Butoh Dictionary

One of the 8 butoh spices in Shadowbody. The vibration spice encompasses shaking of all frequencies.

A Shadowbody portmanteau play on words combing "rigor mortis" and "vigor." It means the invigorating dance arising after one has already surrendered and died reached a broken down state.

An example of this related to a Coco Villlarreal class where one is taken to the edge, exhausted, and broken in order to dance the transformation that follows.

A Shadowbody exercise where the body becomes nothing but vines that travel the space. Vines take over the arms and fingers, and grow out of different parts of the body. There is also a lust to take over a wall or surface.