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There are currently 4 terms in this directory beginning with the letter W.
Water Body
The butoh body in the state of water world.

May be associated with Noguchi taiso.

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

White Butoh
Term coined by Masaki Iwana (1945 - 2020) evolving the traditional term of Hijikata's Ankoku Butoh by transforming the dancer’s inner darkness under the 'white sun'—a metaphor for clear light, and so reaching purity and clarity.

World
The totality of a segment of experience, connected with sensory interpretation. Items in nature such as a stick or a rock will feel very different from each other. They can feel like different worlds.

A world can be thought of as the inherent properties of experience that can be accessed through introspection alone.

The world shares a parallel with qualia and spirit.

Example usage: tree world, water world


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