Casting a Light on the Dance of Darkness

“Butoh,” literally “dance of darkness,” is an avant-garde form of dance from Japan that few know about, and even fewer practice. As its only practitioner in Singapore, Xue tells us how she fell in love with this obscure, yet liberating, art form.

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Big White/Big Black

Big White/Big Black

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The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

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Lou

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Spindeln

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Min hemliga bror

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