Nishizaka2025
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Nishizaka2025 |
| Author(s) | Aug Nishizaka, Minato Suzuki |
| Title | Seeing butô Performances: Synesthetic Vision |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Butô (Japanese avant-garde dance), Dance, Modality transformation, Restructuring of appearance, Conversation analysis |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Human Studies |
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| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10746-024-09761-2 |
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Abstract
This study empirically addresses some aspects of how seeing Japanese avant-garde dance performances (butô) is organized in interaction. Using conversation analysis, it analyzes two episodes in detail. In these episodes, different practices are used to perceptually restructure the appearance of a performance. In the first episode, a person explains the difference between the appearances of two performances by transforming modalities (such as verbalization and vocalization). In the second episode, a person directly points out the change in how a performance appears. We suggest, via the juxtaposition of these two episodes, that the difficulty of explaining the appearances of butô performances is the constitutive part of their appearances to which the participants themselves orient. The data are in Japanese with English translation.
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