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Renounced Japanese Dancer Maintains Early Butoh Tradition

By MELISSA T. CASTRO Mexico’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater is slated to host a one-night-only performance of renowned Japanese dancer and choreographer Yumiko Yoshioka, a member of the first generation of Butoh dancers, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. Yoshioka will perform “Before the Dawn,” a scenic introspection on human transformation. Butoh, also known as the Japanese Dance of

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International Butoh Festival Set to Open in Mexico City

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     Mexico’s most important festival of Japanese butoh dance theater will be held in Mexico City starting on Tuesday, April 30. The two-week festival, titled “Cuerpos en Revuelta” (”Bodies in Revolt”), is being sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and will be spread out across six different venues throughout the

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