christmas
This year, as a special edition of our online video magazine “Re-Butoooh”, we bring to you Kazuo Ohno’s Christmas, with footage of Kazuo Ohno dancing at a local kindergarten for Christmas in 1999.
Watch free until 4 Jan 2021! Jap + Eng subs.Our website has been renewed!
Archive
Dance Archive Network holds a collection of approximately 25,000 performance flyers and programs, photographs, videos and notes etc. left by Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno. We are now in the process of collecting and documenting not only Butoh but all dance styles, and bringing it online. To explore our current collection, click below:
Features
Highlights from the archive and on current activities.
Projects
Information on events, works and research based on archival material, shared with the hope of expanding the possibilities of the dance archive and its role in society.
T.R.U. 2020-2021 Part Illusion: Tokyo Underground
This catalogue records the events we produced in underground locations around Tokyo in 2021 as part of the TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND festival.
Online ProgramRe-Butoooh Episode 3
Appearing: Mitsuko Ando, Takashi Morishita, Eiko Otake, Ana Rita Teodoro, Mikiko Kawamura and Etsuko Ohno.
William Klein “Dance Happening June 1961"
William Klein's photo book “Dance Happening June 1961”, edited by NPO Dance Archive Network, has been published!
Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13 “TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND”
1 April–15 August 2021A dance festival with online performances and exhibitions featuring Butoh.
Re-Butoooh Episode 2
Appearing: Hiroyasu Sasaki, Bishop Yamada, Katsuko Orita, Surjit Nongmeikapam, Tim Walker, Daisuke Yoshimoto, Yoshito Ohno, Etsuko Ohno, Takao Kawaguchi, Dai Matsuoka, Taz Burns and more...
Re-Butoooh Special Edition: Kazuo Ohno’s Christmas
Dates: 00:00 24 December 2020 ~ 23:59 4 January 2021 (UTC +9)This year, as a special edition of our online video magazine “Re-Butoooh”, we bring to you Kazuo Ohno’s Christmas, with footage of Kazuo Ohno dancing at a local kindergarten for Christmas in 1999.
Announcement for free online program Re-Butoooh
Butoh is a Japanese art form that transformed the 20th century dance scene. This online program will be introducing the intrigue that butoh inspires in a fun, bite-size manner with a diverse mix of video. The 30 minute program will be released intermittently starting June 2020.
Accessed for free online, in Japanese & English on the special website
Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13 「TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND」
An experimental art festival replaying the various art expressions influenced by Butoh in Tokyo’s underground spaces.
A new book "Something Called Butoh" is now on sale
Dance Archive Network has published the new book "Something Called Butoh" as a report on Butoh surveys from 2017-2019.
Please visit Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio's official website for more detail and purchase.
A new book "Is this Dance? 'Kazuo Ohno' is still among us." is now on sale
Dance Archive Network edited the new book as a catalogue for the exhibition on Kazuo Ohno held at Wakayama Art Museum in Tokyo in 2018.
Please visit Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio's official website for more detail and purchase.
All About Zero
Butoh Archive ProjectGuided by Noh actor Kanji Shimizu, we will trace the pass of three legendary artists, Hironobu Oikawa, Mamako Yoneyama and Yoshito Ohno, who have been active as artists since 1950s when Butoh was not yet called as Butoh. Answers may lay in those Butoh-Zero years which we will witness through various media including videos, live performances and talks in this “Event.”
Saturday, June 8, 2019. 15:00～ at Theater X (cai) in Ryogoku, Tokyo
Online Survey: Butoh’s Current Situation Outside Japan Targeting Individual Performers
Butoh Archive ProjectDance Archive Network is conducting online survey to outline the current situation of Butoh in the world. We greatly appreciate your cooperation.
Newsletters
A semi-regularly published newsletter, researching dance archives.
Issue #22 The Dance Archive in the World : Numeridanse: A Living Archive
Issue #21Welcome to the Corona New World
Issue #20 Remembering Yoshito Ohno
Issue #19 I Love BUTOH ! Teijiro Kamiyama Photo Collection
Issue #18 Baku Ishii’s Dance Video : Grotesque and Mask
Issue #17 Lingering Bodies
Issue #16 The SICK DANCER In São Paulo
Issue #15 Extracts from an Interview with Chiaki Nagano
Issue #14 The Dance Archives in the World : Dansmuseet (Rolf de Maré – Museum of Movement)
Issue #13 Embarrassing to Behold
Issue #12 Archives Exploring the Future of Dance The Green Table: Past and Present
Issue #11Don’t Let Go Of Our Own Body!
Issue #10 Butoh : Where to Now? 2017 Butoh Research Report
Issue #09 The Dance Archives in the World: Hijikata Tatsumi Archive
Issue #08 The Dance Archive in the World : The Centre National de la Danse
Issue #07 William Klein “Dance Happening” Archive
Issue #06 Performing Arts Yearbooks in Japan: Complex Circumstances and Undertakings
Issue #05 The Dance Archives in the World : Archives internationales de la danse at the French National Dance Centre
Issue #04 The Dance Archives in the World : Les Archives Internationales de la Danse (AID)
Issue #03 Green Table 2017 Toshiko Oka Yoshito Ohno Masaru Kakio Koichi Ohmae Ensemble Sonne
Issue #02 Dance Archive Project 2017 : Modern Dance in the Theatre of War project OH!YAMA (Japan) and Ambiguous Dance Company(Korea)
Issue #01Launching the NPO Dance Archive Network
About DAN
NPO Dance Archive Network (DAN) was established in 2016 in order to manage the growing archives held at the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio.
With the artistic work of Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno at its core, DAN collects a wide variety of documents on dance in Japan and abroad, with the aim of improving peoples understanding of dance and building an international network.
Support DAN
The work of Dance Archive Network relies on contributions from the public. To help us continue our activities, please consider supporting us with a donation.
Suggested donation : 1,000 JPY
Dance Archive Network will issue a recipt for your donation, however unfortunately we cannot offer tax refunds at this time. We thank you for your continued support of our organization. For all enquiries, please contact us an e-mail.
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