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.
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Publication
William Klein “Dance Happening June 1961”
William Klein's photo book “Dance Happening June 1961”, edited by NPO Dance Archive Network, has been published!
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Performance/Exhibition
Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13 “TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND”
1 April–15 August 2021A dance festival with online performances and exhibitions featuring Butoh.
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Online Program
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...
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Online Program
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.
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Online Program
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.
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Performance/Exhibition
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.
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Publication
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.
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Publication
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.
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Performance
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
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Research
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.