| A size walk |
There are so many kinds of walk in butoh, but the essense of butoh walk is to transform different dimension, not to transfer the pyisical place. "A size walk" which is one of the most basic butoh walk, with following the Hijikata method which Yoko Ashikawa has given at her workshop in 1989, Japan , recorded by Kayo Mikami. 1. Walk with becoming a fixed size body. 2. Not walking, but shift body between heaven and the earth. 3. Eyes become glass ball eyes, open the third eye between the eyeblows. 4. The speed which the scenes are reflected on your glass ball eyes is quicker than the speed which you see the scenes. 5 Put the razor blades under the soles. 6. Carry a water vase on the top of the head. 7. All joints are hanged by spider's thread. 8. A wish to walk goes ahead, the shape of body follow it from behind. 9. The traces of walk are hanged in front of you and behind. 3. Eyes become glass ball eyes, open the third eye between the eyeblows. 5 Put the razor blades under the soles. 6. Carry a water vase on the top of the head. 10. A forest at the deep teeth. Spider's threads in the empty cavity of body. 11. Already the eyes have stopped to see, the legs have stopped to walk. Your being itself become walking eyes, and walking legs. 12. The walking demands the discontinuity of walk, and suggests an expanse of space. 1. Walk with becoming a fixed size body. |