{"product_id":"dance-experiment","title":"Dance Experience - Eikoh Hosoe","description":"\u003cp\u003eHOSOE, Eikoh. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDance Experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eA grey cardboard slipcase printed with black titles containing 2 glossy stapled illustrated brochures (240 x 250 mm) and colophon printed on yellow paper. Japanese and English text. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first reprint of Eikoh Hosoe's 1960 publication \u003cem\u003eAssociation of Dance Experience\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring the work of Japanese choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata, founder of the butoh style of dance performance. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe reprint is published together with a facsimile of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dance Experience 2\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), which serves as an important document of Hijikata’s creative expression. The butoh form is known for its “distressing” nature, and is characterised by playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, and extreme or absurd environments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHosoe was one of the first photographers to document the new art of butoh, which made its first appearance in 1959 in a piece performed by founders Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, based on a play by Yukio Mishima. Both volumes feature numerous photographs of Hijikata, Ohno as well as Mishima. The photographs explore the limits of bodily expression. In addition to the photographs, the two booklets contain texts by writers such as Yukio Mishima and Tatsuhiko Shibusawa in Japanese, as well as contemporary adverts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenderbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39975822196920,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/8029\/files\/Tenderbooks-64_d1e6ba0c-3f08-4c75-92ac-cc9f9b25dac2.jpg?v=1770826259","url":"https:\/\/tenderbooks.live\/products\/dance-experiment","provider":"Tenderbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}