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There are currently 3 terms in this directory beginning with the letter N.
Noguchi Taiso
A somatic, water-based system developed by Michizo Noguchi (1914 - 1998) with its own set of detailed exercises.

The practice enables the feeling of gravity and an effortless way to move via successional fluidity.

May also be known as the water body.

Butoh artists basing their movement in Noguchi: Yumiko Yoshioka, Julie Becton Gillum, Minako Seki, and many others

Not Drunk
A term used by Yukio Makami 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 Waguri termed this coolness.

Nurture
For Shadowbody, this is the most important state for butoh.

To butoh scholar P Liao, this could be associated with her first stage of butoh creation, emptying.


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