| a contemporary expressionist dance form that originated in postwar Japan, first called Ankoku Butoh, or Dance of Utter Darkness. |
bu·to or bu·toh  (bōō'tō) n. A dance form developed in postwar Japan which rejects Eastern and Western dance conventions, expressing intense emotions through slow, controlled, and sometimes distorted movements. [Japanese butō, short for (ankoku) butō, dance (of darkness) : Chinese (Mandarin) wǔ, dance + Chinese (Mandarin) tà, step, stamping.] |
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