Ikeda Carlotta - a great butoh dancer (buto)

[davidtitterington]

excellent

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[caudillo1]

It'd be nice if someone could tell us who did this music......

[dirtzoo]

yes she is great, but she is too much in the theater aspect of dance as opposed to the heart of butoh. ego and performance is more important here than the message of the dance.

[davidtitterington]

@dirtzoo i know what you mean. but her "acting" may be real. she seems to conjure up those slow, subtle, ghostly states like a shaman, putting aside her ego for moments of transparency. I think its good butoh, just the slow, theatrical kind (but wasn't butoh originally adapted from the fiction/theater experience of mishima yukio?)

[dirtzoo]

@davidtitterington i agree completely. i forget what i said originally. but in watching this again i found a new fondness for her. we all act. my paintings are acts/acting , a representation of the real thing. But then there is the irony of the 'act' being the real thing , the only thing, that represents only it's self. Her dance is 'self' hence the ego i referenced to in earlier comment. she becomes the dance

[MisterBung]

So.... corpse dancing?

[A1phaDrag0n]

Wow... she really pours her entire self into that dance... never thought something I found on r/creepy would be so... beautiful...

[SonyFilms101]

@A1phaDrag0n everytime i go to r/creepy. i also leave with a ....the..FUCK?? look on my face.. god damnit reddit.

[rubcadinho]

yes please

who is the composer of the music?????

[tengoyola]

THIS PERFORMANCE BRINGS OUT THE ESSENTIAL OF LIFE

[hectorlapin]

inspiring

[MsCassandraSinister]

extraordinary.

[grcmr818]

sumamente artistico

[wawisi9]

This is so beautiful, the expression in her face is so haunting that it made me cry

[henndri]

VERY NICE SHOW

[outoftunefiddler]

It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is no set style, and it may be purely conceptual with no movement at all. Its origins have been attributed to Japanese dance legends Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno.(Wiki'pia)

[corygulley110386]

It's like the Eraserhead of dance.

[Suel14]

this to me was very disturbing !! WTF!

[ataEMMEata]

soul dence performance

[thejmcclellan]

i dont get it

[r0tt1ng]

bizarre and beautiful at the same time. love traditional ankoku.

[ragy58]

Genius!

[MrSublustrum]

AMAZING.... It's so natural....

[nester7]

WOW! Who's responsible for the music? I must find that recording!

[danagirl23]

@nester7 I'd like to find out as well. This is amazing stuff, visually and aurally

[vibhutam]

Fabulous!!!!!!

[fatikeos]

Amazing! She reminds me of the mexican great butoh dancer Lola Lince.

[Vaxbulerias]

why is that all ths dancers has to appear as unisex? man are too feminine and women are too masculine...

I see no beauty , just a dark compulsion but I may be too simpleton to appreciate this. Still prefer the Hindu dances so far

[phenophtalein]

so beautiful and moving

[Pinkribbonscars]

breathtakingly dark & beautiful

[metteholm75]

What beauty!

[IzzyIsou]

Amazing!

[realxdieguito]

delicadeza pura

[spookysaurus]

I saw Carlotta Ikeda and Ariadone perform in London thirty years ago. None of the power that I witnessed then has been lost. Carlotta blazed the trail that other female butoh dansers now follow. Pity the ratings have been disabled. Going on the other comments here, it'd comfortably bring in five stars.

[equis717]

exquisito!

[arnaubarcelo]

amazing stuff! Best female butoh dancer ever.

[testykitty]

fantastic!

[LobsangButoh]

ke bellooooooooo

[italianbutoh]

carlotta is great like all the butoh dancers...... sankai juku on the top, long life to butoh mario florence italy

[solhagen00]

thank you for this beautiful performance

[solhagen00]

Very intense..very beautiful..you are amazing..thanks

[tocoruebe]

how beautifull...