Seven exercises in Butoh :
inpired by Noguchi Taiso(gymnastics)
for the chapter ...

"Butoh Dance, Noguchi Taiso and Healing"

Butoh exercises at GooSayTen studio	time
1_ne-nyoro.mp4 * Experiencing the human body as a water bag, and put aside the idea of muscle-skelton body.(Noguchi Taiso)	2m14s
2_arm_rotation.mp4 * Allow the arm to fall free, and rotate. Perceive when the arm falls freely, you are not responsible of the movement as the God of Gravity is.	2m41s
3_arm_standing.mp4 * Lift your arms very slowly without holding your breath (The palm is facing upward). Allow your elbows extended fully so as to feel some pains and small jerky reactions... Find the most economical way to support your arms upright (with the minimum tension). Percevie the shoulder blade supports the arm weight.	2m59s
4_three_min_palm.mp4 * Allow the fixed fingers to extend for themselves... One of traditional Butoh exercises. You may change the arm posture to utilize the weight of the wrist-hand-fingers.	2m28s
5_convulsion.mp4 * Antagonistic tension, and jerky movements... Find and try the ways to break the physical dilemma.	2m42s
6_distortions.mp4 * Twist and distort the whole body... Explore unusual joint angles or movements.	2m33s
7_toward_sky.mp4 * Mika is moving toward the Butoh dancing ...	2m40s

Mika's Catterpillar movement (2017)

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* Dr. Paola Esposito has the permission
to use these video files for the book and her research.
"The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing" (2017)