Min Tanaka

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Min Tanaka, one of my favourite butoh dancers and choreographer. He conceived a movement ideology in butoh which "conceives of the body as a force of nature: omni-centered, anti-hierarchic, and acutely sensitive to external stimuli". In October 1990, Min Tanaka premiered "The Rite of Spring" at Paris Opera Comique with stage art by Richard Serra and music by Minoru Noguchi. 

Rite of Spring

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