Crasses et Voluptés

Tatsumi Hijikata, Japanese founder of Butoh

I have always danced in a manner where I grope within myself for the roots of suffering by tearing at the superficial harmony… Something is hiding in our subconscious, collected in our subconscious body, which will appear in each detail of our expression. Here, we can rediscover time with an elasticity, sent by the dead. We can find Butoh in the same way we can touch our hidden reality. Something can be born, can appear, living and dying in a moment.

Dance of Darkness

I am not interested in a carefully structured dance. Dance is a way of life, not an organization of movements. My art is an art of improvisation. It is dangerous. I try to carry in my body all the weight and mystery of life; to follow my memories until I reach my mother’s womb.

Tatsumi Hijikata, Butoh