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Prologue
Defyning (Upd: Jul 25, ’22)
Creation (Upd: Mar 26, ’23)
Nurture (Upd: May 02, ’24)
Presence (Upd: Aug 20, ’22)
Ma & Space (Upd: Jul 28, ’22)
Time (Upd: Feb 13, ’22)
Identity & Character (Upd: Nov 13, ’22)
Essence & Form (Upd: Jun 10, ’22)
Affect & Feeling (Upd: Apr 29, ’22)
Qualia/World (Upd: Oct 23, ’22)
Reduction & Regeneration (Upd: Oct 23, ’22)
Strings/Lines (Upd: Apr 16, ’22)
Floor (Upd: June 20, ’22)
Butoh-Fu & Choreo (Upd: Jan 24 ’23)
Death & Failure (Upd: Sep 26, ’22)
Boundaries (Upd: Dec 24, ‘22)
Shadow Work (Upd: Nov 04, ’22)
Gestalt & Parts Body (Upd: Jul 25, ’22)
Alignment & Posture (Upd: April 14, ’22)
Mundanity & Gesture (Upd: Nov 13, ’22)
Cobody (Upd: Jul 25, ’22)
Tissue (Upd: Sep 20, ’21)
Props & Perception (Upd: Aug 19, ’22)
Face & Eyes (Upd: Nov 06, ’22)
Sound & Voice (Upd: Aug 13, ’21)
Jo-Ha-Kyu & Story (Upd. Nov 12, ’22)
Jumping Wild (Upd: Jun 13, ’22)
Production & Audience (Upd: Jun 27, ’23)
Costume & Lack Thereof (Upd: Jun 27, ’23)
Butoh Jam (Upd: Nov 12, ’22)
Filler & Idle (Upd: Mar 30, ’21)
Statue/Freeze (Upd: Aug 31, ’22)
Impulse/Shock & Jump (Upd: Oct 23, ’22)
Collapse/Fall (Upd: Dec 24, ’22)
Vibration/Shaking (Upd: Nov 30, ’22)
Expansion & Contraction (Upd: Mar 06, ’21)
Circle & Figure 8 (Upd: Nov 30, ’22)
Twist & Limb Rotation (Upd: Oct 23, ’22)
Spine (Upd: Mar 30, ’21)
Walks (Upd. Sep 26, ’22)
Locomotion (Upd: Mar 07, ’21)
Turns (Upd: May 01, ’21)
Equilibrium & Lack Thereof (Upd: Jul 04, ’22)
Grotesque (Upd: Jul 25, ’22)
Sleep & Lack Thereof (Upd: Nov 12, ’22)
Sick & Weak (Upd: Jan 24, ’23)
Sacred & Ecstatic (Upd: Nov 08, ’23)
Youth & Age (Upd: Sep 26, ’22)
Clown & Buoffon (Upd: Mar 10, ’21)
Paradox (Upd: Nov 12, ’22)
Body Part Butoh-Fu (Upd: Mar 30, ’21)
Ethics (Upd: Oct 20, ’19)
Performance Art (Upd: Mar 09, ’19)
Pedagogy (Upd: Apr 17, ’24)
Appendix (Upd: Nov 17, ’18)

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8 Butoh Spices

The following are subtle movements that can be added to the body at any moment. These movements can create the process of entering into a world or character and can also surface out of unconsciously-driven spontaneous movement.

Vibration (micro & macro shaking)
Sway
Wave
Twist (squirm)
Shock (impulse, flick)
Expansion/Contraction
Collapse (falls, micro falls)
Death (surrender, stillness)

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