Dancing Into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, & Japan

by Sondra Fraleigh

Book Overview

Dancing Into Darkness is Sondra Horton Fraleigh's chronological diary of her deepening understanding of and appreciation for this art form, as she moves from a position of aesthetic response as an audience member to that of assimilation as a student. As a student of Zen and butoh, Fraleigh witnesses her own artistic and personal transformation through essays, poems, interviews, and reflections spanning twelve years of study, much of it in Japan. Numerous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822940981
• ISBN13: 9780822940982
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.0"