Butoh Dictionary

The chimera takes on more than one qualia within different parts of the body. For instance, the arms can be tree limbs while the legs are rooster legs.

The chimera is often associated with the grotesque. Chimeras make use of deterritorialization of one or more body part.

The final part of the three-part process of Akaji Maro's Maro Method which is the practice of emptying the self so that the body becomes a vessel or cavity through which external forces (energies, spaces, or presences) act. In this state, movement arises not from ego but from the body’s openness to being moved by the surrounding world.

A key butoh concept inspired by Tatsumi Hijikata's writing Ailing Dancer in which resonance with the subconscious or dream world masks literal meaning, allowing movement and expression to emerge beyond straightforward interpretation. In other words, the body is abstracted.

Another term used is the obscured body.

A Subbody term simply meaning multiple Subbody dancers or group.

One of the 8 butoh spices in Shadowbody. These are the basic movement motifs found in butoh movement.

Also known as fall (micro and macro).

A Shadowbody term for developing intensity in a qualia.

A cone is visualized with a tiny hole the size of a needle at the very end. The qualia gradually travels down the cone toward the point/vertex. The closer it gets to the point, the more intense and concentrated it gets. Eventually, it come out from the little like a laser of that qualia.

A term used by Yukio Waguri to describe a state of genuine trance in which one enters deeply, yet retains awareness and control of the situation. Related to 50/50.

Yukio Makami termed this not drunk.