ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Butoh is the dance of the unseen, a journey into the depths of existence where the body becomes a vessel for the unspeakable. Born from the shadows of post-war Japan, it is not movement for the sake of beauty, but for truth—an unraveling of the self, an exorcism of the hidden, the forgotten, the repressed. Butoh does not seek to entertain; it seeks to reveal, embracing slowness, distortion, and stillness as sacred gestures of transformation. It whispers that within darkness lies wisdom, within decay, rebirth—that to truly dance is not to impose form, but to surrender to the currents of time, memory, and the ineffable mystery of being.

AUTHOR
Lucas Dragone born in 1981 is an awards wining Photographer.
Having studied at the Lassaad International School of Theatre in Brussels, still today Lucas keeps very close ties with Lassaad, who he considers to be one of his life-long mentors. He worked with the Compagnie Barbiana in Belgium as performer, director and teacher. n the past few years, Lucas initiated a project of documenting and capturing various forms of theaters from Asia and around the world through his camera. By doing this, Lucas hopes to contribute to the documentation of theatre forms: to try and depict the transmission of this cultural patrimony to the next generations by witnessing and
photographing the work of masters, the craftsmanship of the creators, enter the world of actors, artists and directors from preparation to the performance.

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