Intense Bodily Presence
Practices of Polish Butō Dancers
Summary
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Butō
- Premodern Elements of Butō
- Tatsumi Hijikata: The Structure
- Kazuo Ōno: Improvisation
- Contexts: Dance, Performance Art and Physical Theatre
- Transcultural Butō
- 2. Butō Techniques
- Kayo Mikami: Butō as a Way of Producing Neural Networks
- Rhizome Lee: Butō as a Path to the Subbody
- Toshiharu Kasai: Butō as a Method of Psychosomatic Exploration
- Sondra Horton Fraleigh: Butō as an Alchemical Process
- Polish Researchers of Butō Techniques
- 3. Butō in Poland
- Paweł Dudziński: The Intuitive Ritual
- Conclusion
- Justyna Jan-Krukowska: Sensory Sensitisation
- Conclusion
- Sylwia Hanff: Transcending the Body Code
- Conclusion
- Krzysztof Jerzak: Peak Experience
- Conclusion
- The Amareya Theatre: The Body in Crisis
- Conclusion
- Tomasz Bazan: Body Form Movements
- Conclusion
- Aleksandra Capiga-Łochowicz: The Archaeology of the Body
- Conclusion
- TO-EN: The Body Shaped by Matter
- Conclusion
- Irena Lipińska: Choreographing Improvisation
- Conclusion
- Katarzyna Żejmo, Iwona Wojnicka, Miho Iwata and Rui Takayuki Ishihara
- 4. The Body
- 5. The Training Process
- The Intro Phase
- Endurance Training
- Mindfulness Training
- Total Presence
- Following
- Body memory
- Somatosensory Changes
- The Object
- Embodiment
- Butō-fu and Omoi
- Ideokinesis
- 6. Transformation in the Dancer and the Audience
- Performative Training
- Co-Experiencing
- Neurobiological Empathy
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Terms
- Appendix 2: Biographical Notes
- List of Photographs
- Bibliography
- Interviews
- Internet Websites
- Further Reading
- Index
Magdalena Zamorska
Intense Bodily Presence
Practices of Polish Butō Dancers
Translated by Patrycja Poniatowska
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ISSN 2364-3919 • ISBN 978-3-631-76512-8 (Print)
E-ISBN 978-3-631-76513-5 (E-PDF) • E-ISBN 978-3-631-76514-2 (EPUB)
E-ISBN 978-3-631-76515-9 (MOBI) • DOI 10.3726/b14546
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© Magdalena Zamorska , 2018
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Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien
This publication has been peer reviewed.
Magdalena Zamorska is a Ph.D. graduate in Humanities (2012) and an assistant professor at the Institute of Cultural Studies at the University of Wroclaw (Poland). Her research interests include movement, social choreography, issues of perception and reception in choreographic performances. She also explores the intersections of humanities and science.
About the book
The author explores the practices of Polish buto¯ dancers. Underlining the transcultural potential of the genre, she discusses in particular their individual body-mind practices and so-called buto¯ techniques in order to produce a generalised account of buto¯ training. Her argument is underpinned by complex field research which she carried out as an expert observer and a workshop participant. Drawing on a transdisciplinary approach, which combines insights and findings from the fields of cultural and performance studies, cultural anthropology and cognitive sciences, the book depicts the sequence of three phases which make up the processual structure of buto¯ training: intro, following and embodiment.
This eBook can be cited
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Acknowledgements
This book grew out of my doctoral project completed at the University of Wroclaw in April 2012. My thanks go to my then academic advisor Professor Mirosław Kocur, who shared his expertise with me and gave me all possible support. I would also like to thank the referees of my dissertation – Professor Anna Grzegorczyk of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and Professor Dariusz Kosiński of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow – for their insightful and useful comments. My research would not have been possible without butō, dance workshops and, above all, without long and in-depth interviews with Polish artists who practise this art form. I am grateful to them for their openness, the time they gave me and their readiness to share their experience and knowledge with me. Last but not least, this book would not have come about without the support I received from my loved ones. A big thank-you goes to my husband Marcin, my parents and my brother. The Polish version of this book was funded by the Institute of Music and Dance in Warsaw.←5 | 6→ ←6 | 7→
Contents
Tatsumi Hijikata: The Structure
Contexts: Dance, Performance Art and Physical Theatre
Kayo Mikami: Butō as a Way of Producing Neural Networks
Rhizome Lee: Butō as a Path to the Subbody
Toshiharu Kasai: Butō as a Method of Psychosomatic Exploration
Sondra Horton Fraleigh: Butō as an Alchemical Process
Polish Researchers of Butō Techniques
Paweł Dudziński: The Intuitive Ritual
Justyna Jan-Krukowska: Sensory Sensitisation
Sylwia Hanff: Transcending the Body Code
Krzysztof Jerzak: Peak Experience
The Amareya Theatre: The Body in Crisis
Tomasz Bazan: Body Form Movements
Aleksandra Capiga-Łochowicz: The Archaeology of the Body
Conclusion←9 | 10→
TO-EN: The Body Shaped by Matter
Irena Lipińska: Choreographing Improvisation
Katarzyna Żejmo, Iwona Wojnicka, Miho Iwata and Rui Takayuki Ishihara
Details
- Pages
- 242
- Publication Year
- 2018
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783631765135
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783631765142
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9783631765159
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631765128
- DOI
- 10.3726/b14546
- Open Access
- CC-BY-NC-ND
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2018 (October)
- Keywords
- Training Dance Dance theatre Japanese dance Poland Image
- Published
- Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2018. 242 pp., 27 fig. col., 1 graphs
