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By B. Baird

Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden colours sparked a brand new style of functionality in Japan - butoh: an artwork type of contrasts, by means of turns stunning and serene. on account that then, although curiosity has grown exponentially, and other people around the globe are interested in butoh's skill to enact paradox and contradiction, audiences are much less familiar with the contributions and thoughts of the founding father of butoh. Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh lines the rollicking historical past of the construction and preliminary maturation of butoh, and locates Hijikata's performances in the highbrow, cultural, and financial ferment of Japan from the sixties to the eighties.

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