Butoh as Heard by a Dancer: Podcast Episode 1

"Introduction to Butoh Mutations". In this very first episode of the podcast, artist and author Dominique Savitri Bonarjee and dance researcher Elspeth Chan talk about the legacy of postwar Japanese Butoh with reference to the book 'Butoh as Heard by a Dancer' (Routledge 2024). They explore what Butoh 'mutations' means as a contemporary physical and spiritual practice, the COLLAPSE dance project, the significance of lotus flowers and Butoh utopias...