is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery often performed in white-body makeup but there's no set style. Its origins have been attributed to Japanese dance legends Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. History The first butoh piece was Kinjiki (Forbidden Colours), by Tatsumi Hijikata, which premiered in 1959. Based on the novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima, the pie… (More on Butoh)