butoh movement
- noun
- /buˈtoʊ ˈmuːvmənt/
:
movimiento butoh
- She studied butoh movement in Tokyo before bringing its unique style to the local theater scene.
Examples
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The butoh movement emerged in Japan after World War II.
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The performance incorporated traditional elements with contemporary butoh movement to create a powerful statement.
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Many artists have been inspired by the intensity of butoh movement in their own choreography.
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Many artists explore the butoh movement in their performances.
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The artist's dedication to the butoh movement transformed the way audiences perceive dance.
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During her studies in Japan, she immersed herself in the butoh movement to understand its emotional depth.
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The theater company merged classical dance with the butoh movement to challenge traditional storytelling.
Surface Forms
Morphology
butoh + movement
If a learner knows 'butoh' as the name of a Japanese dance style and 'movement' as a trend or type of motion, they can readily infer that 'butoh movement' refers to the dance-related movement or artistic movement associated with butoh. The phrase is compositional (proper-name + movement) and follows common cross-linguistic patterns for naming artistic or dance movements, so its meaning is accessible to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Butoh movement comes from a post-war Japanese dance called butoh, which early artists called the 'dance of darkness' because they used very slow, strange moves and powerful, sometimes shocking scenes to show deep feeling. That's why butoh movement today means a type of slow, controlled, and experimental dance.
