“Cyborg Manifested: Understanding Japan’s Long Postwar through Hijikata Tatsumi's Dance of Darkness/Butō”

Hijikata Tatsumi (1928-1986) founded the performance art butō, one of the most internationally influential developments in the theater and dance world in the last half century. But knowledge of butō’s place within the history of postwar Japan has not kept up with this worldwide interest. In this lecture, Dr. Baird will place Hijikata’s activities within postwar Japanese history. Short clips of Hijikata’s performances will also be shown during the program.

* Date: Thursday, February 13, 7:00 pm
* Speaker: Bruce Baird (Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
* Commentator: Ishii Tatsuro (Dance Critic)
* Admission: Free (reservations required)
* Language: English (no Japanese translation
provided)
* Venue: Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
* Registration: Program Dept., International House of Japan,
Tel:03-3470-3211　 E-mail:
program@i-house.or.jp

For details,
http://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/programs/japanihj_20140213
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