Not many things awesome are really *that* awesome. Tatsumi Hijikata is. The originator of Butoh, and I would argue it was never done better since. Well, I'm still exploring :) Saw some performances this weekend which combined traditional with some modern interpretations. Perhaps they should not have preceded the live show with videos of Tatsumi Hijikata's performances. It's just not fair to compare students with the master side by side.

I couldn't find a great example by Hijikata on youTube, here is an okay one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGN0GpegyQ
 
An example of a modern interpretation by Virginie Marchand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fULff6UEWk

Yeah, I see what you mean. No, haven't played video games in any serious way since Metroid and Zelda in maybe 1989 :) Hey I didn't know we supported video embed in the comments!

Ericson 6 months ago.

You played Street Fighter 3 at all? Butoh reminds me a bit of Oro's style.

mct 6 months ago.

Yeah, looks effortless. But very difficult. And to reach such a level of overall control, you probably have to pretty much be in some sort of trans.

Ericson 6 months ago.

dude, this is great! the weakened body butoh blew me away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuAcGHdM8A

mct 6 months ago.