Approaching the avant-garde Japanese performance art form of butoh from a cross-cultural gender studies and scientific perspective award-winning artist and teacher Vangeline brings a fresh look at this postmodern dance form. Butoh a performance art form that grew out of the Japanese avant-garde scene of the 1950s has traveled from east to west over the last 60 years growing in popularity as it evolves. With origins in modern dance French mime and the surrealist movement this fascinating postmode