REVIEW OF “WOMEN OF BUTOH” – 9TH ASHEVILLE BUTOH FESTIVAL
Produced by Legacy Butoh and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre
September 2014 Asheville, NC
Written By Ken Fitch
On first alert, one might not expect to come upon a festival celebrating the Japanese avant garde performance art of Butoh in the foothills of Western North Carolina, but for 9 years, Asheville has hosted such a gathering of these highly disciplined, committed artists in a performance form that, despite what some might expect from its exotic name and descriptive terminology, provides a most intense and accessible experience that communicates on deeper, basic existential levels that dispel any preconceptions through its fascinating presentation of precise and intense movement that generates its own realm of human experience.
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