Hokkaidō Butoh Online Festival 2020

https://sapporo-butoh.com/online2020

Butoh Channel / 舞踏チャンネル

With the turmoil and uncertaintly of the Great Plague of 2020 (Covid-19 Pandemic), the Hokkaidō Butoh Festival was postponed, and many originally planned events had to be canceled or adapted. To further our mission of spreading the facinating art of butoh through Hokkaidō to the world, the Hokkaidō Butoh Festival team assembled an online probram published in August 2020. While the main performances were only viewable for the month of August, many of our content is still freely available to view on youtube.

Butoh Exhibition

Artwork on Butoh featuring painting, sculpture, costume design & more.

Works by:
  • Aki Yo – Drawing
  • 福江悦子 Etsuko Fukue – Sculpture
  • 石本久美子 Kumiko Ishimoto – Painting
  • 鼓代弥生 Yayoi Kodai – Installation Art
  • 石岡美久 Miku Ishioka – Costume Design
Videography by:
  • Kazuya Takese & yixtape
Music by:
  • 鶴亀バスカーズ Tsuru Kame Buskers

Rush of wind,
Brash Energy
Ran through it all
Shining green hills,
Wandering ripples,
Damp of dirt
And dried up straw
...

–浪漫ロマン (RDreher)

舞踏展 / Butoh Exhibition

DAY ZERO: Moldy Coffee Lighter

Butoh Dance Company Kyokuhoku-kai & Prog Jazz/Rock Band Cubic Zero

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I hear, I hear, I hear, I hear,
The void, the void, the void, the void

Featured Members (Dancers):
  • 明夜 Aki Yo
  • 長内るみ Rumi Osanai
  • オオタコタロウ Kotarō Ōta
  • 平尾拓也 Takuya Hirao
  • 赤間浩平 Kouhei Akama
  • 山本謙 Ken Yamamoto
  • 零は型 Model Null-Ha

It's here, it's here, it's here,
I hear, I hear, I hear,
And there, and where, and here

Vooid
...

–浪漫ロマン (RDreher)

カビの生えたコーヒーライター / Moldy Coffee Lighter
Myrran Nights | 2020 HBF Day Zero

Drum! Body! Croquis!

  • 渋谷徹 Tōru Shibuya – Drums
  • 田仲ハル Tanaka Hal – Butoh
  • Aki Yo – Drawing

ドラム！肉体！素描！ / Drum! Body! Croquis!

Butoh Tour in Otaru Museum of Art

Three performances from "Ironai-ki: A Night Tour of the Butoh Museum"

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Life begins
Again

Again, Again,

生命が明ける
再び

たび たび、

Tour 1: 極北会 Kyokuhoku-kai
Tour 2: Syv Bruzeau
Tour 3: 田仲ハル Hal Tanaka

With music by:
  • 吉田野乃子 Nonoko Yoshida
  • 嵯峨治彦 Haruhiko Saga
  • 長内るみ Rumi Osanai

Tours 2 & 3 full versions are no longer available.
Reviews by RDreher & J.Bard here:

Tour 2
Tour 3

–浪漫ロマン (RDreher)

極北会篇 / Kyokuhoku-kai version
シブ・ブリューゾ篇 / Syv Bruzeau version

Myrran Nights | 2020 HBF Otaru

The Visitor X

The light shown through the windows
On every inch of wall,
Through the wood,
Through the mirrors,
Through the iron hall -

Our first guest arives:

Bonjour Madam,
Shōdoku shimashō?
Please remove your footware,
And soon we shall begin -


Featured Dancers:
  • 田仲ハル Hal Tanaka
  • 明夜 Aki Yo
  • 山本謙 Ken Yamamoto

Enter Lady Worry:

Eyes as thunder's hiss
Tearing through her gown
Every step a lashing
Step
- step
- step -

With music by
Iwamizawa Noise Summit:
  • 吉田野乃子 Nonoko Yoshida
  • キム・ユウイ Kim Yooi
  • 富川健太 Kenta Tomikawa
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In the dining hall they sit:

How about some wine then?
Please relax Madam.
Lady Worry has been waiting
For this time at hand -

And time, it is at hand...

Oh my, oh no, oh very no,

–浪漫ロマン (RDreher)

X X 🍷 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 🕯️ X X X X X X X X X 🕯️ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 🍷 X X

客人エックス / The Visitor X

Performances in Sapporo

Four Performances by:

Smash, smash, smash
Grash, crash, crash

Aruughhh . . . .

Aruughhh . . .

Body is flame

Flame . . .
Flame –

The void . . oid . . . oid
Rust-red pain . . .

–浪漫ロマン (RDreher)

点滅 / Temmetsu
田仲ハル / Hal Tanaka
シブ ブリューゾ / Syv Bruzeau
小林 嵯峨 / Saga Kobayashi