Casting a Light on the Dance of Darkness

“Butoh,” literally “dance of darkness,” is an avant-garde form of dance from Japan that few know about, and even fewer practice. As its only practitioner in Singapore, Xue tells us how she fell in love with this obscure, yet liberating, art form.

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Figaro and Frankie

Figaro and Frankie

1947

Pluto's Sweater

Pluto's Sweater

1949

Pluto and the Gopher

Pluto and the Gopher

1950

Kakara

Kakara

2013

The Trouble With Forgetting

The Trouble With Forgetting

2024

Shine

Shine

2017

Back Stage

Back Stage

1923

The Cobbler

The Cobbler

1923

Derby Day

Derby Day

1923

Sunday Calm

Sunday Calm

1923

The Soilers

The Soilers

1923

Collars and Cuffs

Collars and Cuffs

1923

Scorching Sands

Scorching Sands

1923

The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black

1964

Journey

Journey

1970

The Roll-Call

The Roll-Call

1971

Solo in a Fallow Field

Solo in a Fallow Field

1981

Cork's Cattlebaron

Cork's Cattlebaron

2011

In the Little wood

In the Little wood

1995

Walls

2010