Casting a Light on the Dance of Darkness (2024)
• November 2nd, 2024 • 0h 7min
Overview
“Butoh,” literally “dance of darkness,” is an avant-garde form of dance from Japan that few know about, and even fewer practice. As its only practitioner in Singapore, Xue tells us how she fell in love with this obscure, yet liberating, art form.
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