Butoh Dance - Conan Amok’s Twist On The Japanese Performance Art Form

Butoh Dance is a journey through the character and mind of Conan Amok, a contemporary Butoh dancer who takes his traditional Japanese performance art and philosophy onto the neon and gritty streets of Shibuya, Tokyo. A former member of the prestigious Dairakudakan Butoh group, Amok is a key figure in pushing the art of Butoh into a modern Japanese lifestyle and conveying the depth behind it. Contrary to most other forms of dance that focus on looking up to the heavens, Butoh leverages the performer's gravitational connection to the earth and a physical response to the world around him, responding in a primal and visceral way that, whilst abstract, is compelling in its honesty to human nature.
Directed by James Latimer
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[@KittieBob]

Yes! i studied Butoh in highschool and fell in love with this art form. I’m always interested in finding modern takes on it so this was gold.

[@trmancad7060]

Amazing work thank you for sharing this , i also understand this kind of questions and feelings. I feel we are not alone in this planet with such passions and thinking processes , congratulations for your art

[@trmancad7060]

Also, very interesting how you twisted and made yours Butoh creating something new , which is the whole point of every art form I think … Hijikata or Ohno did that too on their times with their own marvelous dance and concepts, so your video has much merit and value at least for me

[@japanontology]

Butoh dislocates the mind and relocates the body...it is an essential art form that needs to be disseminated across the world! Thank you ...from Japanontology

[@corticallarvae]

Tremendous project

[@nicolasalakepasa]

WHOAOOO!! Really impressed with your VIDEO inspiring!!! Arigatou Gozaimashta!

[@Victoria__n]

got really scared of the video cover for this when saw it for the first at 3am lying in bed in darkness

[@Nomad_Skateboarding]

Wow. Thank you

[@TonyMontana-vo8nd]

I feel like this too , I think the whole world feels like this , but they hide it from themselves with very highly sophisticated developed techniques .

[@Kirousa.]

Cool performance.

[@duantorruellas716]

Very cool 👍

[@태이씨]

My unemployed friend and me on a fine Thursday night:

[@monckeywrench4823]

The Zombie Death dance.

[@ians.mozdzen3012]

How is this a “twist”?

[@darcyliddell3040]

The baseball cap

[@Riibeee]

Toma mi vida creí que ese crucé peatonal era en una zona linda y al ver ese vídeo y como te lleva a un barrio descuido y que se ve malandro me dan más ganas de ir a conocer

[@bababillenial7861]

when someone forcefully tries to portray themselves as 'very intellectual' , or in other words, i am sure the people who like this thing would surely say "you won't get it, it is something really deep". Don't think people would really like Butoh dance. These people , especially in the art world, sell Bulls**t paintings, do dance like this , that really don't make any sense and just somehow they forcefully try to embed meaning into these things just to make themselves appear 'intellectual' or artsy kind of people.

[@edwardgrigoryan3982]

Funny enough, you come off as some kind of pseudo intellectual critic with this comment, as though you have some deep insight into art and are above all the "intellectuals" out there, posers who "think they're so deep." Yeah, such a crowd does exist, and it's pretty lame. But also, sometimes, something like this just resonates with some people, and that really is all there is to it. I didn't try to embed anything into this. I just watched it and enjoyed it as a performance. Also, I didn't realize that art was about "making sense," whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

[@hardcore_w00dland_creature18]

a shaman

[@doubleclutch4369]

Michael Jackson "Thriller"